Arriving in Teneriffe

We saw the lights of Tenerife already at night and in the morning we could see the mountains. We apporached the island from north with the direction towards Santa Cruz, the second biggest city of the Canary Islands with around a quarter million people.

We came into a so called "acceleration zone" where the wind was up to 25knots. When approaching the commercial harbour you need to call port control on VHF channel 12 and ask for permission. The Marina Atlantico is then at the end of the south bassin and is well protected besides wind from the south. Since we had northerly winds it was perfect. In the marina the wind was calm with 8 knots. Once you are close to the Marina you call the Marinero on channel 9 and they directly guide you to a berth. There is no reception pontoon which is unusual.

I will write a special report about this Marina since it is often discussed.

We then did a small walk into the center which is only around 5-10Minutes away and has a pedestrian area with all the typical things from McDonalds to H&M, etc.
Now i have to look for a spanish prepaid telephone card.