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1. Cueva de Chinguaro
Places of Worship
Caves
The Cave-Sanctuary of Chinguaro is a cave or grotto located in the municipality of Güímar in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). According to historians it was the cave-palace of the Mencey Acaimo (Guanche King of Güímar). In this cave the Guanches worshiped the Virgin of Candelaria (patron of the Canary Islands) as the goddess Chaxiraxi (worshiped in the Canaries until the Spanish conquest), until later the image was identified with the Virgin Mary and was transferred by the same Guanches to the Cueva de Achbinico in Candelaria.

The Cueva de Chinguaro was the first sanctuary of the Virgen de Candelaria, and the first Aboriginal sanctuary that contained a Christian image in the Canarian Archipelago, although At that time the Guanches continued in their animist religion, until later to be Christianized. For this reason, various archaeological tools from the Guanche era have appeared in it, making the cave a place of great archaeological importance. This cave has the category of Good of Cultural Interest, and is currently a chapel dedicated to the Virgen de Chinguaro (a derivation of the invocation of the Virgin of Candelaria) derived from when the image of the virgin was in this cave.
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2. Cueva Honda
Caves
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3. Monumento Natural del Barranco de Fasnia y Güímar
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National Parks
The Herques or Erques ravine is a ravine located on the southeast slope of the island of Tenerife -Canarias, Spain-, between the municipalities of Güímar and Fasnia.
The space is included in the Canary Network of Protected Natural Spaces in the category of Natural Monument.
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4. Reserva Natural Especial del Malpaís de Güímar
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National Parks
The Special Natural Reserve of Malpaís de Güímar is a natural place located in the southeast of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). It is located within the limits of the municipality of Güímar. The badlands of Güimar is a territory of remarkable ecological importance. Since 1987 it has been included in the so-called protected natural spaces and in 1989 a patronage of the natural area was organized, which is in charge of its use and management. In Law 12/1994, of 19 December, on the Declaration of Natural Spaces of the Canary Islands, it is declared that "the entire Malpaís de Gúímar, from its border with the Puertito de Güímar, to the El Socorro road (...), passes to be called Special Natural Reserve of Malpaís de Güímar ".
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5. Ladera de Güímar
Mountains
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6. Montaña de los Guirres
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Mountains
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7. Punta de Los Canarios
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8. Montaña Grande
Mountains
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9. Fuente de Mal Abrigo
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Fountains
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10. Arguazo
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Mountains