Santa Cruz Museum of Fine Arts

In some of the halls the paintings cover whole walls, and the rooms are bright and spacious, with benches for sitting and looking. The halls are quiet. You can stand in front of a picture for as long as you like.

The best-known piece is the Tríptico de Nava y Grimón, a Flemish Nativity triptych painted by Pieter Coecke in 1546. Around it runs a collection that leans on the islands' own artists, among them Juan de Miranda and Cristóbal Hernández de Quintana, which makes the museum a good first look at Tenerife's artistic history.

The building earns a look before you go in: ten busts of notable tinerfeños line the facade, including the composer Teobaldo Power and the playwright Ángel Guimerá.

• Drinks go into a locker before you enter the galleries.
• Labelling is uneven: many works on the third floor carry QR codes for more detail, while much of the art on the second floor has no label.
• The ground floor holds temporary exhibitions, and one has shown nude photography; check what is on if you are bringing children.
• Free Wi-Fi needs no password, but you sign in with a phone number.
• Braille signs accompany the artworks.

The museum stands in the centre of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Plaza del Príncipe de Asturias, in the building at the rear of the Church of St Francis of Assisi. The nearest stops, Plaza del Príncipe and Villalba Hervás, are about 120 m and 145 m away in a straight line. Drivers have a car park about 80 m away and the paid Parking Plaza de España about 280 m off. A tourist office sits about 170 m from the museum.

Best: a weekday afternoon, Tuesday to Friday, when the museum stays open into the evening.

Avoid: Mondays, when it is closed, and weekend afternoons, when it has already shut for the day.

The galleries are indoors, so the visit works just as well on a wet day or through the midday heat.