Puerto de La Cruz Carnival 2012 dates and programme
No doubt Carnival is a popular party eith worldwide fame. In Tenerife, Carnival in the capital, Santa Cruz are the best known, but every year the popularity of other carnival cellebrations in several points in the island, have been gradually increasing between both, local population and tourists, as Puerto de la Cruz Carnival, not that crowded but funny and colourful as any other.
The dates of Puerto de la Cruz 2012 Carnival are in February from the 12th to the 26th
Puerto de La Cruz 2012 Carnival Programme:
- February 12th
19.00h: Children carnival queen election
- Februrary 16th
21.00h: Carnival queen election
- Februrary 18th
20.00h: Opening parade with the following itinerary:Paseo Luis
Lavaggi, Calle San Felipe, Plaza del Charco, Calle La Marina, Calle Santo
Domingo, Calle Zamora y Avenida Familia Betancourt y Molina.
- February 19th
17.00h: Children costume competition
20.30h: Adults costume competition
- February 20th
18.30: "Matar la Culebra" old carnival representation
- February 21st
13.00h: Vintage cars rallie from Avenida Colón
- February 22nd
21.00h: Sardine burial
- February 24th
20.30h: mascarita Ponte Tacón: men only marathon with high hills
- February 25th
16.00h: Closing parade also known as "coso" .Itinerary: Avda. Colón, Plaza de los Reyes Católicos, Calle Obispo Pérez Cáceres, Avda. Familia Betancourt y Molina, Calle Zamora, Calle Santo Domingo, Calle La Marina, Plaza del Charco, Calle San Felipe y Paseo Luis Lavaggi.
- February 26th
17.00h: Carnival groups exhibition