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LOS
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Though it's difficult to tell where
Los Cristianos finishes and Las Américas
begins, the centre of Los
Cristianos, nestling beside the
steep bleak Montaña Chayofita and
the town's main beach and harbour is
easy to identify. The atmosphere
here, while undeniably touristy, is
much less conspicuously synthetic
and less tawdry than that of its
sprawling neighbour. This is mainly
because it has grown much more
organically - from fishing
village to port and then,
since the 1960s, to an agreeable and
relatively sedate resort
attracting families and a large
contingent of retired folk. Today,
it is still home to many Canarians.
The town's pedestrianized centre is
filled with restaurants, shops and
services targeting the many
strolling holiday-makers. Its
relatively low-rise buildings
overlook the harbour and the
substantial Playa de Los
Cristianos , while high-rise
apartment blocks dominate the
outskirts of the town, particularly
on its eastern side towards the
footslopes of the barren Montaña
Guaza . The town spreads a good
way west of the harbour area, too,
melting with Las Américas along a
rather theoretical western boundary
in the middle of the wide Playa
de Las Vistas.
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