Valle de Guerra – Culture, Coast and Canarian Traditions

Valle de Guerra offers a cultural perspective through Casa de Carta, which is considered an important example of an 18th-century Canarian manor house. La Librea is a religious and folk performance that is deeply rooted in Valle de Guerra and has been passed down through generations. Those who want to get to know a place through its buildings and traditional performances will find two different cultural approaches here.

When looking for a holiday apartment in Valle de Guerra, you can review the accommodation pages using a few of your own key criteria: Check the travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions, and compare these details with one another. Your travel plans and length of stay provide the framework for this comparison.

Culture

Casa de Carta offers exhibitions, film screenings, workshops, as well as activities for children and families. Its renewed exhibition “Tramas de Memoria” combines textile heritage with photographic heritage. For your planning, the different formats can be considered separately: exhibitions, film screenings, workshops, and activities for children and families are different options for cultural engagement.

La Librea takes place on the second Saturday of October every year and was classified in 2007 as an Asset of Cultural Interest (Bien de Interés Cultural). Another festive focal point is the Romería of Valle de Guerra, which honours San Isidro Labrador and Santa María de la Cabeza. It features floats and carts, folklore groups, parrandas and traditional dances. The Romería reached its 75th edition and was considered one of the oldest in the Canary Archipelago.

The cultural life also includes a strong tradition of Canarian wrestling, lucha canaria.

History

La Barranquera was classified on 24 November 2004 as an Asset of Cultural Interest (Bien de Interés Cultural) in the category of Archaeological Zone. La Barranquera includes documented burial caves containing bone, mollusc and ceramic remains. La Barranquera combines a coastal cliff zone with beach areas.

Landscape

At the turn-off to El Boquerón, there is a viewpoint from which the agricultural landscape of Valle de Guerra can be viewed with the coast in the background. Valle de Guerra is also included in the list of agrotourism areas mentioned by La Laguna Ecotours.

For your travel planning, you can set different priorities: cultural offerings and festive traditions can be distinguished from the landscape between agricultural areas, coastal cliffs and beach areas; agriculture also offers its own perspective on cultivation and winegrowing.

More destination pages: Guamansa, Bajamar, Tejina and Punta Del Hidalgo.

Agriculture and Wine

The most important crop grown in Valle de Guerra is bananas. Valle de Guerra has numerous vineyards, some of whose grapes are used for wines bearing the Tacoronte-Acentejo designation of origin. The designation of origin indicates a specific connection between some of the grapes and the wines produced from them.

For the overarching travel overview: San Cristóbal De La Laguna.