The building of the Ayuntamiento de la Orotava is located in the Plaza de Alfonso XIII in the historic center of the city, just 5 minutes walk from the Casa de los Balcones, the Parroquia Matrix of the Conception and of the Plaza of the Constitution.
The Municipal Palace was completed in 1895 in a neoclassical style. In the solar one was raised in the middle of the XIX century the old clariso convent of San José which was demolished after the confiscations of Mendizábal.
Mafiotte and Manuel de Oraá were its architects who, following the aforementioned neoclassicism of the time, decided to install a small lodge in the central part. Inside, the City Council also has an interesting display of works of art, a collection of its own made up with donations from the Museo del Prado, among others. In addition, it has the works of the well-known "Heritage of the German" (the Fund Reinhold Erwin Schoenwerk) and works of the Fund of the Old Casino Orotava.
The building was remodeled in 2001 and the works ended four years later, in 2005, affecting these, mainly, the backyard.
The Casa del Turista is located a few meters away from the Casa de los Balcones, facing in front of it, in an old mansion built in 1590, the Mansion de Molina.
Commissioned by Francisco de Molina and López de las Doblas, who was married to the daughter of the regidor Benítez de Lugo, the house was passed through all his descendants until in the 19th century, dedicated to the care and teaching of roosters from fight, it was falling little by little in disuse and abandonment until being declared in ruin.
Around the twenties of the twentieth century, the house was sold to Lorenzo Machado and Benítez de Lugo, family to which he currently belongs, because the house is owned by his grandchildren, Messrs. Schönfeldt Machado.
Two-storey mansion, its façade stands out for its stone-plated portico style portico. It has a single balcony on the front, on the portico, narrow but with a beautiful balustrade, and around it, four windows that follow the old colonial style.
Today the Mansion is occupied by the Tourist House where there is a permanent exhibition of traditional Canarian embroidery. Here the typical magician suits are made in the section that they opened in 2012, the "Boutique del Mago". It also has an excellent sample of clay crafts that are made in the same house.
In one of the busiest places of San Cristóbal de la Laguna, the Plaza del Adelantado, is the town hall of the city. The building was promoted by Alonso Fernández of Lugo after the island was conquered, the first objective that the construction had was to house the headquarters of the council of Tenerife.
The Town Hall of San Cristóbal de la Laguna began to be built in 1540 and has had numerous modifications until it is the building that is known today.
Undoubtedly the façade of the town hall is the first thing that will attract attention, a façade made of stone from Tegueste and topped with a shield of the city made of marble that was restored in 1822 .
Inside you can still see the banner that Fernández de Lugo carried when you arrived at the island of Tenerife.