Directory of Valleseco

  • 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.

    MASS TIMETABLE: Tuesday and Thursday 18:30 pm; Saturday 19:15 pm; Sunday 11:00am, (Saturday 18:00 pm Iglesia de Zumacal)(1st Saturday of each month 16:45 Iglesia de Valsendero) SUMMER TIMETABLE: Tuesday and Thursday 19:00 pm; Saturday 19:30 pm; Sunday 11:00 am THE CHURCH IS OPENED FROM 8:00 TO 11:00 AM; FROM 15:00 PM TO 17:00 PM
  • In the center of Valleseco, you can find this bar and take away, where you can eat homemade dishes.

     

    Tuesday-Sunday 10:30-16:00; Tuesday-Thursday, Sunday 20:00-23:00; Friday,Saturday 20:00-0:00
  • 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)
  • 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.

     

    Monday to Friday from 08:00 a.m. - 15:00 p. m. ; Free entrance
  • 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

    16 de Mayo
  • Dña. Mª Dolores Rodríguez Vega: Weaver

    Dña. Isabel Concepción Hernández: Weaver

    Dña. Mª Carmen Ojeda Suárez : Weaver

    D. Antonio Vega Suárez: Carpenter

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • Traditional Canarian food restaurant

    From Wednesday to Thursday 11:00-17:00, Fridays and Saturdays 11:00-23:00, Sundays 11:00-17:00; Monday & Tuesday closed
  • 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.

  • If you want to bye somethig typical from Valleseco, there are delicious local products such as Cider, Cheese, Honey...

  • 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.

  • Excellent food, cozy and elegant, with amazing views, and easy parking.

    12:30-22:30 Fridays & Saturdays; 12:30-16:30 Thursdays, Sundays and Mondays. In June, July, August and September, it is closed on Mnday.
  • The laurel forest is one of the more diverse ecosystems of our island and which hosts a wealth of interesting endemic faunal. Species that require more moisture refuge in shady areas, hidden under leaves, rocks or logs: earthworms, slugs, snails, spiders, myriapods ... Among insects abundant endemic beetles, earwigs, pseudoescorpiones, grasshoppers , bees and butterflies and moths. Among vertebrates are the birds, reptiles and shrews.

    Photos Galleries of birds found in Valleseco 

  • 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

     

    Fridays and Saturdays 9:00 am - 20:00 pm; Sunday 10:00 am -15:00 pm
  • In you route in Valleseco, you can stop to recover with the tapas offered by the canteens in the neighbour associations of Valsendero, Madrelagua and Caserón. Here you have all the details:

     

  • The Cafetería Churrería Grill 3 Girasoles is situated in the center of Valleseco.

    L-V 7:00-14:30, D 8:00-12:00 sábados cerrado
  • They use local products to make high quality traditional Canarian food. From 2010, They have formed part of a Gastronomic Improvement Programme promoted by Hecansa (Hoteles Escuela de Canarias- Canarian Training Hotels).

    13:00-22:00 Monday & Thursday; 13:00-23:30 Friday & Saturday; 13:00 - 21:00 - Sunday; Opened on Bank Holidays; Closed on Tuesdays & Wednesdays
  • 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