HOTEL HACIENDA DE ABAJO~The first emblematic hotel in the Canary Islands
Tourism Medal for Sustainability and Quality~Hispania Nostra Award for Best Practices in the Conservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage
Nestled in the historic quarter of Tazacorte on the island of La Palma, the most important agricultural area in the Canary Islands, the Hotel Hacienda de Abajo is the result of the meticulous restoration of a seventeenth-century sugar plantation estate. What's more, its uniqueness has been officially honoured by its classification as the first emblematic hotel in the Canary Islands.
The hotel is surrounded by a landscape of lush and rich vegetation, embraced by a coastline lapped by an ocean of pure and intensely blue waters and blessed with a warm and sunny climate with profusely starry nights. And here in this blissful environment, a series of buildings that were the hub of prosperous trade between Flanders, Andalusia and the West Indies, today featuring valuable artistic collections and splendid gardens of botanical rarities, open their doors to give the most enthusiastic welcome to you, the guest.
It was in Tazacorte where the Castilian conquerors landed in 1492 and built the first settlements in the Aridane Valley, as this was the location of the most fertile lands, the Tazacorte River and La Caldera, the only watercourse, and a coastline that provided accessible communications with overseas. Sugarcane soon became the main crop of the Hacienda de Abajo, located in Tazacorte, which is the first, the oldest, the richest and the most productive sugar plantation in La Palma, as evidenced by Professor Jesús Pérez Morera.