Santa Cruz - Museum of Nature and Man
Bus Routes: 470[Granadilla] to San Isidro, 115[Santa Cruz]. Return: 116[Medano, Granadilla] to San Isidro, 470[Los Cristianos] to Los Abrigos. (Looking at the bus routes, if I had thought about it I could have got off the 116 at El Medano and waited for the 470 by the beach. The 115 to Santa Cruz happened to arrive before the 111 so I hopped on that going north.) I decided to head north once more to have a look around the 'Museo de la Naturalez y el Hombre' or the 'Museum of Nature and Man' in English having now walked past it several times. As I have mentioned previously the building was originally the Civic Hospital and there are a couple of pictures showing the wards on a display in the entrance lobby. This must have been a light and airy place to be treated judging from the layout of the museum and is built around central courtyards currently containing a selection of trees of the islands, sculpture and seating. The entrance fee was €3 an...