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What to see and do in El Tanque

What to see and do in El Tanque (Tenerife - Icod-Daute-Isla Baja, Santa Cruz de Tenerife): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to El Tanque: festival calendar

December: Auto Sacramental de Nochebuena de El Tanque (24 de diciembre, desde 1872)

How far each place is from the centre of El Tanque

Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua (El Tanque) 1.1 km
Reserva Natural Especial del Chinyero 4.9 km

Towns near El Tanque

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What to see and do in El Tanque

El Tanque
Village
A midland municipality that emerged around 1540 around the hermitage of San Antonio de Padua; its parish was created in 1642. It is, along with Tegueste and Vilaflor, one of the three municipalities on Tenerife with no coastline.
Erupción del Trevejo de 1706 en El Tanque
Historical milestone
The eruption of the Trevejo volcano, or Montaña Negra, between 5 and 14 May 1706, affected much of El Tanque's land and destroyed the original hermitage of San Antonio de Padua, which had to be rebuilt in 1728.
Reserva Natural Especial del Chinyero
Nature
A protected area that preserves the lava field of the Chinyero volcano eruption, which began on 18 November 1909 and ended ten days later: the last eruption recorded on Tenerife. It also affected the municipalities of Santiago del Teide, Guía de Isora, Buenavista del Norte, Los Silos, Garachico and Icod de los Vinos.
Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua (El Tanque)
Monument
A church dating from the 16th century, rebuilt in 1728 after the 1706 eruption, with a chapel of the Rosary added around 1772. It is declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) with the category of monument.
La Alhóndiga de El Tanque
Monument
A former grain store founded in 1625 that survived the 1706 volcanic eruption, evidence of the municipality's traditional agricultural architecture.
Auto Sacramental de Nochebuena de El Tanque
Activity
A living re-enactment of the birth of Jesus held at midnight on 24 December in the square of El Tanque Bajo, involving much of the local population; the tradition dates back to 1872 and is considered one of the oldest of its kind in Spain.