People washing clothes in a traditional outdoor laundry room in Tenerife.

The Festival of Traditions

The Festival of Traditions takes place in Garachico during the celebrations in honour of San Roque. The show reveals the very best of Canarian folklore. It is held in August and is the time when a young woman is chosen to be the leading pilgrim or Romera Mayor for the year's festivities.

  • Where: Garachico.
  • When: August.
Weather Today
Maximum: 20º
Minimum: 13º
Garachico. Nice weather, but a chance of a storm on Friday morning. As the hours pass by, rain-storms, some of the locally heavy. Temperatures will remain unchanged.