During these meetings, a coffee-tertulia was held with some of the 2025 Brote Award recipients, including the aforementioned designer Yuima Nakazato, activist Hilda Nakabuye (Brote 2025 for activism), and José M. Morales (Brote 2025 Faro de Cine). These encounters allowed the public to meet and talk directly with these professionals while enjoying a cup of sustainable coffee.

Charco de los Chochos is a natural pool separated from the ocean by a stone wall. In its deepest part, it reaches up to two meters. A stone staircase with a wooden handrail makes access easier.

Its name comes from the use farmers once gave it: salting chochos (lupins) with seawater.

From here, you can enjoy a swim with views of the Culata cliffs, Mount Teide on clear days, and the entire northern coast.

If you continue walking along the coast, you’ll come across some curious rock formations where natural salt flats form, and further ahead, you’ll reach Charco de Don Gabino.

The location of this building—facing the Town Hall and surrounded by the Church of Our Lady of the Angels, the former Convent of San Francisco, and the Stone House, residence of the Counts of La Gomera—reflects the importance of its first owner: Don Cristóbal Ponte y Llarena, the first Marquis of La Quinta Roja and a direct descendant of Garachico’s founder, the Genoese banker Don Cristóbal Ponte.

Now walk the path from La Puerta de Tierra to the current shoreline. As you go, you’ll notice how much land was gained from the sea by the lava flows.

Let your imagination take flight and picture the bay as it was in the 16th century, when ships from Africa, the Americas, and Europe lined up to load and unload their cargo.

From the seafront promenade, you can admire San Miguel Castle, built in 1575 to defend the Port of Garachico from the increasing threat of pirate attacks.

If you’d rather enjoy these routes with the peace of mind that comes from being accompanied by expert guides — and without having to worry about handling permits — we can help organize it for you. At La Quinta Roja, we work with several local active tourism companies that offer guided excursions to many of these trails, as well as other nature activities. You can browse and book experiences before your arrival through this link.

If you’d like personalized recommendations or help planning your trip, the reception team at La Quinta Roja will be delighted to assist you with everything you need to make the most of your stay in Tenerife.

One of the highlights of these festivities is the allegorical float parade, which takes place in two moments: on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.

This year, five floats will participate: the floral float, the children’s float, and three others featuring different allegories.

The first parade is held on Saturday night and concludes with an open-air dance at La Glorieta, right in front of the hotel.

To fully enjoy the floats in daylight and appreciate every detail, we’ll have to wait until Sunday afternoon, when they will once again parade through the main streets of the historic center, accompanied by the town’s marching band.

The 15 hectares he directly cultivates are managed according to the principles of organic farming and are spread across the northern strip of the island, from Taganana to El Palmar. The rest of the grapes are purchased from nearly a hundred winegrowers, whose production he supervises to ensure they meet his strict quality standards.
Around his winery, to blend it with the landscape, he has restored and replanted abandoned land. The goal is to integrate the winery into the vineyard—a vineyard that tells the story of wine in this northern region of the island, with trellises like those brought by the first settlers from Galicia and northern Portugal in the late 15th century; with centuries-old mulberry trees, like those imported from Korea by the Irish to feed silkworms, which the women used to produce delicate fabrics for export; and with a garden of varieties showcasing the varietal treasure preserved in the Canary Islands.