Discover Teror

The municipality of Teror is famous in Canary Islands because it’s an important center of pilgrimage. It’s located just  20 km from  Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and discover  Teror is an excellent cultural proposal offered by Canarian Transfer.

Why discover Teror 

Teror is wellknown for several reasons, even if the main one is the  Basílica de la Virgen del Pino, patron of the  Diocesis of Gran Canaria.

Precisely this basilica of the  XVIII century is the most important building of the village and it represents an important point for religious pilgrimages. Devotees of the Virgen del Pino from across the archipelago, arrive  there for the spectacular pilgrimage that takes place every September the 7th.

During this day, pilgrimages from every municipality of Gran Canaria, go to Teror to venerate the  Virgen del Pino. It has such a popularity that pilgrimages from all Canary Islands arrive to keep their promises. The number of visitors exceed the 17.000.

Other interesting buildings of Teror

Just next to the famous basilica, there is the Palacio Episcopal, built at the same time with the same materials.

On the other side, the  Convento del Císter is part of the religious architecture of  Teror, with the  Convento de las Dominicas, the Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús and the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves.

Even if the religious buildings constitute an important part of Teror, also the civil buildings worth to be admired.

Among them we can find different houses of popular architecture as the town hall, the House of Henríquez of XVII century, the House of Quintana or Martínez Lara ones.

Teror market

If you like markets, we give you an other good reason to discover Teror. Every Sunday there is the popular market of Teror by  Plaza de Sintes, close to the basilica.

It’s a craft market in which different products are exposed, like wood crafts, embroidery and basketry. We can find also fruits and vegetables, cakes and the famous chorizos of Teror and the sweet morcilla.

Discver Teror with Canarian Transfer

As Canarian Transfer we want to show this important pilgrimages’ center to the  visitor. For religious, cultural and gastronomical reasons, it really worth to visit Teror.

For this reason, we suggest our excursion to  San Mateo and Teror market, that takes place every Sundays. We also offer the best  transfer from the airport.  

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