Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza Monument · El Rosario, Tenerife - Área Metropolitana, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Image of El Rosario, not of the place itself. The church of La Esperanza, administrative capital of El Rosario, heir to a 16th-century hermitage dedicated to the same devotion that gives the settlement its name. It is the religious and urban centre of the municipality, situated at 900 metres above sea level in the midlands of Anaga. Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in El Rosario