This spring, the sun shines a little brighter on the Isla Baja. The Repsol Guide has awarded Silogía, the restaurant of Hotel La Quinta Roja, one of its 300 Spring Soletes — distinctions awarded across Spain. What makes this recognition even more special is that it falls under a newly created category specifically recognising restaurants connected to an accommodation, just like ours.
The 2026 Spring Soletes in Tenerife
The Soletes are the youngest distinction in this prestigious guide. The selection ranges from traditional local eateries and neighbourhood bars to honest restaurants in natural settings and historic centres — or, like Silogía, gastronomic proposals tied to a place to stay.
Other Tenerife recipients include Cafetería Orche (Santa Cruz), known for its famous sandwiches and as a Carnival meeting point; Rinconcito Gomero in the La Salud neighbourhood (Santa Cruz), offering traditional Canarian cooking at reasonable prices; and Restaurante Otelo (Adeje), at the gateway to the Barranco del Infierno ravine, celebrated for its fried chicken and rabbit in salmorejo sauce.
Season of escapes
The Repsol Guide launches its Spring Soletes to inspire food lovers to explore and be surprised after the winter slowdown.
It is the season for making plans, enjoying the outdoors and discovering the island. So we invite you to escape to the Isla Baja — to savour its charms and experience the restaurants the Repsol Guide has recognised with a Sol or Solete across its various editions.
Ready to taste the Isla Baja?
Icod de los Vinos — Gateway to the Isla Baja
After visiting the magnificent Dracaena Draco — the oldest of its kind on the planet and a source of island pride — we step inside the Church of San Pedro, wander around the charming Plaza de la Pila, peek into the courtyard of Casa Cáceres (now the municipal music school), and prepare for the first Solete on our route: La Casa del Drago.
La Casa del Drago
Set in a beautiful Canarian manor house dating from 1748, its terrace offers a privileged view of the ancient dragon tree. A creative and unique setting where you can enjoy unhurried cooking made to order with fresh, local, seasonal produce. The menu also tempts with healthy breakfasts, brunches and cocktails.
The Repsol Guide highlights its award-winning local cheese boards, homemade mojos and almogrotes, the Mama Inés potato salad, meats from the north and Canarian wines.
Agustín y Rosa
Less than five minutes away, on Calle San Sebastián, stands the second Solete in Icod de los Vinos. A traditional eatery founded in 1950, where you will find classic dishes such as rabbit in salmorejo or salt cod with onions, alongside a selection of aged meats that reveal the influence of a new generation.
Garachico, the Isla Baja´s heart
La Quinta Roja, eat and sleep in Garachico
After lunch, nothing beats a good siesta. Right in the heart of Garachico, La Quinta Roja is waiting for you to rest before continuing to savour the Isla Baja.
Many guests prefer to relax with a book in our courtyard, lulled by the sound of the vegetation and the water flowing from our stone fountain. Others choose to climb up to the aljimez — the old watchtower of the house — for a moment of quiet solitude, or enjoy a relaxing massage. If you are a proper napper, you will sleep like a baby in our comfortable rooms with their centuries-old tea wood floors and high ceilings that feel like an embrace.
As the sun goes down, nothing is better than a stroll through the village and a sunset swim in the natural pools of El Caletón, beside the Castillo de San Miguel.
You will emerge refreshed and ready for dinner.
Silogía — La Quinta Roja's restaurant. Spring Solete 2026
For years, Silogía has ranked among the best restaurants in Garachico, so reservations are always recommended.
The restaurant is set in the side courtyard of the Casa Palacio, next to the Plaza de la Libertad. The team is led by chef Franklyn Delgado and head of service Moisés Delgado.
At nightfall the courtyard takes on a magical atmosphere — perfect for a special evening.
The menu offers a fusion of island flavours with influences from other world cuisines, always rooted in local seasonal produce. Rice dishes are a house speciality, alongside signature plates such as the black pork burger and the daily croquettes.
Bestia Marina — Sol Repsol Guide
A few streets from Silogía, on Calle Esteban de Ponte, stands the only restaurant in Garachico to hold a Sol from the Repsol Guide: Bestia Marina.
Chef Omar Páez presents an exciting menu in which seafood cooked over embers takes centre stage, alongside other local ingredients such as mushrooms grown by a local producer.
A family recipe book dating from 1912 serves as his source of inspiration, which he reinterprets to offer a personal vision through à la carte dishes or a tasting menu experience.
A walk through Teno — and the perfect final treat
After a first day of gentle walks, fine meals and well-earned rest, it is time to lace up the walking boots and breathe in some fresh air.
The Isla Baja and the Teno Massif offer numerous trails that will leave you speechless, such as the Volcán de Trevejo, Monte del Agua or the Charcas de Erjos — pools that have regained their full splendour after a rainy winter.
To find the route best suited to your level and the landscape you want to discover, download the TenerifeOn app, where you will find complete and up-to-date information on all the island’s trails.
The best viewpoint on the Isla Baja
After the walk, we continue our journey inland. We head to Teno Alto to recharge and gain some perspective.
Teno is a corner of authentic Tenerife — a small mountain village where traditions and ways of life long vanished elsewhere have been preserved.
Goat farming remains an important part of the local economy. Do not leave without buying a piece of goat’s cheese from one of the local dairies.
El Bar los Bailaderos, Solete
Bar Los Bailaderos has been awarded a Solete for the breathtaking panoramic view from its terrace — a bird’s-eye view of the entire Isla Baja — and for its traditional dishes such as chickpea stew, local goat meat and a quarter litre of local wine. Save room for the quesillo dessert.
From the Teno Massif to the Isla Baja
The descent from Teno to Buenavista is winding, but it offers the most vivid visual explanation of what the Isla Baja truly is.
From the heights of the Teno Massif, we look down upon a flat coastal platform of low elevation formed by lava deltas — fajanas — that extend into the sea. That is the Isla Baja: the land that takes in the towns of Buenavista del Norte, Los Silos and Garachico.
El Aderno, from tradition to innovation
Teobaldo Méndez began by delivering bread and rosquetes door to door across the Isla Baja. In 1991 the master pastry chef opened his first workshop in his home town of Buenavista del Norte, El Aderno, from where he went on to revolutionise the island’s pastry and chocolate-making scene with innovative recipes using the finest ingredients.
Its rosquetes and mini truchas are addictive. El Aderno has become an essential stop for everyone visiting Buenavista del Norte.
A sweet sunset
Such fine pastries deserve a very special setting. Watching the sunset on the coast of Buenavista, Los Silos or Garachico is the perfect way to close this gastronomic escape around the Isla Baja.
As we watch the sun sink below the horizon, we realise how fully we have recharged over these few days away. We have not even left and we are already thinking about coming back to keep exploring this treasure of Tenerife.
