Discover Chimiche in Tenerife

In Chimiche, the Danza de Varas de Chimiche is the only dance form in the Canary Archipelago that uses decorated sticks. It is still performed in Las Vegas and Chimiche on the occasion of the respective festivities and opens the procession at midday. The dance form is passed down from parents to their children.

Culture

Religious and cultural life is also firmly rooted in specific places. On 24 March 2024, a Palm Sunday Mass was scheduled to take place at 11:00 a.m. in the Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Chimiche. The Casa de la Cultura de Chimiche hosts various cultural and social activities throughout the year. Painting and folk dance courses are offered there, along with a study and reading room containing numerous books and encyclopaedias.

The local music history includes the folklore group Sentir sureño, which was founded in mid-2006 to promote and spread the music of its own region with its own style. Since the end of 2007, it has been permanently based at the Casa de la Cultura de Chimiche. Its music is considered original and highly innovative within Canarian folklore. The Casa de la Cultura has occasionally been used for theatre, music and dance performances as well as for photography and art exhibitions.

Other places

Other places you can discover on this page include Atogo, San Isidro, El Salto, El Médano, Amarilla Golf, Palomas and La Mareta.

Hiking trails

Las Vegas preserves the character of traditional Canarian hamlets as well as a significant ethnographic and historical heritage. It is also possible to explore an extensive, recently restored network of hiking trails there, which is among the most significant on the island. The PR-TF 83.5 hiking trail begins next to the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de La Esperanza in the village of Las Vegas. The chapel is considered an important religious and heritage building and has an unusual bell tower. PR-TF 83.5 follows the historic Camino Real, which connected Las Vegas with Granadilla.

The ethnographic ensemble of Los Hibrones is located along the same route and still preserves ovens, livestock stables, traditional houses, a threshing floor and a pasil for drying figs. The trail also passes abandoned cultivated areas surrounded by Canarian pine trees. The PR-TF 83.3 is 6.6 km long, runs from Las Vegas to El Aserradero and is signposted as a short hiking trail. Parque Pino Las Jabas is located along it; it was formerly used as a pasil for drying fruit, especially figs.

The PR-TF 83.1 climbs from Las Vegas through cultivated areas with water channels and irrigation ditches and past cave houses before leading into a pine forest at Risco del Muerto. The Granadilla de Abona route passes through the small village of Chimiche, crosses the old southern road TF-28 and runs along the TF-555 towards Las Vegas. The Bar Chimiche and the Cooperativa Agrícola are located along the sides of this route before it continues towards Caserío de Las Vegas.

For the higher-level travel overview: Granadilla De Abona.