5 Sights in Icod de los Vinos, Spain (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Icod de los Vinos, Spain. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 5 sights are available in Icod de los Vinos, Spain.
1. Iglesia de San Marcos Evangelista
The Parish Matriz of St. Mark Evangelista located in the municipality of Icod de los Wines, the island of Tenerife is the most important religious construction of Icod and its region, dating its origins to the small hermitage, subsidiary of the Parish Matriz del Apostle Santiago de Los Realejos, which was raised in this same place, as a result of the appearance of the image of St. Mark Evangelista, which the tradition places on the beach that bears its name before the Spanish conquest, and which was elevated to the parish category in 1515, together with the San Pedro de Daute, in the neighbouring municipality of Garachico.
2. Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Afligidos
The Ermita or Sanctuary of Calvary in the municipality of Icod de los Wines, island of Tenerife, rises on a high square, characterized by its slight slope and accessed by a staircase. The space is bounded by a grip supported by a wall canvas, with intercutting pillars, which are cut off by balls. The interior is divided into garden sectors where the Indian laurels are highlighted for some development. It revered the image of the Blessed Christ of Calvary, whose image was sculpted in Havana, Cuba, and arrived in Icod in 1729.
3. Museo Guanche
Museo Guanche is an ethnographic museum in Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife. It is focused on the Guanches, the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands. It is located in the 'La Magalona' shopping centre. It contains life-sized scenes of Guanche culture, and recreations of paintings and petroglyphs from various parts of the islands. As of 2020, entrance fees are €6 for adults, and €3 for children.
4. Drago Milenario
El Drago, also known as Drago Milenario and Drago de Icod de los Vinos, is the oldest and largest living specimen of Dracaena draco, or dragon tree, in Parque del Drago, Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife, Spain. It is said to be a thousand years old, although the age is disputed. It is one of the symbols of Tenerife, and was declared a national monument in 1917.
5. Cave of Winds
Cueva del Viento is the largest lava tube system in Europe, and the sixth largest in the world, behind a series of lava tubes in Hawaii. It is also considered the most complex volcanic tube in the world, due to its morphology of several levels and passages.
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