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Towers of San Matías Church in Artenara, with Roque Nublo in the background

The towers of Artenara gaze upon those of Gran Canaria

There are four towers that gaze skywards while blurring the boundaries between sky and earth on the summit of Gran Canaria.

These stone beacons catch the eye and draw it upwards, with the insistence of a child and the perseverance of centuries. They point to the obvious. The uninterrupted blue and the pine forests at their feet. But they also reveal a reality that escapes the eye at first glance. It is the passage of time and the stories of those who have lived and continue to live on the border between two worlds.


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El Álamo Trail in Teror

Silent steps through the Álamo Ravine

The circular route through Teror’s Álamo Ravine embraces Gran Canaria’s biodiversity and countryside.

The ravines are arteries where Gran Canaria’s life blood flows most intensely. Here, sheltered between stone walls, nature drinks water from the springs, it climbs, flowers, creeps, puts down roots and multiplies. It also lays green blankets over the basalt rock; it squeezes into implausible gaps and offers shelter between light and shade for anyone or anything that requires protection from the hustle and bustle of the world. This all happens on Teror’s Álamo Ravine path.


Acusa, Artenara

The taste of Gran Canaria is within your grasp

Purchasing zero km products buys into a way of life, conserving the landscape, health and sustainability.

Roots of the future are sometimes buried in the past. This is common knowledge among those who rise each morning in the midlands and summits of Gran Canaria to till its crop lands. Also, those who take care of livestock so that their milk and cheese taste unmistakably local, capturing the flavour of the landscape all around us.


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