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A 7,538-hectare Natural Park in north-west Gran Canaria, spanning Artenara, Agaete and La Aldea, protecting one of the island's best preserved natural pine forests.
Ethnographic museum set inside genuine cave dwellings carved into volcanic tuff, in Artenara, the highest municipality of Gran Canaria.
The Mirador del Corazón de Jesús occupies the summit of the montaña de La Cilla, in Artenara, and is crowned by a sculpture dedicated to the Sacred Heart. The piece, by the sculptor José Luis Marrero, was installed in 1996, is made of marble dust and stone and reaches eight and a half metres in height including its pedestal. It is reached by a stepped path that starts to the right of the gate of the mirador de La Cilla.
From the Mirador de La Atalaya, in the centre of Artenara, the hamlets of Las Cuevas, Caidero and Chajunco come into view. A careful look at these districts is enough to work out that this is a cave dwelling village, where most of the residents live in modern caves that are cool in summer and warm in winter. The village also sits in the middle of the pine woods of inland Gran Canaria.
Viewpoint in Artenara, Gran Canaria's highest village, dedicated to the writer Miguel de Unamuno, looking towards Roque Nublo and Roque Bentayga.
Viewpoint in Artenara, the highest village in Gran Canaria, overlooking the caldera and Roque Bentayga.
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