Directory of Valleseco

  • 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
  • If you want to eat the best pastries and cakes, come to this bakery situated in the center of Valleseco.

    Mon-Sat 8.00 a 13.30; Tue-Fri 16:00-18:30
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Straddles a beautiful ravine and provides amazing viewpoints of Teror and Las Palmas.

    Mondays - Sundays: 08:00 - 18:00
  • If you want to bye somethig typical from Valleseco, there are delicious local products such as Cider, Cheese, Honey...

  • 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

    2 de Octubre
  • 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...

    To use the facilities for large groups you need to call ahead to the City of Valleseco to request permission. The amount is € 1.50 per person.
  • Dña. Mª Dolores Rodríguez Vega: Weaver

    Dña. Isabel Concepción Hernández: Weaver

    Dña. Mª Carmen Ojeda Suárez : Weaver

    D. Antonio Vega Suárez: Carpenter

  • 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
  • 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.

  • 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 

  • 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

     

  • Leaving the most populated part of town, just a few kilometres from the Valleseco downtown, is the site of the Cortijo Calderetas which you can get to by walking a short distance from the off the main road. This beautiful landscape was formed by a large volcanic caldera which gave life to the surrounding chestnut, elm and pine trees.

  • Situated in the Valleseco Ecological Market, you have the choice of different courses for lunch and dinner.

    Opening hours:Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays Cafe bar and restaurant: 09:00 - 17:00.