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 Church of San Marcos Evangelista located in the municipality of Icod de los Vinos, island of Tenerife is the most important religious construction in Icod and its region, dating back to the small hermitage, a subsidiary of the Mother Parish of the Apostle Santiago de Los Realejos, which was built around 1500 in this same place. as a result of the appearance of the image of San Marcos Evangelista, which tradition places on the beach that bears his name before the Castilian conquest, and which was elevated to the category of parish in 1515, together with San Pedro de Daute, in the neighboring municipality of Garachico.
2. Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Afligidos
The Hermitage or Sanctuary of Calvary in the municipality of Icod de los Vinos, on the island of Tenerife, stands on a high square, characterized by its slight slope and accessed by a staircase. The space is delimited by a railing supported by a wall canvas, with interspersed pillars topped by balls. Inside, there are garden sectors in which Indian laurels of a certain development stand out. It venerates the image of the Holy Christ of Calvary, whose image was sculpted in Havana (Cuba) and which 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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