On the estate and around it

Enjoying the north

What you can ask for on the estate, what is worth it nearby, and the festivals of the year, a few minutes from the apartments.

Wellness

A massage or a yoga class on your own terrace, facing the volcano or the sea.

  • A massage on your terrace.
  • Private yoga classes on your terrace.
Wellness

Culture

Original art in every apartment, antiques in some, and a library for long afternoons.

  • Original art on the walls of every apartment.
  • Antiques in some of them.
  • A library.
  • In the lobby, a studio with a mural on the history of the Canary Islands.
Culture

Food

Your shopping done before you arrive, a cold platter, and the tables the locals know.

  • A cold platter.
  • A basket of vegetables and fruit.
  • Your shopping done before you arrive.

Where to eat

Bestia Marina · Amarca · El Sótano · Las Aguas (San Juan de la Rambla)

And, for shopping, the market in Santa Cruz.

Food

Wine

A wine room of Canarian wines on the estate, and the wineries worth the detour.

  • A wine room on the estate with fine Canarian wines, each with its own QR code.
  • Books on Canarian wine.

Wineries to visit

Bodegas Ferrera · Viñátigo · Atlante

We will give you the contact for a visit. And in November, the new wine of San Andrés, in Icod: it is in the calendar.

Wine

Activities

From the boat to the trail: the north of Tenerife, with people who know it.

  • Boats and jet skis from the AD group.
  • Hiking with a company we trust.
  • The festivals of the north, in the calendar below.

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Activities

Massages, yoga, the cold platter or the shopping are arranged when you book or during your stay.

Festivals of the north

Seven festivals less than half an hour from the apartments, all free. The dates change every year, so it is worth checking each town hall’s website.

  1. When: February

    Puerto de la Cruz Carnival

    Carnival in the streets. Best known is the Mascarita Ponte Tacón: a race in costume on towering heels.

    Getting there: About 30 minutes by car. For all ages.

    More information
  2. When: 2 and 3 May

    May Crosses and Fireworks, Los Realejos

    More than 300 crosses dressed in flowers and, on the 3rd, a fireworks duel between two streets that lasts about three hours.

    Getting there: About 25 minutes by car, but parking is very hard: better the bus (TITSA, line 363), and arrive early.

    More information
  3. When: June (with Corpus Christi)

    Corpus Christi carpets and San Isidro pilgrimage, La Orotava

    Flower carpets through the old town and a great tapestry of coloured volcanic earth from the Teide in the town hall square. Then the pilgrimage, with ox carts and folk music.

    Getting there: About 30 minutes by car. The carpets are seen on foot.

    More information
  4. When: July

    The Virgen del Carmen at sea, Puerto de la Cruz

    A procession at sea: the patron saint of sailors goes out among dressed boats and fireworks.

    Getting there: About 30 minutes by car.

    More information
  5. When: 16 August

    San Roque pilgrimage, Garachico

    Held since the 17th century and of National Tourist Interest: a band, livestock and parrandas escort the saint, and the fishermen take him out by boat too.

    Getting there: About 10 minutes by car.

    More information
  6. When: Late September

    Cristo del Calvario festival, Icod de los Vinos

    A dance in traditional dress and a pilgrimage; on the last Sunday the Christ is carried to the church of San Marcos, with fireworks.

    Getting there: 3 minutes by car. Limited parking: arrive early.

    More information
  7. When: 28 to 30 November

    San Andrés boards and Wine Festival, Icod de los Vinos

    The «tableros» slide down the steepest streets on wooden boards. On the 30th the new wine is opened, with roast chestnuts and salted fish.

    Getting there: 3 minutes by car. Streets closed: park at the edge of the old town and bring a jacket.

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