Valsequillo de Gran Canaria

One of the pride of the town of Valsequillo de Gran Canarias is the church of San Miguel Arcángel which serves as a residence for the town's patron. The temple was built by the inhabitants of Valsequillo between 1903 and 1923, with their own hands and without plans, this initiative arose after the old church was in a ruinous state. The Church of San Miguel is eclectic in style, you can see various influences, highlights the classicist and the neo-gothic. The three naves that form the building are separated by half-point arches located on composite pillars decorated with attached pilasters. The church of San Miguel Arcángel also keeps inside a series of works of great value, it should be noted the size of San Miguel El Chico , which was the first image that was incorporated into the heritage of Valsequillo carved in polychrome wood and about 20 centimeters from the seventeenth century. Other elements are the Bautismal Green Stack made in baked clay with a glazed ceramic cover and that comes from Sevilla, it is dated from the end of the XV century. The sculpture of the Virgen del Rosario, the size of San Miguel Arcángel, the Crucified Christ and various paintings are also part of the treasures that the temple keeps.

In the heart of Gran Canaria is the municipality of Valsequillo de Gran Canaria, this town hosts the Special Natural Reserve of Los Marteles . Here nature lovers can enjoy hiking trails that surround one of the most beautiful places in the archipelago, the Caldera de los Marteles. The Caldera de los Marteles has an elliptical shape, with a diameter that exceeds 550 meters and a depth of 80 meters. The caldera was formed after the explosion of a volcano of the freomagmatic type when the magma came into contact with water at least a million years ago. The whole basin is a leafy area of cultivation, surrounded by spectacular landscapes and highlighted by the flat surface in counterpoint with the steep slopes. The Caldera de los Marteles is located at an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level, bounded on the north by the erosive escarpments of the cliffs of Tenteniguada and south with the Barranco de Tirajana, also borders the backs of Temisas and collects the channel of the Barranco de los Cernícalos. You can see acebuchales, willow trees and threatened species like the wild tomato.

In Valsequillo de Gran Canaria you will find the Mirador de El Fregenal, located on the spine of the same name and separates Barranco de los Cernícalos and that of San Miguel, this place is a place rich in native flora, including species such as broom, almond trees. The views that can be seen from this enclave so impressive are unique, it is possible to see the Barranco de San Miguel in the northern part perfectly. From the Mirador de Fregenal you can also see the municipality of Valsequillo de Gran Canaria or the district of Los Llanetes . Other points of interest that can be seen from the viewpoint are the Montaña Gorda, Montaña de las Arenas and Montaña el Helechal, it is also possible to see that it is possible to see the famous Roque Saucillo. Other points are Las Vegas, Hoya Zurita, Barranco del Solajero, Hoya de Abajo or La Barrera all these places form a landscape that is well worth reaching the Mirador de Fregenal.

The Barranco de los Cernícalos is an intra-canyon type that originated and modeled by phonological flows that came from the eruptions of the Las Cañadas volcanoes. This ravine takes part of the municipal term of Valsequillo de Gran Canaria and it contains the Cueva de Los Cernícalos. The importance of the ravine is due to the high ecological and landscape value, in it you could see the most impressive olive groves of the island as well as an important willow. The channel of the ravine runs throughout the year and there are countless hiking trails that run throughout the natural landscape. Focusing on the Cuevas del Cernícalo, a set of alpendres-caves that are carved into the rock and that some farmers still use today. Some of these caves were naturally formed and others were dug into the rock by man, many of them have been found vestiges of the first settlers who inhabited the island, many were used for storage, others were qualified as homes and they were also They gave other uses as a place of worship or to keep livestock.