Santa Úrsula

In the municipality of Santa Úrsula is the Plaza de San Luis where you can find three points of interest, the Calvario, the Hermitage of San Luis and the Hacienda or Casona de San Luis. This important construction was owned by Luis Román, who was a lawyer of the Real Audiencia of the Canarian archipelago, vineyards have been planted in the grounds of the hacienda which was used to make the Malvasia. The hacienda is also home to the Casona de San Luis, a two-storey building featuring large windows and a hipped roof. It is a house of typical Canarian architecture, with about 220 square meters of floor. Currently this house is used by the municipality as an exhibition center. La Casona dates from the first half of the 17th century and is right in front of the Ermita de San Luis.

Santa Úrsula has some charming corners that will make all visitors can enjoy fantastic days, one of the most interesting parts is the Sendero de La Mancha, a walk of low difficulty and with the length of approximately 1 kilometer and of low difficulty. The walk starts from the urbanization of the same name although it has several entrances. The first of these entrances is next to the Mirador de la Urbanización La Mancha, here begins the Access Path to the Santa Ana Beach, although another access is through the street Rocinante. The road is paved and for most of the route it is flanked by stone walls and another part by steel railings. Throughout the Path of La Mancha you have a panoramic view of the entire coast of La Orotava, you can see the beach of Ancón, beach Los Patos or playa el Bollullo as well as Puerto de la Cruz and Los Realejos. Halfway down, you can also see the Black Pool, a natural pool at the base of the cliff. The Sendero de La Mancha ends at Calle Don Quijote

The Casa de la Portuguesa is one of the most emblematic constructions that can be found in Santa Úrsula, in the vicinity of El Calvario

One of the most prominent places in the city of Santa Úrsula is the parish of the municipality. In 1587 the mayor of Santa Úrsula, Alejo Pérez ceded some land for the building to be built, with a single condition that the church was erected in devotion to Santa Úrsula, name of her own daughter. The Parish of Santa Úrsula is located in the main square, since it was founded this point of the town has been witnesses of proclamations, proclamations, many celebrations and one of the points most active of local life. The building of the church has had many reforms and extensions, as the city was growing and it was necessary to have more space. The church is a simple construction of a nave in the form of a Latin cross, with a smaller chapel and two lateral ones, separated by blue stone arches from Acentejo, with a millstone facade, except for the cover and top part of stonework more refined and finiquitada in a stone cornice to two waters and lateral bulrush. The current bell tower replaced the old one in 1915, thus modernizing the temple. Among the images it houses is the Virgen de la Concepción, Santa Rita by Fernando Estévez, the Immaculate in addition to American goldsmithing among other pieces.

The Casa de los Capitanes is one of the best-known properties of Santa Úrsula, it also has the name of Casa de la Vera. It is a country estate that was built in 1860 by the captain of the military Diego González Martín. What makes the Casa de los Capitanes special is the exterior decoration, an esgrafiada decoration with great luxury of detail especially in the environment of the windows and under the eaves. This type of decoration is very rare in the Canary Islands, hence its importance. As a domestic dwelling, it must be said that the Casa de los Capitanes has an excellent conservation of its original values, with balconies and a carpentry that has an outstanding value. With regard to the roof of the house, it is built on four sides with Arabic tiles, with an asymmetric distribution of the holes in the façade. On the upper floor there are two windows and a covered balcony while on the ground floor. low you can see two windows and a door.

The San Clemente Hacienda was once a magnificent hacienda where Alonso de Nava y Grimón made his first experiments with the flora he had imported from his trips to America. In addition, the farm also welcomed sick people when Santa Úrsula lived its worst economic times. At present the property is divided into three large properties. The main house was the summer residence of the marqueesese of Villanueva del Prado, the facade gives a good account of it since there is the shield of the Marchioness. This part has two floors, a roof with side terraced bodies and a central patio. There are two buildings plus one of them had rooms on the top floor and the ground floor was used as a warehouse. In the Hacienda de San Clemente mainly vines were grown, but part of it was given to María Vergara Grimón, which also took advantage of the cereals aside of new strains of vines. The hacienda is located in the agricultural part of Malpaís in the same municipality of Santa Úrsula and is part of the Historical heritage of the municipality.

The Ermita de El Calvario in Santa Úrsula is also known as Ermita de San Luis. The beginning of the construction of the temple dates from 1679 and was completed in 1681, located in the Plaza de San Luis, in the center of the town and was built under the adoration of San Luis. The Hermitage of El Calvario retains its original style, a simple construction, with a rectangular floor and a half-point stonework arch in the facade of the main door that gives access to the property . On the left side of the facade of the hermitage there is a belfry with the bell. With respect to the treasures that the interior keeps, it is worth mentioning the polychrome carving of San Luis, which dates from the 17th century. As a curiosity, it should be noted that this area was where the popular dance of "Remango Dance" originated.

In the town of Santa Úrsula you could not miss a corner where you can enjoy spectacular views and relax, the Mirador de la Quinta is the ideal place to be take it. The viewpoint is located in the area known as Barranco de la Fortuna at the end of the La Quinta urbanization and is registered in the Miradores of the Cabildo de Tenerife as of scenic interest. From the Mirador de la Quinta you have an impressive view of the entire coastline of the Valle de la Orotava until the Puerto de the Cross and a supreme view of Teide.

Desde la Laguna a los Realejos Desde el Teide hasta la Palma Todo en una mirada