Nearly 500 children will simultaneously be able to enjoy the Gesta playground, which these days is being set up on the esplanade of the Vía Litoral that opens in front of the Alameda del Duque Santa Elena and in which there will be more than twenty games, including a trampoline, a zip line of about 15 meters and a closed slide of several meters.
Yesterday the mayor Jose Manuel Bermudez, accompanied by the councilors of Infrastructure, Dámaso Arteaga, and the Center-Ifara District, Guillermo Díaz Guerra, visited the assembly of the first modules. As the mayor advanced, it will be in July, after Carnival, when the 2,500 square meters of what will be the largest children’s park in the Canary Islands are opened to the public, which will be like “an outdoor history class”, as they defended. the project technicians, who recalled that it is also an accessible and inclusive park.
With an investment of more than 600,000 euros, the park will have two shaded areas, one on each side of the esplanade, in addition to a kiosk that will serve as a cafeteria and that will be put out to tender once the space is inaugurated. “We owed a debt to the Gesta of July 25, and with this playground, which was a proposal from the former chronicler of Santa Cruz, Luis Cola Benítez, we offer the little ones the opportunity to learn about such an important episode in our history. , and we do it in the area where the battle took place”, pointed out the mayor.
The largest playground in Tenerife, with capacity for 500 children, will open in July. TONY SQUARE
The largest playground in Tenerife, with capacity for 500 children, will open in July. TONY SQUARE
The largest playground in Tenerife, with capacity for 500 children, will open in July. TONY SQUARE
The largest playground in Tenerife, with capacity for 500 children, will open in July. TONY SQUARE
The largest playground in Tenerife, with capacity for 500 children, will open in July. TONY SQUARE
The largest playground in Tenerife, with capacity for 500 children, will open in July. TONY SQUARE
The largest playground in Tenerife, with capacity for 500 children, will open in July. TONY SQUARE
Arteaga pointed out that the heights of the games that will be available have had to be limited, such as boats, rowboats, swings or climbing nets, because “we are on the roof of the Vía Litoral tunnel, which has limited the depth of the foundation. In addition, we have had to waterproof this entire area before placing the rubber on which the games go.”
The elements related to the Gesta that will be represented in this new children’s area are the English ship HMS Theseus, the Fox cutter, five English boats, the Santo Domingo convent, the San Cristóbal castle, La Carnicería beach, the old pier, the Oil ravine, the Plaza de la Iglesia, the Tigre canyon or the Alameda beach.
The esplanade, facing the celebration of the Carnival, will reinforce its current fence and reduce it to leave more space for the celebration of the party, pointing out the mayor that, next year, with the park already finished, “just as we do with the rest of urban furniture we will proceed to the fencing”.
