Top 10 Things to do in Garachico, Spain

March 13, 2018 Jasper Kershner

Garachico is a municipality and town on the northern coast of Tenerife, about 52 km West of the capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 50 km from Tenerife North Airport and 67 km from Tenerife South Airport. The town itself nestles below a 500m+ (1500 ft) cliff. Garachico and the surrounding area is arguably the least spoilt coastal area of Tenerife, and is in sharp contrast to areas such as Playa de las Americas. It is still very Spanish in character, and a Spanish phrasebook is advisable for non-Spanish speaking visitors.
Restaurants in Garachico

1. Piscinas Naturales El Caleton

Avenida Tome Cano 5, 38450 Garachico, Tenerife, Spain +34 822 66 28 45
Excellent
61%
Good
30%
Satisfactory
7%
Poor
1%
Terrible
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4.5 based on 741 reviews

Piscinas Naturales El Caleton

Reviewed By Andrew B

Visited here from Puerto del la Cruz using local transport, and had coffee at the bar by the piscinas. Lovely place to sit and watch the waves crash over the rocks and rush up the various channels. It is a truly beautiful area, but as other people have said, you do have to be careful as you can get rogue (very large and unexpected) waves. We visited when the waves were fairly large anyway, even though it was a very calm day generally, so whilst being impressive i wouldn't have fancied my chances if I had fallen or got swept into the channels. Great for photography and a very pleasant village generally.

2. Plaza de La Libertad

Glorieta San Francisco, 38450 Garachico, Tenerife, Spain
Excellent
37%
Good
58%
Satisfactory
5%
Poor
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4.5 based on 58 reviews

Plaza de La Libertad

Reviewed By Mavis B - Tenerife, Spain

Walking around this small town and the alley opened out to this amazing square. So picturesque, so calming, so beautiful. We wandered around before we stopped for a coffee and for four Talkable people we were mesmerized by the beauty. So much hoping to return and stay overnight so we can take a much more of this town in.

3. Mirador de Garachico

Carretera General San Juan del Reparo TF-82, 54, 38450 Garachico, Tenerife, Spain +34 922 83 11 98
Excellent
52%
Good
32%
Satisfactory
13%
Poor
1%
Terrible
2%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 75 reviews

Mirador de Garachico

Reviewed By Yair K - Giv'atayim, Israel

We only stopped at Mirador de Garachico on our way to Masca to take a look at Garachico from above. That was a very good view! good location to take some pictures.

4. Convento de San Francisco

Garachico, Tenerife, Spain
Excellent
21%
Good
57%
Satisfactory
21%
Poor
1%
Terrible
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4 based on 66 reviews

Convento de San Francisco

Reviewed By vivian L - Southern Finland, Finland

Since there are not so many attractions in Garachico this is probably a place you also end up during your visit to this town. Small entrance fee, typical Canarian style building with inside patio (cypresses and grass) and wooden balconies.
A few exhibition rooms and conveniently connected city library at the same premises.
I like the facade of this building on top of the low stairs and palm trees growing in front of the monastery.

5. Castillo de San Miguel

Avenida Tome Cano, 38450 Garachico, Tenerife, Spain +34 922 83 00 00
Excellent
25%
Good
50%
Satisfactory
23%
Poor
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Terrible
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4 based on 59 reviews

Castillo de San Miguel

Reviewed By Lolli T - yorkshire

If you are English speaking then you may want to give this a miss as all the Info is written in spanish. It's a small castle but has a long and interesting history. Only a couple of euros to enter and will take about half an hour to look round.

6. Plaza Juan Gonzalez de la Torre

Centro de Garachico, 38450 Garachico, Tenerife, Spain
Excellent
28%
Good
63%
Satisfactory
9%
Poor
0%
Terrible
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4 based on 32 reviews

Plaza Juan Gonzalez de la Torre

Reviewed By Alibali27 - Grangemouth, United Kingdom

Visiting this beautiful square was well worth the bus trip from Puerto DeLa Cruz. The whole square is full,of character with a lovely atmosphere and lots of historic buildings to meander round. There are tapas bars, public toilets and a cafe all in and around the square.

7. Abeque Experiences

Calle Islas Canarias 33-4, 38460 Garachico, Tenerife, Spain
Excellent
84%
Good
8%
Satisfactory
4%
Poor
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Terrible
4%
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4.5 based on 23 reviews

Abeque Experiences

Personalised Tours and activities to discover Tenerife in a different way. Trekkings, Mountain Bike Tours, Private Tours, Kayaking and different outdoors activities.

Reviewed By Ann-Lie - Bruges, Belgium

We were in december in Tenerife for one day with the NCL epic cruise ship. We wanted to do something active and off the beaten path and choose to do the descending of the Masca gorge with Abeque. We had a great day, one of...MoreThanks for you opinion!!

8. Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Ana

Villa de Garachico, 38450 Garachico, Tenerife, Spain +34 646 87 70 68
Excellent
55%
Good
45%
Satisfactory
0%
Poor
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Terrible
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Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 11 reviews

Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Ana

Reviewed By vivian L - Southern Finland, Finland

This church is worth a visit: dating back from the beginning of 1500's, partially destroyed in volcanic eruption 1706 and rebuilt between 1714-1721. The beautiful series of columns and arches, side chapels with altarpieces, sculptures and paintings and stained glass windows produce a beautiful entity.
Beautiful bell tower with a clock face towards the convent and main plaza of the conurbation. Inside the church there is an exhibition area of ecclesiastical items, Sacred Museum and both the bell tower and the Museum have a small entrance fee.
At the moment the Parish Temple and Sacred Museum can be visited daily in mornings and afternoons; They offer brochures in English, German and Spanish. Address is Calle Francisco Montesdeoca but you cannot miss it since the bell tower
can be seen throughout the area.

9. Tabacos Arturo

Avenida Tome Cano 8, 38450 Garachico, Tenerife, Spain +34 922 13 35 15
Excellent
28%
Good
44%
Satisfactory
7%
Poor
14%
Terrible
7%
Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 14 reviews

Tabacos Arturo

Reviewed By Steve G

The front door is up some steps from the main road across from Piscinas Naturales. Inside you'll find a wide variety of cigars, boxes, and tabacco leaves on display.
For apparently no reason, there is a back garden which is beautifully laden with odd things on walls, presses, unexplained wood things, trees in the centre. It's a magically weird and quirky hidden gem in Garachico and I'd recommend a visit, especially if you like cigars, but even if you don't smoke at all.
I only marked it down because I was hoping for more going on inside, like maybe someone making a cigar, or someone excited about tobacco leaves, but it was a much more sedate affair. Still very cool though!

10. Artesania Garachico

Calle Esteban de Ponte 1A, 38450 Garachico, Tenerife, Spain
Excellent
100%
Good
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5 based on 1 reviews

Artesania Garachico

Reviewed By Peg578 - Taunusstein, Germany

Das Geschäft ist super sortiert und ordentlich. Es wird kein Ramsch made in China verkauft. Von Keramik, Schmuck über Spezialitäten bis hin zu Lederwaren gibt es alles. Der Verkäufer war super nett und singt wirklich gut. Die Preise sind moderat.

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