In Icod de los Vinos the Ermita de las Angustias is located, in honor of the virgin of the same name, a carving that is preserved inside was made in Mexico in the first half of the 17th century.
It's funny that the most interesting thing about the Ermita de las Angustias is not the temple itself or the images that can be found inside, the most remarkable thing is the stuffed alligator that is inside a glass urn in the dependencies of the hermitage.
On this saurian there is a legend that tells that a goatherd fed a small lizard and grew so much that the animal wanted to eat its cattle. The goatherd was to kill him because it was untenable for the lizard to eat a piece of cattle every day, during the fight to kill him the goatherd was about to be devoured and entrusted to the Virgen de las Angustias, finally he was able to finish with the lizard and thanks to the Virgin he took it to the altar as an offering. Although this is the legend, there is another version, and that is that the Captain Torres ended with an alligator in Mexico in the year 1771 that was dissected and brought from America.
The old convent of San Francisco, which is in the municipality of Icod de los Vinos, is located in the historic center of the town. The building was declared Asset of Cultural Interest in 2002 and currently houses the dependencies of the municipal library.
The convent was founded in 1641 and although it was baptized as the convent of the Espíritu Santo, it was popularly known as the convent of San Francisco and was the second It was built in Icod.
Inside the temple you can see the Capilla de los Dolores, with a marked Portuguese Rococo style and was built in the 18th century.
It was one of the few convents of the Canary Islands that did not suffer fire, looting or destruction or what is a monument where you can see the value of traditional Canarian architecture.
The Church of San Francisco is also attached, with a single nave, with the San Diego de Alcalá chapel and where worship is given Christ of the Waters.
The Church of San Agustín is a temple belonging to the population of Icod de los Vinos in Tenerife, it is declared of interest patrimonial and is located in the urban center of the municipality. The church of San Agustín belonged to the first convent that was founded in Icod by the order of Los Agustinos. The temple dates from the year 1585 and you can see the two family stands on either side of the entrance door, something unique and exclusive in the temples of the Canarian archipelago. There are two altarpieces, one of Baroque style and another of Rococo style that can be seen inside the church, although not at the head of the temple.
The Church of San Agustín is not a normal temple, in addition to these two altarpieces located on both sides we must speak of two arches built in bricks, the reason why they were used These materials may be due to the lack of resources of the Augustinian monks or the presence of Portuguese in the area who were quite used to working with this type of building materials.
Icod de los Vinos has one of the best-known points of interest in the Canarian Archipelago, one of the most proud elements on the island of Tenerife, is the well-known Drago Milenario. The Millenary Drago is an imposing dragon tree, a living National Monument that is located in the park of the same name in the town of Icod in the northern part of the island.
Experts believe that Drago is 800 years old and is part of the park of the same name, with dimensions that are 18 meters high and 20 meters in diameter. In the vicinity of the Drago there is also a wide variety of species of native flora, so both the tree and its surroundings are a must-visit place.
Near the Millenary Drago test St. Mark's Parish and was declared National Monument more than 100 years ago, in 1917. Known by the Latin name of Dracaena Draco is an arboreal portal plant that is part of the Monocotyledonous group with anomalous secondary growth according to experts.
It is important to highlight the importance of the entire environment in which the Drago is located, a reference point for tourism that visits Tenerife.