Rastro del Parque Taoro

Two things: antiques, and clothing and textiles. That is the whole of what the stalls here are recorded as selling, and it is what the word rastro promises, a second-hand market rather than a produce one. No food, fish or bread stalls are listed, so this is somewhere to spend an hour looking rather than somewhere to do the week's shopping. The stall count is not published, so how big the rastro is on any given morning is not something this page can promise.

Staying near Parque Taoro puts you within walking distance of the rastro. The Botanico & The Oriental Spa Garden is a classic choice with a great location, or look at options around Plaza del Charco if you want to be central.

For something more relaxed, Hotel San Telmo sits close to the seafront and the old town, and the Hotel Monopol is in the middle of the old quarter if you would rather be among the town's other markets.

The market address is the Iglesia Anglicana, Parque Taoro, Puerto de la Cruz, and everything trades outdoors in the church grounds inside the park. There is no hall and no indoor fallback, so the weather matters. For the other markets in the same town see the Puerto de la Cruz markets guide, and for the wider island see the Santa Cruz de Tenerife province page. A local news report on the rastro carries more on what turns up on the stalls.