Cristianos which could accommodate larger ships and allowed for the development of fishing and increased the importance of commercial shipping. A new and bigger port was built on the same site in 1975 and saw the inauguration of a daily ferry service between Los Cristianos and the neighbouring Island of La Gomera.
Around the time of World War II, a number of fortifications, at least 3 small bunkers were built along the Los Cristianos Coastline, possibly as defences against a planned British invasion. During World War II Spain was officially neutral, but considered Axis friendly as the Nazis had financed the fascist victory in the Spanish Civil War. Some of these fortifications remain intact today
