Holiday apartment in Trasmontaña – Waterways, estate history and banana cultivation

The Cantoneras y Lavaderos complex is located on the Camino del Laurel in Trasmontaña. Two structures are visible on the descent; further ones follow the irrigation channel running there. The complex comprises five stone cantoneras and four small, individually constructed stone lavaderos for washing while kneeling. Three cantoneras are elongated, one is approximately square, and the fifth is located in a rectangular hut.

The Acequia del Guincho carried water from the Heredad and later from the Porrón; several washing places were established along the channel. Around 1572, the Acequia Alta was extended to Trasmontaña as a section of the Acequia de Arucas in order to convey water to the El Prior estate, which belonged to the mayorazgo.

History

The historic estates and manor houses in Trasmontaña include complexes dating from the 17th and 18th centuries along the old royal road. The agricultural estates associated with Trasmontaña were centres of the large landholdings established after the conquest and flourished during the interwar period through banana monoculture. Traditional estate complexes included residential and farm buildings, stables and storage buildings in L- or U-shaped layouts enclosed by walls.

Agriculture and gastronomy

Mundo del Plátano at Hacienda La Rekompensa offers a guided tour of a banana plantation, with explanations of the history, cultivation and varieties of Canarian bananas, as well as a tasting of products made from Canarian bananas. A fully restored Canarian house dating from 1804 can also be visited there.

Nature and museums

Mirador De La Montaña De Arucas is a viewpoint in the vicinity of Trasmontaña. Playa El Puertillo and Quintanilla are nearby beaches, while Cuevas del Guincho is a nearby cave. The Museo Municipal de Arucas, the Centro de Arte La Regenta, the Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología and the Casa Museo de los Patronos de la Virgen are located in the vicinity of Trasmontaña; all four are museums.

For planning your day, you can consider the focuses of hydraulic engineering and estate history, banana cultivation and agriculture, the coast and the cave, and museums separately.

Other destinations

Other destinations for your travel planning include Moya, Las Marciegas, Artenara, Tarajalillo, Temisas, Arinaga, Mogán and Tasartico.

When comparing holiday apartments in Trasmontaña, you can compare travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions on the offer pages. With several offers, these three details can be read in the same order, while you can assign different weights to the period, category and cancellation conditions.

Getting around

The circular route through Trasmontaña, to Montaña de Arucas and Montaña de Cardones, begins in Trasmontaña, runs via Paseo de San Patricio and the Acequia Alta, and climbs to Montaña de Arucas. In Trasmontaña, the Fiesta de San Patricio takes place in August.

For the higher-level travel overview: Gran Canaria.