La Orotava Tenerife
In a beautiful valley of banana plantations, this colonial city was designated as a national historical site.The historical neighborhood is full of old houses full of grace, many with wooden balconies carved in an ornamental way.The most remarkable of these architectural stones is Casas de los balconies, built in the 1630s as a house for a rich colonial family.Today, it is a museum and a gallery of traditional Canarian crafts and hand works.To admire the interior balconies, enter the inside of the terrace filled with plants.Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concerecón, a 16th-century baroque church, has two remarkable bell towers.An even larger botanical garden is located near Puerto from Cruz, who was once part of Orotava, a known port for his fishing (his boats still bring the capture to his restaurants).Cesar Manrique, the artist, sculptor and architect of the neighboring Lanzarote island, designed his Jardin beach among volcanic rocks.