There are 4 fiestas on record in La Orotava through the year, mostly May, September and October. Here is the whole calendar, with the date, the time and where each one happens.
The calendar, month by month
October
Fiestas de La Perdoma
11 October 2026 · time not confirmed · Plaza de la Iglesia, La Perdoma
May
Corpus Christi — alfombras
27 May 2027 · time not confirmed · Casco histórico de La Orotava
September
Romería de Benijos
7 September 2027 · time not confirmed · Conexión Orilla del Monte - Pista de Benijos
Feria de artesanía de Pinolere
11 September 2027 · time not confirmed · Museo y Parque Etnográfico de Pinolere
What to see in La Orotava
Roques de García y Roque Cinchado
Landscape · 60 min
The rocks on the old thousand-peseta note: dikes of magma that set underground and are on show today because erosion swept away the mountain that covered them. Roque Cinchado is narrower at the base than at the top…
Observatorio del Teide (Izaña)
Museum · 80 min
Its altitude of 2,400 metres and the sea of clouds block out the city's light pollution, making it one of the three best skies on the planet for studying the sun.
Hijuela del Botánico
Natural monument · 40 min
This four-thousand-square-metre garden was created in 1788 as a temporary nursery to keep alive the plants that had to travel from the tropics to Madrid.
Las Narices del Teide
Volcano · 90 min
The Narices del Teide volcano is the result of the 1798 eruption and has two volcanic craters that formed during that event.
Museo y Parque Etnográfico de Pinolere
Museum · 75 min
Ethnographic museum opened in 2002, recreating the popular culture, history and customs of this mid-altitude area in the north of Tenerife.
Pico Teide
Volcano · 120 min
Pico del Teide is the highest point in Spain; access to the summit is restricted and requires a permit in advance.
Accesible Jardín Botánico Lineal
Trail · 6 min
An adapted walk through the El Portillo Botanical Garden, with the flora of the Teide National Park, to the viewpoint where the La Fortaleza trail starts.
Accesible Jardín Botánico Circular
Trail · 6 min
A loop through the El Portillo Botanical Garden, which brings together more than three quarters of the plants of the Teide National Park.
Conexión Orilla del Monte - Pista de Benijos
Trail · 6 min
A route of 0.5 km, about 0.1 hours.
Ramal conexión Portillo Alto - Jardín Botánico de El Portillo
Trail · 6 min
A route of 0.5 km, about 0.1 hours.
Teide - Pico Viejo - Mirador de Las Narices del Teide
Trail · 162 min
It goes down from the Pico Viejo viewpoint, beside its crater of some 800 m, over the Teide's medieval lava flows and the vents of Las Narices del Teide, from the 1798 eruption, to the Boca Tauce road.
Playa de El Bollullo
Beach · 130 min
Black sand and a wild coast, one of the favourites for sunset.
Two words you will hear
Romería — an ox-cart pilgrimage: carts, traditional dress, wine and food handed out along the way. The arrival is where everyone ends up, not the start.
Verbena — an open-air dance that runs late, with a live band in the square.
Guachinche — a small family place, often the front room of a farmhouse, serving their own wine and two or three home dishes.
Tell it where you are starting from and what you fancy, and it builds the day around the fiesta in La Orotava: when to go, where to eat nearby and how to get back.