Directory of Valleseco
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Fifty days after Easter, in the Witsun Monday, San Vicente Ferrer, the patron saint of Valleseco, was brought to this municipality from the Church of Teror
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Much of the municipality (80%) are classified as protected natural area. On one side, the Rural Park Doramas occupies the northern half of town, encompassing areas such as Barranco de la Virgen, where you can still enjoy an interesting laurel forest stronghold of great botanical Integral and on the other side the Natural Reserve of Barranco Oscuro.
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Juan González García is a young craftsman who always applies his aesthetic sensibility and know how to his carpentry. He comes from a family of several artisans, with whom he worked for many years until he established his own workshop and now specializes in restoring antique furniture.
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The roots of our customs and the folklore of our land is represented by folk music groups:
- Parranda Los Paperos (C/Cura Caballero, s/n, tlf. 928-631963)
- Grupo de Baile de Zumacal (tlf. 928-630319/928-630555)
- Grupo Folklórico Abenechara (tlf. 928-618127/928-618260)
- Agrupación Folklórica “San Vicente Ferrer” (tlf. 928-61 83 00/61 80 22)
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Bar Cafetería Mi Cielo – C/León y Castillo, 15, Valleseco (tlf. 928- 61 87 76) Horario: 6:00-17:00 Mon-Fri
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Osorio Peak is a natural viewpoint from which you can see the north of the island...
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The first Sunday of October another festival is held in our municipality, the Apple Festival in honour of Our Lady of la Encarnación. Villagers on carts, dressed in traditional costumes, come in pilgrimage to offer their products to the Virgin on the eve of the main day
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If you want to bye somethig typical from Valleseco, there are delicious local products such as Cider, Cheese, Honey...
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TOWN HALL 928 61 80 22
TOURISM OFFICE 928 61 80 22 ext 221
LOCAL POLICE 928 61 89 08/616 98 81 84
CIVIL GUARD (TEROR) 928 63 00 84
TAXIS 928 61 80 80
HEALTH CENTRE 928 61 99 80
QUEMIST'S 928 61 80 29
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After 15 years working in the quarries of Arucas, he established himself as an independent craftsman, taking full advantage of his gift of drawing that he had cultivated since his childhood.
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Valleseco township has a significant heritage of traditional rural architecture, linked to farms that are scattered in throughout the territory or in small groups here and there. An excellent example of one of these groups of homes are in Monagas, it's a wonder how their location and their landscape seem to absorbed them.
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Valleseco' s Ecological Market, known as EcoValles is the first ecological market in the island. It has 10 stands which provide differents products such as dairy or packet products, all of them certified
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Within the village of Valleseco, you will find the Ethnographic Museum, where you can learn more about a typical Canarian product, el gofio, a kind of flour made of toasted corn, widely used all over the islands. The Tourist Information Office of Valleseco is also situated at this point.
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In the center of Valleseco, you can find this bar and take away, where you can eat homemade dishes.
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Dña. Mª Dolores Rodríguez Vega: Weaver
Dña. Isabel Concepción Hernández: Weaver
Dña. Mª Carmen Ojeda Suárez : Weaver
D. Antonio Vega Suárez: Carpenter
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Located within the Rural Park Doramas, the recreational area of La Laguna is an area of great scenic beauty formed by a large volcanic caldera covered inside by vegetation and laurel trees...The Recreation Area is equipped with facilities for BBQ cooking, running water, and tables and benches for outdoor eating under the large chestnut trees. To use the facilities for large groups you need to call ahead to the City of Valleseco (928 61 80 22) to request permission...
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The reason to build this church in honor of Saint Dominican from Valencia was because of the great devotion that the inhabitants of Valleseco had for him since he was in the holy Church of Teror which was their church before Valleseco separated. The congregation, in which all neighbors belonged, built the first chapel, with the tax money collected in 1170. It was later replaced by the present church.
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The main ethnographic elements that can be found in the town revolves around the use of water (aquaduct, ponds, sinks, mills, wells or galleries) and farms (houses, yards, caves or Alpendre).
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El Maipey grave is situated in the dirt track that joins Valsendero and the Cortijo de Crespo through el Andén ravine, near Montaña Pajarita...
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Valleseco is a lovely green region of Gran Canaria, located 7 kms. center-north of Teror and 28 kms. from the capital. It is formed by two main canyons: Barranco de la Virgen and Barranco de Madrelagua, and a not so "Seco" (dry) central valley ("valle"), for which receives its paradoxical name the town.
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