Teatro Guimerá

Santa Cruz de Tenerife


One of the city’s architectural highlights is the rectangular, 19th-century Teatro Guimerá. The sumptuous interior is reminiscent of Madrid’s Teatro Real, with semicircular balconied seating and lashings of gilt.


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