Lugares abandonados en Gran Canaria

with a chicken coop in the back and a growing area in its surroundings. At present the House of the Fears has a phantasmagorical aspect due to the state of abandonment in which it is.

The House of Fear receives this name, they say, because at nightfall the property was wrapped in a halo of nativity and concern, noises were heard and blows that were never known where they came from. Her tenants had to abandon her desperately even if she had a bad economic situation.

many springs with outstanding mineral-medicinal properties thanks to the composition of the waters of iron, silicates, carbonic gas, hydrosulphuric etc.

Coinciding with industrial development at the end of the 19th century, medicinal spas began to gain popularity, thanks to which in Moya the Balneario de Azuaje was created in 1868.

The Balneario de Azuaje is located in a natural environment of great beauty, next to a water passage, the creation of this place improved access to there, was built on viaduct to save the canyon of Azuaje.

Unfortunately the Balneario de Azuaje closed in 1938, but today there are ruins that show the splendor that this part of the island experienced. The visit is interesting because the surroundings have an impressive beauty, you could follow the course of the ravine and enjoy some routes in the middle of nature.

known as Agua de Agaete. Both places benefited from the healing properties of the iron-rich waters coming from the heights of the island of Gran Canaria.

The Spa became a reference site for patients arriving from many points of Europe who did not fear the journey first by plane, then by car and finally on a donkey until we reach the facilities. The Balneario Los Berrazales was opened in 1931 and initially had no rooms so patients had to spend the night in nearby caves.

One day the water stopped coming down from the summits, being obliged to close both the spa and the water bottling plant.

Today the abandoned building remains where the word spa can still be read on its façade and the date of its start-up.

barracks in the Tamaraceite strong>. It was built between the 40s and 50s, pretending to be used as a warehouse for fuel and powder keg to supply allied submarines when Franco had in mind to enter World War II supporting the axis.

In these tunnels and bunkers it is still possible to find large doors that seal the old powder magazines, areas where torpedoes were intended to be stored and even old electricity generators.

This infrastructure demonstrates the strategic importance that Canarias could have had in the hypothetical case that Spain had entered the global conflict. The objective was to have a naval base in the islands for the interests of Spain before an expansion by Africa supported by the allies.