El Tablero: Trails, Festivals and Rural Culture

In El Tablero, the El Camino de Candelaria begins on Calle El Convento in upper El Tablero and leads south towards Machado. A 500-metre section of this path in upper El Tablero forms part of the route protected as a Bien de Interés Cultural; paved sections and a dry-stone boundary wall are among its visible features.

For the Camino Viejo de Candelaria, visitors are advised not to enter unsecured and unsigned areas. The exception is organised routes with the necessary permits and safety measures.

For orientation purposes, the route, direction and section length can be considered separately. This means that the specific starting point, the southward direction and the structural design remain distinct details rather than being combined into a general description of the path. These different levels help organise a route mentally according to its course and condition.

Rural themes

At “Un Día Rural”, participants can feed farm animals, sow seeds in the organic garden and go on a short horseback ride. At “Un Día Rural”, visitors are guided through several educational areas where sustainable development, agricultural topics, handling animals, and the use or transformation of natural resources are presented.

The rural perspective here consists of practical activities and thematic education. For planning purposes, these two levels can be considered separately: the activities describe participation, while the educational areas organise the topics covered. This keeps activity and the communication of knowledge legible as distinct approaches.

Art and landscape

“Ya cuesta rodar” at Era de Marina Reyes is a contemporary artwork created by the festival for El Tablero. The Festival Rural Las Eras de El Tablero uses the local landscape as a setting for artistic and creative activities involving local residents. In El Tablero, several traditional ovens, threshing floors and wine presses can be identified.

The artwork, community activities and recognisable traditional installations represent different levels of observation. Anyone wishing to understand El Tablero through its culture can distinguish between an individual work, a landscape-based form of event and visible evidence of rural use.

EcoGranja La Aldea in El Tablero is designated as the venue for a public workshop on sustainable construction using natural and local materials.

Festivals and traditions

A patron-saint festival programme in El Tablero included celebrations in honour of Saint Joseph. A patron-saint festival programme in El Tablero included a children's celebration at Plaza de San José and a folklore festival. In the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, festivals and folklore, including those in El Tablero, show that local traditions continue to endure.

The religious occasion, children's celebration and folklore identify different aspects of the programme. When considering local culture, they can be classified separately without equating the individual forms of the festivities.

When comparing a holiday apartment in El Tablero, you can check the travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions side by side on the respective offer pages. The three details concern different levels: the period, the selected category and the terms of a booking.

Further location options also include El Escobonal.

For the broader travel overview: Güimar.