Reaching the end of La Quinta we have the luxury to contemplate one of the most spectacular views of the Acentejo Coast, a unique area due to the diversity of the landscape, which is dotted with the mouths of ravines and cliffs, where the Guanches lived and where the farms and lands of our ancestors lay.
Contemplating this area and seeing the coast of El Ancón gives us a clue of what the way of life of our ancestors could have been like after the conquest. There were numerous vineyards, where the predominant variety was the malvasia rosé grape. These lands were eminently agricultural and due to their proximity to the sea wine smuggling to obtain a greater profit was pervasive.
These lands of vineyards were sold for land in the highlands and midlands of the municipality, which meant that they were left abandoned until a beautiful residential area was built.
Right at the end of the residential area we find a military building known as the La Quinta bunker, a construction from World War II to prevent the powers of the conflict from launching maritime attacks. In this bunker, smaller than the one in San Andrés in Santa Cruz, people from the area did their military service, as long as the bunker remained be an operational element of the military forces in the Canary Islands. However, the military service was used to loot the Guanche caves and remove from them all the items of archaeological value, including Guanche mummies, which today are preserved in the Telesforo Bravo Archaeological Museum in Puerto de la Cruz.
We can also reach a small viewpoint higher up by taking Calle El Muelle to the intersection with Calle Codeso and ending at Plaza del Mirador, a small area from where you can see the El Ancón region.
The bus lines of Transportes Interurbanos de Tenerife (TITSA) that allow you to reach this place are numbers 102 (Puerto de la Cruz – Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and 30 (Tenerife North Airport service from Puerto de la Cruz) using stops 4004 (direction Puerto de la Cruz) and 4005 (direction Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and then walk to these viewpoints.
