Arico

Arico is located in the Southeastern of the island of Tenerife, limits by the northwest with La Orotava, concretely with the National Park of the Cañadas Teide, by the northeast with Fasnia, and the southwest with Granadilla.

The climate and orography of Arico are very similar to the neighboring towns of Fasnia and Güímar.
It has like them a territory very escarped who go from the Cañadas del Teide, zone that surpasses the 2000 meters above sea level, until the coast. In this land so escarped it is possible to cultivate almost anything. Fruit trees, grapevine, bananas, potatoes, several tropical fruits, but in special, tomatos and bananas. Being those that greater percentage of production they have with difference.

 

Arico is one of the biggest towns of the island, with 178 square kilometers of total surface and 58 kilometers approximately from Santa Cruz de Tenerife. We can distinguish differentiated population centers as they are Arico el Viejo, Arico el Nuevo, Villa Arico and el Río.

In this town, several small villages are differentiated. Thus the Small village of Icor, near Villa de Arico, has a very traditional architecture of the island. In the small village of the Cisnera and Teguedite, near also Villa Arico, an important center of pottery existed. In Arico the New one we have several typical houses that we should visit, like the one of Pereza de Ayala ,the house of Rodriguez de Acero, or the one of the Patio of Don Diego.

We can enjoy a great variety of rural houses where we can stay, make senderismo and bathe in his innumerable beaches and coves along the coast. Special mention deserves in this point a the place called Porís de Abona. Tourist place of Arico where we can practice nautical sports, to bathe in the coasts or the swimming pools, or to practice any sport in the different sport fields.

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