Banks and exchanges The
travel agent, Viajes Islazul
C/Juan XXIII 8, Los Cristianos (tel
922/750 026,
garvin@santandersupernet.com
), usually has better rates than
any of the town's many banks.
American Express is represented
by Viajes Insular, Residencial
El Camisón, Los Cristianos (tel
922/790 154).
Bike rental Bicisport
(tel 922/751 829), Edif. el
Arenal, beside the post office,
Los Cristianos; Cycling Diga
Sports, Park Club Europe, Los
Moritos (tel 922/793 009; fax
922/176 837). Diga Sports also
arranges biking tours and rents
out inline skates by the hour
and day.
Car rental OrCar at CC
Puerto Colon (tel 922/714 280),
Las Flores in San Eugenio (tel
922/795 470), Tenerife Royal
Garden (tel 922/753 771), and CC
Fañabé (tel 922/712 068).
Fishing Crested Wave (tel
922/797 469) and Nauti Sport (tel
922/791 459; www.dotsytoo.com
) organize deep-sea fishing
trips from their harbour-side
kiosks.
Gym Bouganville Hotel
(tel 922/790 200), includes
sauna and massage facilities.
Daily and weekly membership
available.
Hospital Hospital Las
Américas, on the border with
Los Cristianos. For an
ambulance, call 922/780 759.
Internet access in CC
San Eugenio (5 per hour). Word
Computer Systems, C/Juan XXIII
37, Los Cristianos (5 per hour).
Language courses
Centro de Estudíos, Mercury 8 (tel
922/767 059; cemercury@terra.es
).
Laundry In Edif.
Simon, just north of the bus
station (daily 9am-9pm); in the
basement of the Hotel
Villamar , central Las Américas;
at the Lavandería Royale, Edif.
Parque Royale.
Pharmacy There's a
24-hour pharmacy beside CC
Starco. There are several
pharmacies scattered around the
northern side of the pedestrian
area in Los Cristianos,
including the Pharmacía,
C/General Franco 23.
Police For the
location of the nearest
municipal police station call
922/797 850. In Los Cristianos,
the Municipal Police Station is
on C/Valle Mendez beside the
cultural centre and tourist
office at the east end of town (tel
922/757 133).
Scuba diving Gruber
Diving, inside the Park Club
Europe building (tel 922/752
708); Wreck and Reef, in Vista
Sur, beside Playa de Las Vistas
(tel 922/796 791; jedl@arrakis.es
); Barakuda Club in Playa
Paraiso (tel 922/780 725; www.divers-net.de/teneriffa
); Club de Buceo Rincón de
Arona, Muelle, Los Cristianos (tel
922/79 35 50; rincondearona@lettera.net
); Aqua Sport in the Mar y Sol
apartment block (tel 922/797
797).
Taxi From one of the
ranks along the main seafront
road in Las Américas, or by
calling 922/791 407. Beside the
Plaza del Carmen in Los
Cristianos, or call 922/790 352.
Tennis Tenisur, next
to the Octopus Aquapark (tel
922/796 167), rents out courts
and organizes lessons and
tournaments.
Travel agents
Butterfly Booking Agency, CC
Puerto (tel 922/712 095), for
local excursion; Flight Center,
CC Americas Shopping, adjacent
to Parque Santiago II, Los
Moritos (tel 922/793 819; www.tenerife-uk.com/flightcenter
), for charter flights to the
UK, Left-luggage service,
showers and changing rooms.
Viajes Islazul C/Juan XXIII 8 (tel
922/750 026; garvin@santandersupernet.com
) for cheap international
flights.
