Tazo

It is located in the northwest basin of the island, among the largest natural palm groves in the Canary Islands (12.200 palm trees), a fact that draws a unique ethnographic landscape, characterized by a self-sufficient agricultural activity and groups of rustic and traditional architecture. It has about 40 resident edifications which show the character of the traditional unique village where some neighbors practice the sheep’s and goat’s livestock.

Tazo is one of the areas where the exploitation of the palm grove has taken place for the extraction of “guarapo” and “miel de palma”. This tree has always been present in its landscape; their inhabitants’ lives have always been linked to the palm tree.

The 13th December is the celebrations to worship Saint Lucía in Tazo. Her chapel is probably one of the most ancient in the island. It originally dated back to the fifteenth of sixteenth century. It is a very beautiful celebration that takes place in the afternoon and many neighbors from nearly all the island meet in the square to listen to music and prepare barbecues or picnics.