Santiago del Teide Radio Taxis with taxi ranks in Los Gigantes, Puerto Santiago and Playa Arena
OUR STORY

The Profesional Association of Taxi Drivers of Santiago del Teide was founded in the early 1960s and at that time there were only two cars!

The very first taxi in the area (below right) was registered in 1952 and was driven by Teodosio González Navarro of Tamaimo. (picture courtesy of the Arguyo collective)

Nowadays the association has 34 vehicles - the newest one (September 2006) was used in the publicity photographs for this web site (top left) and belongs to Miguel Gonzalez Martín who is pictured left with some of the other drivers at the Playa Arena Taxi Rank.

This photograph was taken in 1973 and shows the area where the Central Taxi Office rank in Calle Flor de Pascua is situated today. Everyone was waiting to greet the King and Queen of Spain (at that time still Prince and Princess) when they came to inaugurate the 2nd phase of the hotel los Gigantes (shown below in in the late 1960s


The association covers taxi ranks at Tamaimo Tropical, Hotel Barcelo Santiago, Vigilia Park, Plaza de Santiago, Playa la Arena, Los Gigantes Sports Center, Los Gigantes Harbour and the Central office which is located at the side of the Hotel Los Gigantes at nº10 Calle Flor de Pascua - where you can pop in to see Marta or Daniela and enquire about the many services that we offer to visitors including custom excursions for up to 4 adults which are not only more comfortable, and can be scheduled at times to suit the client, but often work out cheaper per person than going on the bus!

Although much of the driving done is for holiday makers on the coast, we mustn't forget that the association covers the whole municipality from Valle Arriba above Santiago del Teide town down to Tamaimo and all the villages in between.

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