Real Convento de los Dominicos de Candelaria Monument · Candelaria, Tenerife - Valle de Güímar, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Image of Candelaria, not of the place itself. A convent run by the Dominican order since 1530, rebuilt in 1803 after an earlier fire. It now houses a museum with objects linked to the Marian devotion of the Virgen de Candelaria. Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Candelaria