Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Canarias
Arico el Nuevo
- Province
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Declared
- 2007
- Status
- Conjunto Histórico
Arico el Nuevo is a heritage town in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain. It was designated a Conjunto Histórico (Spain's national heritage designation for historic ensembles) in 2007.
A small Canarian town in southern Tenerife, strung along an old royal road and centred on a parish church whose origins reach back to the eighteenth century.
Key facts
- Province
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Heritage status
- Conjunto Histórico (declared 2007)
History of Arico el Nuevo
Arico el Nuevo grew up along the royal road connecting La Degollada with the coastal port of Porís de Abona. Its first chapel, dedicated to Nuestra Señora de la Luz, was built around 1768 on land donated by Captain Gil Gómez Morales. The building was extended in 1895 and renovated in the 1940s.
Bishop Fray Albino González raised it to a full parish on 18 November 1929. The municipal cemetery opened in 1925.
Heritage & Monuments
The parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Luz is the town's main landmark. The municipality also has two rural accommodation houses — Casa Rural La Plaza and Casa Rural Villa Dolores — as well as a municipal football ground, home to CD Manantial de Tajo.
Where to eat in Arico el Nuevo
Ratings & restaurant data from Google.
Regional food & drink
Canarias is known for Papas arrugadas con mojo, Mojo and Gofio, among 6 regional specialities.
Traditional food & drink in Canarias →Location
Quick answers
Is Arico el Nuevo worth visiting?▾
A small Canarian town in southern Tenerife, strung along an old royal road and centred on a parish church whose origins reach back to the eighteenth century.
Why is Arico el Nuevo a heritage town?▾
Arico el Nuevo is officially designated a Conjunto Histórico, declared in 2007 — Spain's national heritage designation for historic ensembles.
What is the traditional food in Canarias?▾
Canarias is known for Papas arrugadas con mojo, Mojo, Gofio and Queso Palmero. You'll find these regional specialities in and around Arico el Nuevo.
What is there to see in Arico el Nuevo?▾
The parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Luz is the town's main landmark. The municipality also has two rural accommodation houses — Casa Rural La Plaza and Casa Rural Villa Dolores — as well as a municipal football ground, home to CD Manantial de Tajo.
What is the history of Arico el Nuevo?▾
Arico el Nuevo grew up along the royal road connecting La Degollada with the coastal port of Porís de Abona. Its first chapel, dedicated to Nuestra Señora de la Luz, was built around 1768 on land donated by Captain Gil Gómez Morales.
Which heritage towns are near Arico el Nuevo?▾
Nearby heritage towns include Arico, Icor, San Miguel de Abona and Güímar.
Part of Arico
Arico el Nuevo shares the municipality of Arico with 2 other designated heritage sites.
A sun-facing municipality on Tenerife's southern coast, shaped by Guanche cave settlements, colonial-era churches, and a lighthouse that once guided ships between Santa Cruz and the western islands.
A small farming hamlet on Tenerife's southern slopes, its roots running back through centuries of wheat fields, vineyards and grazing flocks.
Nearby heritage towns
A sun-facing municipality on Tenerife's southern coast, shaped by Guanche cave settlements, colonial-era churches, and a lighthouse that once guided ships between Santa Cruz and the western islands.
A small farming hamlet on Tenerife's southern slopes, its roots running back through centuries of wheat fields, vineyards and grazing flocks.
A well-preserved historic core in southern Tenerife, where Guanche roots, a colonial chapel, and centuries of quiet agricultural life shaped one of the island's most intact traditional towns.
Once the most powerful of Tenerife's nine pre-conquest kingdoms, Güímar holds the island's first Marian shrine and a valley of volcanic farmland that has fed the Canary Islands for centuries.
Once part of a Guanche island kingdom, this southern Tenerife municipality traces a path from pre-conquest pasturelands and pirate raids to the sun-and-beach coastline that drew European tourists to the Canary Islands.
Visiting from a nearby city?
Arico el Nuevo makes a great day trip from:
Last updated 3 September 2026.