La Laguna, an old city with a young soul
San Cristóbal de La Laguna awaits you outside. A city where the passage of time can be felt in the centuries-old wood of its doors and windows, in the stones that cover some of its façades and in its wide stone walls.
In winter, people come to La Laguna, as we know it here, to soak up the university atmosphere, to savor a local wine accompanied by tapas in one of its bars, to enjoy its cultural offerings, to attend one of the solemn Easter processions, or to see it shine at La Noche en Blanco and at Christmas.
In summer, people in La Laguna go out to the streets to stroll and fill the terraces and squares, cool off in Punta del Hidalgo or Bajamar, the streets are decorated ready for Romería de San Benito (a pilgrimage with animals and dressed in national costumes) and Baile de Magos, and dance until dawn at the open-air concerts of the Fiestas del Cristo.
Discover San Cristóbal de La Laguna, an old city with a young soul.
A World Heritage City
You are about to discover a jewel, the World Heritage city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Founded at the end of the 15th century, its layout served as a reference point for the cities of the New World.
The Italian engineer Leonardo Torriani drew it on his maps, which show us how the urban planning of the historic center of La Laguna has remained intact to the present day. The Italian engineer Leonardo Torriani drew it on his maps, which show us how the urban planning of the historic center of La Laguna has remained intact to the present day.
From La Casa de La Camelia you can explore on foot its interesting monuments, churches and convents, such as the Church of La Concepción and its Tower, located just a few steps away; the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, or the convents of Santo Domingo or Santa Clara.
Take a leisurely stroll through streets where echoes of the past resound. Let your curiosity lead you to discover the courtyards hidden in the city’s most emblematic houses, such as the Casa de los Capitanes Generales, the former convent of San Agustín, or the Casa Salazar, the current seat of the Bishopric of Tenerife.
La Laguna has a lot of flavors
Discover it by strolling around the colorful market stalls, tasting Tenerife wines in its warehouse and wine cellars, sampling tasty Canarian cheeses, savoring typical dishes in a guachinche, or discovering the flavors%- of the islands and the world in its restaurants and tascas.
La Laguna will seduce you with gastronomic proposals for all palates and pockets.
You can start enjoying your gastronomic journey without leaving the hotel. You can start enjoying your gastronomic journey without leaving the hotel. Down the stairs, around the patio of La Camelia, two gastronomic proposals await you, inviting you to taste the products of the land and explore the flavors of Japan.
Savor La Laguna!
Culture and traditions
Discover its interesting museums and delve into the history, culture and art of our island at the Museum of History and Anthropology of Tenerife, the Cayetano Gómez Felipe House Museum, the LM Collection Museum, the House of Los Sabandeños, the Museum of Sacred Art of Santa Clara, or the Cristino de Vera Foundation.
Enjoy live music in its bars, theatres and open-air concerts. Visit exhibitions in its galleries and art galleries. Check the billboard of the Teatro Leal before coming and enjoy its interesting musical and theatrical programme just a few steps away from the hotel.
Soak up the essence of La Laguna in its colorful pilgrimages, magician’s dances and popular festivities, in which traditional costumes, folk music and local gastronomy fill the streets of the city and its villages with a festive atmosphere.
Religious celebrations take on great importance in La Laguna. Its streets are filled with devotion and respect as the solemn processions of Holy Week, the procession of Christ, and the Corpus Christi procession, which marches on beautiful carpets made of flowers.
Experience the culture and traditions of La Laguna intensely.
A stone’s throw from a natural paradise
A few kilometers from La Laguna lies one of the island’s treasures, the Anaga Rural Park. Lose yourself on magical paths through laurel forests, living fossils from the Tertiary Age. Take a look at its viewpoints, with breathtaking views of cliffs and ravines, and enjoy its wild black sand beaches.
The Anaga Biosphere Nature Reserve is a territory frozen in time. A place to connect with the essence of Tenerife.
If you feel like cooling off, enjoying the local atmosphere and discovering one of the island’s surfing meccas, go down to Bajamar and La Punta del Hidalgo and dive into its natural pools. You will discover one of the favourite places of La Laguna people to enjoy the Atlantic.
La Camelia house will be your starting point to discover the beauty and diversity of the island of Tenerife.