Location: Guimar
Top Things to do in Guimar
The 10 Best Things to do in Guimar, Canary Islands
Güímar (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈgwimar]) is the name of a municipality, town, and valley in the eastern part of the Spanish island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (province). The municipality and extends for 1,029 square kilometers from the mountainous interior to the beaches on the Atlantic, and borders the municipalities of La Orotava, Arafo, and Fasnia. Its estimated population is 18,589 (2013). The TF-1 motorway passes through the municipality.
Restaurants in Guimar
1. Templo Radikal
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5.0 based on 9 reviews
If you want to enjoy the Atlantic Ocean, its sea bottom and dive with friends, come to Templo Radikal. We can show the best drives of Tenerife.
2. Iglesia de San Pedro
3. Las ventanas de Guimar
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4.5 based on 33 reviews
Reviewed By PAK42
Walk affords fantastic views of Guimar from high in the mountains. With a little Google street view, the access road is easily recognised. For parking, the tarmac single track road becomes a dirt road and parking soon becomes a priority!! Walk up the main track up to the telecomms mast, and the route is clearly marked with 2 warning notices!! Enjoy the walk as far as you dare... there are a few areas with narrow paths and sheer drops, but mostly is ok. Oh, and a little bit of ‘all fours’ scrambling is required! A helmet is recommended ( i smashed my head on tunnel ceilings a few times, so was grateful to mine!). Also a torch will be handy, nothing fancy, a phone torch will suffice. For me, the end came at the end of tunnel 7. There is a landslide on the path which leads to a sheer drop, and there is a real danger of death if the loose soil gives way!! Soil and stones were falling on me, so it is an ever increasing danger. Judging by footprints, others have successfully negotiated this obstacle, but i was alone and with no experienced guide to advise otherwise!! Enjoy the walk, but stay safe!
4. Reserva Natural Especial del Malpais de Guimar
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4.5 based on 114 reviews
Reviewed By Robert_Moye - Prague, Czech Republic
There is a modest loop hike across well-preserved 10,000 year old aa lava flows dotted with several endemic species of euphorbia and other unusual plant species, climbing a small littoral cone that has been cut in half by the sea, and continuing along the eruptive fissure vents for the lava flows on the flank of the Montaña Grande cinder cone. Look for white pebbles of pumice along the ocean shore, small lava tubes that open into the sea, a wide variety of exotic plants both large and small, and shallow pans used by local people to evaporate seawater for salt. This is a pleasant, easy few hours hike through an ecology typical of this portion of Tenerife.
5. Distrito 9 Paintball
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4.5 based on 11 reviews
Distrito 9 paintball nace en Güimar Tenerife principalmente para acercar la pasión por el paintball a nuestras Islas. En nuestras instalaciones encontrareis dos pistas de juego. Pista exclusiva para niños: Escenario adaptado solo para los más pequeños, con obstáculos a la medida. Pista principal: Nuestro escenario estrella cuenta con un decorado militar muy realista, túneles, puentes, pasadizos y mucha vegetación, repartidos en varios niveles de altura, lo que hacen que esta pista sea realmente divertida. También contamos con varias zonas de descanso para cumpleaños y celebraciones. Más de 9 años de experiencia en el sector nos avalan para que tu aventura sea inolvidable.
6. MoringaPark Tenerife
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4.5 based on 18 reviews
7. Barranco de Badajoz
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4.5 based on 65 reviews
Reviewed By Gallifreyguy
Fabulous walk especially if you are interested in native plants. There are many good examples of native and endemic plants here. Also interesting if you like industrial archaeology. There are some interesting water galleries and their associated infrastructure.. Best to visit late morning/early afternoon because it looses it's sun in the afternoons! Can be quite cold too so bring some extra layers.
8. Museo Casa Chacona
9. Piramides de Guimar
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3.5 based on 1,013 reviews
The Ethnographic Park “Pirámides de Güímar” is a 64.000 m2 site of great cultural value, which comprises six stepped pyramids that have been studied by archaeologists around the world, led by the famous Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl.The park includes the Casa Chacona Museum, which shows the results of the investigations carried out in the pyramid complex, its astronomical alignment with the sun during the summer and winter solstices, and one of the largest photographic collections of stepped pyramids in the world. Visitors can also visit the Auditorium, showing a documentary about the pyramids and the research of Dr. Heyerdahl, the Expeditions room, with information and reproductions of the boats used by Heyerdahl in his transoceanic voyages, and a large-scale reproduction of the Ra II; and a leisure area with cafeteria, souvenir shop and playroom. Three outdoor routes can also be discovered along the more than 20.000 m2 of endemic Canarian gardens: the Botanical Route, the Exportation Products Route and the Cultural Route, which offers information on many aspects of culture, history and ethnography of the Canary Islands.Furthermore, two new exhibitions have been inaugurated recently. On one hand, the Ethnographic Park is housing the exhibition “Rapa Nui. Polynesia: Extreme Survival”, developed by the ‘Mata Ki Te Rangi’ Foundation of Easter Island. The exhibit aims to raise awareness of one of the most extraordinary societies in the world and the achievements of this statue-building Polynesian society. The latest novelty at the Park is the Secret Garden, a 1500 m2 garden specialised on poisonous plants, comprising a selection of over 70 plant species that have toxic or dangerous properties. This ‘live exhibit’, unique in the Canary Islands, reviews the exciting history of poisons, and presents stories of some of the most notorious poisoners and deadly venoms of all times.
Reviewed By massey1951 - Hayling Island, United Kingdom
Very informative with fantastic gardens and real history. If you have an infinity with Thor Heyerdahl and his amazing expeditions on Kon Tiki etc. then this is a must. All the gardens, poison, sustainable and tropicarium give brilliant information on the plants and their uses.....or not!!!
10. Canaventura - Private Day Tours
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4.0 based on 22 reviews
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