Entertainment in Canary Islands
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Calle Álvarez Abreu
Santa Cruz is no mecca for night owls; on the island, Los Llanos de Aridane takes that title. But there are plenty of quiet terrace bars where you can nurse a drink or two. Along Avenida Marítima, which is lined with cafés and zumerías (juice bars), you'll find a family-friendly atmosphere. In town head to Calle Álvarez Abreu, the closest thing you'll find to a nightlife scene. The Plaza José Mata, off Avenida Puente, also has a few bars.
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Auditorio Alfredo Kraus
A spectacular auditorium, designed by the Catalan architect Óscar Tusquets, and striking in its geometric modernity. Constructed partly of volcanic rock, with a huge window with broad ocean views, it is the dominant feature of the southern end of Playa de las Canteras. This is one of the venues for the annual summer Jazz Festival.
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Centro Comercial San Telmo
Post-midnight, Los Cristianos' action takes place at the Centro Comercial San Telmo, the shopping centre behind Playa de las Vistas when this daytime-dull little strip is transformed into a string of nightclubs pumping out music late into the night. In Las Américas, places are altogether classier and more costly.
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La Piedra
It doesn't get much more humdrum than Valverde, and during the week everyone heads home early. On weekends, you might find a bit of action if you're lucky - and if you do, you could do worse than end the night at La Piedra, the closet thing Valverde has to a discoteca.
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Waikiki
An excellent place to party, where a mix of surfers, party animals, families and friends gather in a hibiscus-fringed beach-side setting to scoff pizza, sip cocktails and even indulge in a Caribbean dance lesson. There is late-night music and the piña coladas are sublime.
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Las Verónicas
On Playa de las Américas' border with Costa Adeje, Las Verónicas has a buoyant and youthful nightlife. There have been problems with violence and drugs here, although these are reputedly lessening after the closure of several of the seedier, drug-peddling places.
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La Veronica
The sort of place you would go to before swishing off for a night at the opera. It's sophisticated and stylish, with natural stone, arty giant photos and an interesting, iridescent emerald-green light behind the bar, which sounds awful but somehow works.
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Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Santa Cruz is home to football team CD Tenerife, which plays in Spain's second division. You can buy tickets at the taquilla (box office) of the club stadium, Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López , or call into the club's headquarters.
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Calle José Antonio
There's plenty of nightlife choice in town, ranging from gritty local bars to intimate chill-out cafés - and just about everything in between. The main moving-and-shaking clubs are located on one short strip of central Calle José Antonio .
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Monopol Centre
One great entertainment space is the Monopol Centre , which has a cinema, terrazas, bars and small clubs. Our favourite is the Lounge Bar, which doesn't get going until after midnight, but has funky DJ sounds and a spacey, industrial vibe.
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Macabeo
This place oozes atmosphere and style with its cavernous interior decorated with intriguing childlike drawings and shelves of dusty bottles. A second, smaller bar with dim lighting and stone walls is perfect for locked-eyes-over-cocktails time.
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Bar Imperfecto
Although it doesn't get busy until hot-chocolate time, the atmosphere is worth the wait. Alternative music and rock and roll is the music scene, played against a dark, wood-panelled backdrop with black-and-white pics from the silver screen.
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Centro Cultural
Offers a variety of cultural events, such as Cine de Verano, a summer festival of open-air movies (in Spanish) offered nightly except Wednesday. A brand new auditorium opened its doors here in early 2007 as a big-name concert venue.
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Colours Café
Above a pizzeria on this energetic stretch of eateries, snag a seat by a window overlooking the square. A cocktail bar with mellow décor and Latin and African music, this is a good place to kick off your night on the tiles.
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Sáffron & Porron
The colourful single-storey houses on this pedestrian street have been restored. Stop by this tiny café-bar, its walls papered with faded Andalusian feria (fair) and bullfighting posters. It has outside tables.
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Centro Comercial Atlántico
Finding a drink in Corralejo doesn't pose a problem. Bars take up much of the Centro Comercial Atlántico as well as the custard-yellow shopping centre further down the road, on the corner of Calle Anguila.
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Bodegón Lagunetas
One of several tapas bars on this street, this one also has a restaurant. Hang out in the bar with a caña (beer) and enjoy the fascinating sepia-photo exhibition of late-19th-century Las Palmas.
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Bar Andalucía
Right off the main shopping strut and sporting Andalusian tiles, paintings for sale and straight-from-Seville tapas like stuffed peppers and patatas alioli (fried potatoes with garlic mayonnaise).
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Casino las Palmas
If you feel like a flutter, don the glad rags, grab your passport and head for the Casino las Palmas within the city's prestigious Hotel Santa Catalina, built in 1904 in the heart of Parque Doramas.
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Dubliner
An English-run Irish bar with live music nightly, including '60s music, rock and blues. If you are not ready for cocoa when it closes, you can shimmy over to the Mafasca Buddha club across the way.
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Bar Cacatua
Open all day, this relaxing place serves drinks, salads and sandwiches to a mixed crowd. There's a small bar area indoors, and outside is a large, shady patio with a few scattered tables.
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El Convento
El Convento has arches and columns but little else ecclesiastical. This club gets going around midnight, with DJs spinning a mix of music, including funky house, retro and rocky Latino.
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Olympia
With comfortable wicker furniture, a central bar and picture windows overlooking the seafront, this place is perfect for post-dinner cocktails; the music is pretty chilled out, as well.
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Fool Company
Has some live music, but mostly invigorating funk and R&B DJs. It can get packed with a party-loving crowd firing up to a steamy dance-pit. Look for the plastic bamboo out front.
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Rock Island Bar
Over the last 17 years, Mandy and musician husband Gary have made this bar one of the most popular in town. There is acoustic music nightly, played to a predominantly expat crowd.
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