This year SILA changes positions with the purpose of having a new space, adapted to the new necessities of the International Far of the African Book. Thanks to the great acceptance by part of the professionals, of the public and of our financing and collaborating we could have gone incrementing the offer of programming and services. The organization of the SILA in this new space has been possible for the important implication of Tenerife's Town Council, and its decided bet, since we began this project, in order to achieve its development and consolidation.
TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, promoted by Tenerife's Town Council, is a work of the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre of Meuron and of the canary Virgilio Gutiérrez. This new cultural surface, that was inaugurated in October 2008, gives cover to various halls of expositions, a great library and the Photography Center Isla de Tenerife.
It’s an innovative idea not only for the Island but to everything Canary Islands, because it’s a cultural unprecedented infrastructure in the Archipelago, with a decided contemporary vocation to unite the art generated by the new technological changes of our society.

TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
Avda. de San Sebastián, 10
- 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Canary Islands.
Canary Islands are a surprising archipelago surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, make an offer how an authentic paradise for evasion and the inspiration, a little bit more than two hour in airplane of the Iberian Peninsula and at four of the main European cities. Each of your seven islands is a world of sensations that they invade to his visitors, from the diversity from her landscapes to the riches of her cultural proposals
And of leisure of the bigger quality. A springlike universe to enjoy the 12 months of the year.
El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura y Lanzarote, deeply marked by its volcanic origin, they preserve their natural and historic patrimony, as well as their culture and gastronomy, where tradition blends in with the most innovative and modern proposals. Seven worlds to discover in anyone of the ambits that they can interest the most demanding tourist, with all the comforts of any European destination.
Tenerife's island comes from one of these worlds to explore that exceeds its varied tourist offer of recognized prestige. His incredible and big- contrasts landscapes overflow senses, from its volcanic panoramas to the leafiness of its exotic forests and its valleys covered of banana plantations, its extensive golden sands beaches and its black coves, to rise to the tallest Spanish peak, the volcano of the National Park of the Teide, from what it takes their name.
Sensations and experiences to feel also through your gastronomy and your culture, where one more time blends tradition and modernity. Historic areas like La Laguna, declared humanity's Patrimonio for the UNESCO, in contrast with spectacular buildings, like the innovative Conference Hall of Tenerife, of Santiago Calatrava and its varied cultural offer.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital city of the largest one of the seven islands that constitute the Canarian Archipelago, placed inshore westerner of the north of Africa, receiving also its name one of the two provinces in which the Canarian Community is divided.
Municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has a 151-Km2 extension, that occupies an ample northeastern zone of Tenerife, its altitude goes from the sea level to the approximately 750 meters of the top of the municipal district, while it conforms a crucible of microclimates and landscapes of the most varied.
HELPFUL INFORMATION
AIRPORTS
The airport Tenerife Norte Los Rodeos, very near to the capital city Santa Cruz de Tenerife, it´s a modern installation with capacity to take care of more of four million of passengers a year.
The airport Tenerife Sur Reina Sofía, considered between the six first ones from Spain, it’s operating 24 hours of the day, with capacity for more than a hundred connections to any destination of the world.
AEROPUERTO DEL NORTE – LOS RODEOS
SCHEDULE: From 7:00h to 23:00h.
ADDRESS: Los Rodeos s/n – 38297 San Cristóbal de La Laguna
A.E.N.A: www.aena.es – 922 635 999 – 902 404 704
Services of transportations at the Airport:
TAXI STAND: 922 258 806 – 922 255 555
Information: 922 635 114
Route Aeropuerto Norte – Los Rodeos to Santa Cruz de Tenerife: 12 km.
Fare 1: Approximate amount of the trajectory 16 + airport supplement 1,65
BUSES T.I.T.S.A www.titsa.com – 922 531 300
Aeropuerto Norte – Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Lines 102, 107, 108
Frequency: Every 30 minutes from the 06:00h.
AEROPUERTO DEL SUR. REINA SOFÍA.
SCHEDULE: Open 24 hours.
ADDRESS: Airport Reina Sofía – 38610 Granadilla de Abona
- A.E.N.A: www.aena.es – 922 759 000 – 902 404 704
Services of transportations at the Airport:
TAXI STAND: 922 759 009
Route Aeropuerto Sur – Reina Sofía to Santa Cruz de Tenerife: 60 km.
Fare 1: Approximate amount of the route 70 + airport supplement 1,65
BUSES T.I.T.S.A www.titsa.com – 922 531 300
Aeropuerto Sur – Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Line 341
Frequency: Hourly from the 06:50h to the 01:30h.
TAXIS
RADIO-TAXIS Santa Cruz de Tenerife: 922 31 10 12
TAXI STAND Aeropuerto Norte Los Rodeos: 922 258 806 – 922 255 555
Information: 922 635 114
Route Aeropuerto del Norte – Los Rodeos to Santa Cruz de Tenerife: 12 km.
Fare 1: Approximate amount of the route 16 € + airport supplement 1.65 €
TAXI STAND Aeropuerto Sur Reina Sofía: 922 759 009
Route Aeropuerto Sur – Reina Sofía to Santa Cruz de Tenerife: 60 km.
Fare 1: Approximate amount of the route 70 € + airport supplement 1.65 €
RENT A CAR
Rent a Car Aeropuerto Norte Los Rodeos:
AVIS: 922 25 87 13
Europcar: 922 63 59 48
HERTZ: 922 63 58 68
CICAR: 922 63 03 75
REISEN: 922 26 22 02
Rent a Car Aeropuerto Sur Reina Sofía:
AUTO REISEN – 922 39 22 16
AVIS – 922 39 20 56
CICAR – 922 75 93 29
EUROPCAR – 922 75 93 13
HERTZ – 922 75 93 19
BUSES
Autobuses T.I.T.S.A: Information 24 hours 922 531 300 www.titsa.com
Aeropuerto Norte – Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Lines 102, 107, 108
Frequency: Every 30 minutes from the 06:00h.
Aeropuerto Sur – Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Line 341
Frequency: Hourly from the 06:50h to the 01:30h.
OTHER INTEREST DATA
AUDITORIO DE TENERIFE (CONFERENCE HALL OF TENERIFE)
ADDRESS: Avda. Constitución, 1 – 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife / 922 56 86 00
Tourism Office of Santa Cruz de Tenerife 922 239 592
ADDRESS: Plaza de España, s/n. Palacio Insular – 38003 Tenerife
Tourism Office of Aeropuerto Tenerife Norte 922 63 51 92 – 922 63 51 93
ADDRESS: Los Rodeos s/n – 38297 San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Tourism Office of Aeropuerto Tenerife Sur 922 392 037
ADDRESS: Airport Reina Sofía – 38610 Granadilla de Abona
HOTELS
Hotel Contemporáneo (Official Hotel SILA )
Rambla de Santa Cruz, 116
38001 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
922 271 571
Hotel Silken Atlántida Santa Cruz
Avenida 3 DE MAYO, 69
38005 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
922 294 500
Hotel Taburiente S.L.
C/ Doctor José Naveiras, 24-A
38001 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
922 276 000
Hotel Príncipe Paz
C/ Valentín Sanz, 33
38002 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
922 249 955
NH Tenerife Hotel Santa Cruz De Tenerife
C/ Candelaria, S/N
38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
922 534 422
Infoturismo Tenerife: 902 00 31 21
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