The Macaronesia Art and Gardens Route

The buildings of Arucas representing the great artistic and historic value, are the parish church San Juan Bautista, popularly known as the Cathedral of Arucas and from which facade opens up to the San Juan Plaza and the incomplete building of the Theatre Nuevo, in a neoclassical style. The Town Hall (Casas Consistoriales) and the Municipal Market are found in the Plaza de la Constitution.

Other individual buildings include the Casa Gourié, the age-old home of the Mayorazgos de Arucas, and the Heredad de Aguas (Inheritance of Water) of Arucas and Firgas, and the Labrante Museum. The Jardin de la Marquesa also stands out with its small stately home in a romantic style and its garden with one of the most complete displays of tropical and subtropical flora.

This Estate, in the municipality of Teror, forms a part of the mythical Doramas Rural Park, occupying a space of 207 acres, where trails, mountains, cliffs, farmland and forest converge.

The primary home is located in the middle of the estate, of an old-fashioned construction with a row of wooden balconies, characteristic of rural Canary homes, and another more recent building, clearly of an English colonial style from the first half of the nineteenth century. The garden to the west of the house is of a romantic style.

Teror is the destination of the pilgrimage for all inhabitants of Gran Canaria, since within its municipality the Virgin of the Pine Basilica is found, Patron Saint of the Diocese of Canaries. The Plaza de Teror is the nerve centre of the village, and from there you can admire the balconies in the typical Canary architecture that adorn a major part of the municipality.

Other points of interest include the Alameda (the Avenue), the Plaza of Teresa of Bolivar, the Cister Monastery and the Church of the Sagrado Corazon de Jesus (Sacred Heart of Jesus).

The Caldera and the Pico de Bandama make up two natural structures of great distinction and scientific interest that form a part of the Protected Passage of Tafira, categorized as a Natural Monument.

The caldera has a depth of 220 meters and a diameter of 1,000.

The Botanical Garden Viera and Clavijo occupies an expanse of more than 27 acres dedicated to the awareness of the diversity of the flora exclusive to the Archipelago (some 2,000 vegetable species, of which more than 500 are endemic of the Canaries and of the Macaronesia region, much like its popularization through environmental education programs.

The historical neighbourhoods of Vegueta and Triana of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, nominated as Global Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, have  buildings of historical, artistic and cultural value such as the Cathedral and the Santa Ana Plaza, the Espiritu Santo (Sainted Spirit) Plaza, the Regence Home, the Episcopal Palace, the Consistoriales Houses, the churches of Santo Domingo, of San Francisco and of San Telmo; the Canary Museum, the Diocese Museum of Sacred Art, the Atlantic Centre of Modern Art (CAAM), the Pérez Galdós Theatre and the Columbus House.