Icod el Alto country village of surprises.

Icod el Alto translates as the high Icod, as it is located about 500m above sea level. Icod Alto belongs to the region of Icod de los Trigos (Icod of the wheats) of Los Realejos, Tenerife, Spain.

It's also renown because of its potato history. Besides, it was on Tenerife's vital road Camino Real which was important until real tourism took off.. Today, many admire this country village because of its living folk dance museum, its folk dances of Guanche origin and because of the amazing middle school called Colegio CEO La Pared.

Where is the region Icod de los Trigos and its top country village ?

What is special about Icod el Alto?

Icod de los Trigos works towards preservation of traditions of its community in an extraordinary way.

A sense of belonging to build something together is important in our days, where drugs easily make their way into school, as today's youth are so often bored and lack community sense, amongst other.

Young and old join hands in a shared passion. Just like the couple of

wealthy landlords, which are depicted beside dressed in custom clothes.

Also, you still find old farm gadgets, such as
an antique mill grain grinder of Spanish customs for making rough Gofio at this mountain village of Los Realejos.

Mrs. Nieves Luis Garcia has a proper musical education and is a graduate in musicology as well as in history. Her passion and expertise makes her the perfect folk music coordinator together with the family Los Alzados to engage almost a whole town for folklore in one way or the other.

Town resources of the upper Icod listed

• Soccer stadium and club
• Colegio CEO la Pared
• Museum Museo Los Alzados of active folklore
• Flypa paraglider Cub piste at la Corona nearby
• Centro Medico Medical Center
• Pharmacy
• Historical Estate Hacienda Casa La Pared

• The luxury 4 star Hotel Casa Blanca Tenerife
  of Los Realejos hotels which is in C/Camino Real.
• A gofio mill
• Shops
• Two look-outs, with look-out at km 5 El Lance
  and the look-out of the king Mirador del Rei at km 9
  of Carretera TF342 mountain road, part of which belonged to former Camino Real Tenerife Kings highway.
• Road TF221 to la Guancha andRoute 0-4-0 of the Barranco Ruiz.
• Intriguing Guanche mountain living caves in the vicinity.

• Country church Nuestra Senora de buen viaje.
• 7 day festival of the town patron Nuestra Señora
  de buen viaje at last week of August to first week September,
  while the Thursday is for free food and drink
• Village church Nuestra Señora de buen viaje of understated elegant looks
  which a local called a neat, very practical church, as it only has one peace of art in form of a sculpture inside.

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Alternative long term Tenerife rental options

Discover Tenerife property rental of apartment Bentor of Icod el Alto near Puerto de la Cruz for Tenerife holidays for you, your kids and your dog. Of course, you can also rent long term. The latter is also the better option for somebody with school going children.

As said, the country village of Icod de los Trigos is a good choice for a new life.

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Spanish celebration with or without Guanche flair

The main town of Icod de los Trigos loves to party. There are 7 Spanish celebrations, some of which with Guanche influence.

Icod el Alto main celebrations

The biggest fiesta besides Christmas holidays, Easter and carnival is the one end of August. In 2011, 700 kg of meat were fried and given out free together with potatoes, bread and thousands of litres of local red wine.

Icod de los Vinos is an old farming community which dates back to the islands first settlers just after 1498. There, several wealthy people live. Some own hotels and apartment blocks in Puerto de la Cruz. The vice mayor of Los Realejos also has his home in Icod el Alto.

Tenerife maps Titsa and region by Icod Alto

By the way, the settlement of Icod el Alto is not marked in one of my large Titsa bus maps. It should be just before La Guancha.

I have pinpointed it with a large red dot. Therefore just now, find two Tenerife maps where one includes my important scan of my corrected or extended Tenerife map for Tenerife transport Titsa. This map also pinpoints the highly interesting night bus nr. 391 via Icod Alto as well as the regular bus nr. 354.

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From Icod el Alto back to Los Realejos

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