Free Tour San Cristobal de la Laguna

Join the Free Tour of La Laguna and discover an enigmatic and colorful city that has more than 500 years of history, a UNESCO world heritage site, which was born with the conquest of the island by the Crown of Castile in 1496.

Located just a short and pleasant tram ride from Santa Cruz, it is a beautiful town steeped in mystery, romance, intrigue, and passion. La Laguna was the capital of the island until the 19th century and thanks to this you can enjoy its extraordinary architecture, delighting yourself with its churches and palaces of great artistic value and in styles that vary from Gothic, Plateresque, Mudejar, Baroque and the neoclassical. Walk through the beautiful typical Canarian courtyards of the 17th century houses, which are not found anywhere else in the world, where it will seem that you are suspended in time while the warm breeze and tranquility invade all your senses. In the Free Tour of La Laguna you will travel back in time to walk the streets of an old and beautiful city whose stones tell stormy stories of pirates, nuns, deaths and legends of ghosts. A university city for three centuries, which thanks to this has a happy and youthful atmosphere. Get to know the hidden gem of Tenerife!

The highlights in the Free Tour of La Laguna:

• Learn about the history of one of the most illustrious lagoon men, the privateer Amaro Pargo , who enriched himself with trade and its bad arts.
• Hear about the famous " uncorrupted nun " whose body remains intact after three centuries of being buried!
• Understand the rivalry between the nobles and the church , and how the church even affected the configuration of the city.