The history of this marvellous hacienda, one of the oldest on the Island, goes back to the XVIIIth Century. The house was built in 1730 and for 44 years was a Convent. Its present name comes from its first proprietor Archibald Little who bought the holding in 1774,...

On the road out of town we have one of our historical and cultural gems , a product of the Spanish Enlightenment. The Botanical and Acclimatisation Garden of La Orotava was created in1792 by the Marqués de Villanueva del Prado on the orders of King Carlos III to...

Half way along the pedestrianised Quintana street is the head office of the Canary Institute for Hispanic Studies, one of the foremost cultural institutions on the Island, founded in 1953 and devoted largely to the study and publication of material on the historic...

This church and the adjoining chapel to John the Baptist are nowadays one single building. The chapel, situated in the street of the same name and that of San Amaro [Saint Amarus] in La Paz are the two oldest buildings still in existence in the Municipality. It was...

The growth of the town’s population and economy over the XVIIth Century was to permit the building of the present Parish Church on the site previously occupied by a chapel. The works, finished in 1697, were carried out thanks to the donations of the parishioners, the...

All Saints Anglican Church is in the Taoro Park and is yet another reminder of the considerable English community which established itself in this area of town in the XIXth Century. The church is built in English neo-Gothic style. The foundation stone was laid on 7th...