20 Sights in La Orotava, Spain (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in La Orotava, Spain! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in La Orotava. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in La Orotava1. Pico del Teide
Teide, or Mount Teide, is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. Its summit is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic. If measured from the ocean floor, its height of 7,500 m (24,600 ft) makes Teide the third-highest volcano in the world, UNESCO and NASA rank it as Earth's third-tallest volcanic structure. Teide's elevation above sea level makes Tenerife the tenth highest island in the world.
2. La Orotava
La Orotava is a town and a municipality in the northern part of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands of Spain. The area of the municipality stretches from the north coast to the mountainous interior, and includes the summit of the Teide volcano, Canary Islands' and Spain's highest point at 3,718 m. At 207.31 km2, it is the largest municipality of the island of Tenerife. The population is 41,255 (2013).
3. Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción
The mother parish of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción is the best example of the Baroque in the Canary Islands (Spain). It is located in the town of La Orotava, on the island of Tenerife. It is one of the most lavish temples on the island, which is why it is popularly called the "Basilica or Cathedral of La Orotava" due to its composition and dimensions, despite not being any of these. Its most characteristic element is its dome, whose design is inspired by the dome of the Cathedral of Florence in Italy.
4. Vacuum Tower Telescope
The Vacuum Tower Telescope is an evacuated-optics solar telescope located at the Teide Observatory on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It is operated by the Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS).
5. Bradford Robotic Telescope
The Bradford Robotic Telescope (BRT) is an autonomous astronomical telescope located at Teide Observatory, Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It is owned by the University of Bradford and was built between 2002 and 2004 for remote use by schools and individuals worldwide. As of November 2009, the observatory has returned over 70,000 images and has more than 23,000 users.
6. Pico Viejo
Pico Viejo is a volcano located on the island of Tenerife in Canary Islands, Spain. It is the second highest peak of Tenerife and the Canary Islands, with a height of 3,135 m above sea level, and a huge crater approximately 720 metres in diameter.
7. Roque Cinchado
Roque Cinchado is a volcanic rock formation regarded as emblematic of the island of Tenerife. It lies within the Teide National Park in the municipality of La Orotava, near Teide volcano, in the heart of the island. Alternatively named 'gods finger', Roque Cinchado is located about 1700 meters below the summit of Teide volcano. It belongs to a group of rock formations, remnants of the former summit of the island, known as "Roques García."
8. Roques de García
The Roques de García are a rock formation on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife below the Teide volcano. The most famous of the bizarrely shaped towers made of volcanic rock is the Roque Cinchado, also known as the Stone Tree or Finger of God, which is considered the island's landmark.
9. Optical Ground Station
The ESA Optical Ground Station is the European Space Agency's ground based observatory at the Teide Observatory on Tenerife, Spain, built for the observation of space debris. OGS is part of the Artemis experiment and is operated by the IAC and Ataman Science S.L.U.
10. Hijuela del Botánico
La Hijuela del Botánico, also known as "La Hijuela", is a landscaped public space with an area of 3390 square meters located at the back of the Hon. Town Hall of the Villa de La Orotava. La Hijuela depends on the Orotava Acclimatization Garden (JAO), which is located in the municipality of Puerto de la Cruz, formerly Puerto de la Orotava, and was initially conceived in the times of Carlos III.
11. GREGOR
GREGOR is a solar telescope, equipped with a 1.5 m primary mirror, located at 2,390 m altitude at the Teide Observatory on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It replaces the older Gregory Coudé Telescope and was inaugurated on May 21, 2012. First light, using a 1 metre test mirror, was on March 12, 2009.
12. Casa Lercaro
The Casa Lercaro, in the municipality of La Orotava, island of Tenerife, also known as Casa de Ponte-Fonte or Casa de Ponte-Grimaldi, depending on the name we attribute its name, either to the first owner of the house, Jerónimo de Ponte-Fonte y Pagés, or to the estate and the enlightened branch of the family that gave rise to his marriage with Catalina Grimaldi Rizo de Lugo, it is located at number 7 Calle Colegio.
13. Ermita de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
The hermitage of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves is a small Catholic temple that is located next to the Parador de Las Cañadas del Teide, within the Teide National Park on the Canary Island of Tenerife (Spain). This hermitage stands out for being the highest Christian temple in Spain and is consecrated to the Virgen de las Nieves or Santa María la Mayor.
Wikipedia: Ermita de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves (Las Cañadas del Teide) (ES)
14. TELESCOPIO CARLOS SÁNCHEZ
The Telescopio Carlos Sánchez is a 1.52 m Dall-Kirkham type infrared telescope with an equatorial mount and an f/13.8 Cassegrain focus. It is located at Observatorio del Teide on Tenerife, and is operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. It was built in 1971 by the United Kingdom and has been used for a wide range of infrared observational programmes, from large-scale Galactic Centre mapping to stellar oscillations.
15. GroundBIRD
GroundBIRD is an experiment to observe the cosmic microwave background at 145 and 220GHz. It aims to observe the B-mode polarisation signal from inflation in the early universe. It is located at Teide Observatory, on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
16. Jardines del marquesado de la Quinta Roja
The Jardines del Marquesado de la Quinta Roja, also known as Jardines Victoria, are gardens located in the centre of the municipality of La Orotava, adjacent to the summer house of the Marqueses de la Quinta Roja, located on Calle San Agustín.
17. Roque de la Grieta
The Roque de la Grieta or Topo de la Grieta is one of the peaks that make up the cirque of Las Cañadas del Teide, in Tenerife. It is located in the head of the municipality of Arico, located on the border that the Teide National Park establishes with the Corona Forestal Natural Park. Its highest point rises to 2576 metres above sea level and is the fourth highest point in Tenerife and the Canary Islands after Mount Teide, Pico Viejo and Alto de Guajara.
18. QUIJOTE telescope
The QUIJOTE CMB Experiment is an ongoing experiment started in November 2012, and led by Rafael Rebolo López, with the goal of characterizing the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and other galactic and extragalactic emission in the frequency range 10 to 40 GHz, at angular scales of 1°. These measurements will complement at low frequency and correct from galactic contamination those obtained by the Planck satellite from 2009 to 2013.
19. MONS Telescope
Teide Observatory, IAU code 954, is an astronomical observatory on Mount Teide at 2,390 metres (7,840 ft), located on Tenerife, Spain. It has been operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias since its inauguration in 1964. It became one of the first major international observatories, attracting telescopes from different countries around the world because of the good astronomical seeing conditions. Later, the emphasis for optical telescopes shifted more towards Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma.
20. Montaña Blanca
Montaña Blanca is a mountain on the Canary Island of Tenerife. Its flat summit on the eastern flank of the Pico del Teide above the edge mountains of the Las Cañadas basin at a height of 2,748 m (9,016 ft). This makes the Montaña Blanca the third highest peak in Tenerife after the Pico del Teide and the Pico Viejo.
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