A friend of mine got together a collection of old photos of Los Cristianos and he has scanned them so we are putting them up on this blog post for everyone to see, many thanks Tony for gathering together such a comprehensive photographic record of Los Cristianos, the way it once was. One of these photos is circa 1909 but most of them are between 30 to 50 years old, there are 55 in total.
As you will see, Los Cristianos was once a small fishing village with a harbour surrounded by banana plantations. From those humble beginnings Los Cristianos grew into a world famous resort, these photos serve as a record of the early resort development. If you walk around the resort today you can recognise many of the spots where these old photos were taken, some of the original buildings still remain today.
Liz Taylor and Richard Burton were early visitors to Los Cristianos, see the photo of them whilst staying at the Oasis Moreque Hotel.
Just click on any image to see it full size, then click on your back space key to go back and select another. If you want to see an enlarged image just click on the full size image.
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- Banana plantation at edge of Los Cristianos 1960
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- Banana workers Los Cristianos 1960
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- Bananas on camels Los Cristianos 1960
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- Beach area 1960
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- Beach scene 1960s
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- Building construction Los Cristianos 1968
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- Caves in the hill from beach
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- Church and NE of town, from Hill – 1950
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- Costamar area – aerial view
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- Deserted beach and jetty – 1960
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- Farm reservoir – empty
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- Fiesta float and crowd delivery
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- Fishermen and workers on the road on edge of town
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- Football ground Camison
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- Football ground Las Americas – with Agostine
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- From Reveron hotel roof
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- Kids in the street at edge of town
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- Las Vistas 1966
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- Los Cristianos straw house – 1909
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- Los Cristianos 1950 from hill to Moreque
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- Los Cristianos Avenida de Suecia 1965
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- Los Cristianos old view from Montaña Chayofita 1960
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- New apartments and road – 1968
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- New apartments Los Cristianos 1968
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- New buildings near the church – 1968
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- New houses by banana plantation 1964
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- Old Chalet de Pena wall and gate Los Cristianos 1964
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- Old house on the beach 1960
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- Old house on the beach 1960 – taken 2009
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- Old houses where port road is now
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- Old school
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- Pebble beach near Las Americas
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- Playing in the main road Los Cristianos 1960
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- Promenade, beach and Jetty
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- Religious float – with hill
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- Reveron Pension – 1960
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- Reveron Pension and old bus – 1950s
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- Richard Burton and Liz Taylor at Oasis Moreque hotel
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- Salt area near Las Americas
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- Street to church square
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- Streets of Los Cristianos near Cultural Centre 1960
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- The road out of Los Cristianos
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- Torres del Sol construction part finished
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- View from Guaza mountain to Las Americas 1974
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- View from hill over town – 1950s
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- View from hill with chalet and warships
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- Vintersol site and Las Vistas beach 1965
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- Vintersol site area
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- Vintersol site blessing
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- Vista Sur area 1960
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- Washing in barranco Achacay
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- Wheelchair in old hilly streets – 1965
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- Wheelchair man looking towards Vintersol site
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September 1, 2009 at 12:52 PM |
……they are really fantastic old photographs,
we are regulars to los Cristianos,
& have family there,
can’t thank you enough for posting them up,
it’s great to see how the area has changed.
Davie.
September 1, 2009 at 3:18 PM |
Thanks Dave, it’s nice to get some positive feedback. We really appreciate that, thanks again. Lestie
November 26, 2009 at 9:10 AM |
Excellent photographs but the one that will stick in my mind is my boyhood pin-up Liz Taylor at the Oasis Moreque. This brings to life all the stories I’ve heard about Taylor and Burton being in Los Cristianos.
December 26, 2009 at 10:42 AM |
enjoyed the photographs – was it better then than it is now?
December 26, 2009 at 11:39 AM |
Glad you enjoyed the photographs. I think Los Cristianos has been a success story, the development has been sympathetic with relatively low density accommodation being constructed compared to other resorts. There is some high rise development but most of Los Cristianos has retained it’s character as a harbour town which has been carefully planned through the recent decades. Another bonus is that eveything is still within walkable range and it is a disabled friendly resort. There are still considerable tracts of land to be developed and the infrastructure is already in place. When the harbour is opened up for cruise ships it will become a very busy resort.