Town guide
Puerto de la Cruz
- Population
- 31,137 in 2025 (+5.9% since 2015)
- Tenerife North airport
- 33 km, 31 min
- Tenerife South airport
- 99 km, 86 min
- La Villa shopping centre
- 6 km, 12 min
- Santa Cruz
- 41 km, 36 min
- Supermarkets include
- Mercadona, Lidl, HiperDino, SuperDino, Spar, Altesa, Covirán
- Homes for sale
- 362, with a typical asking price of €310,000
The place. The north's original resort, and still its most international town. It has a real old town and harbour, the Martiánez sea pools designed by César Manrique, Playa Jardín, the Botanical Garden and Loro Parque. It is small enough to live in without a car, and has two private hospitals. About one resident in five was foreign in 2023.
What's for sale. The largest market in this guide, and overwhelmingly flats, mostly in blocks from the 1970s. Flats are small, at a typical 75 m², and carry the highest price per square metre on the north coast. Detached homes are few and expensive, with a typical asking price of €860,000. Notary figures show the same split: most sales are small flats averaging 57 m² and about €136,000, a long way below what is listed today.
Homes for sale, 1 November 2026
| Type | Homes | Typical asking price | Middle half | Typical size | Asking per m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flats | 283 | €259,000 | €190,000 to €355,000 | 75 m² | €3,790 |
| Town houses | 13 | €510,000 | €435,000 to €680,000 | 231 m² | €2,500 |
| Semi-detached | 9 | €449,000 | €350,000 to €630,000 | 174 m² | €2,590 |
| Detached houses | 57 | €860,000 | €630,000 to €1.50m | 338 m² | €2,660 |
Where prices differ
| Neighbourhood | Homes | Typical asking price | Asking per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botánico | 102 | €327,000 | €3,690 |
| Playa Jardín | 80 | €310,000 | €3,650 |
| Martiánez | 75 | €240,000 | €4,000 |
| San Antonio / Las Arenas | 55 | €320,000 | €2,620 |
| San Fernando | 50 | €274,000 | €3,390 |
Recorded sale prices, last 12 months
| Type | Sales | Average price | Average size | Per m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flats | 793 | €136,000 | 57 m² | €2,380 |
| Houses | 52 | €383,000 | 171 m² | €2,240 |
| New homes, all types | 18 | €245,000 | 56 m² | €4,420 |
Market movement. Of 326 homes listed on 16 September, 16% had left the portal by 1 November and 11% had cut their price (typically by 6.4%). Another 109 new listings were still for sale on 1 November.
Portal price index. The portal's own index for the town was +9.0% over the year to May 2026, at about €3,460 per m². This is an index of what sellers ask, and it swings in small markets.
Rents. 134 flats listed for rent ask a typical €1,000 a month for 60 m². Per square metre, that is about 5.3% a year of the typical flat's asking price, before costs and tax.
Who it suits. Retirees and long-stay buyers who want to walk to everything, second-home owners, and landlords: flats ask about €1,000 a month. Homes on the seafront at Martiánez command the highest prices per square metre. San Antonio and Las Arenas, further inland, are the better value.
Check before buying.
- Flat buyers: read the building's statutes and service charges, and ask about roof, lift and façade works, because many of these blocks are about 50 years old.
- Some older tourist buildings have rules that make a unit legally tourist accommodation rather than a home. Check this before you buy.
- Ravines that cross the town can flood in heavy rain, so look at the island's flood-risk map.