This Christmas, La Orotava will offer a wide range of events to energize the streets of the municipality on these special dates. There will be more than 120 acts of all types and for all ages. The mayor of Orotava reported it yesterday, Francisco Linareswho was accompanied in the presentation by several members of his government team and the president of the Belenista Taoro Association, Esteban García Morales.
Linares stressed that La Orotava has “a lot of appeal” at Christmas. «It is the ideal place to walk, shop, enjoy a good atmosphere, gastronomy, local heritage, the route of the most important nativity scenes in Canary Islands…”, he explained. Linares also said that on these dates more than 200,000 people are expected to visit La Orotava. These are the main events planned for these Christmas dates:
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Inauguration of the Portal of Bethlehem, lighting and chestnuts (tomorrow, Friday).
The Christmas program of La Orotava starts tomorrow, Friday (7:30 p.m.) with the inauguration of the nativity scene in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, one of the largest in the Canary Islands and which represents the old Hebrew market with about 25 stalls. The Christmas lighting will also be switched on. The party will move to the Plaza de la Constitución, where the traditional event of tapas with chestnuts will take place on the occasion of the festival of Saint Andrew. The protagonists will be the wine, the chestnut tastings, the music in straight from Magec and workshops for the little ones.
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The Christmas Fair (tomorrow).
Also tomorrow, and until December 10, a fair will be held in the Plaza de la Constitución with 10 booths where you can find Christmas items, decoration elements, gastronomic products and nativity scenes.
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Gift Fair (from December 15).
From December 15 to January 5 you can enjoy the Gift and Crafts Fair in the Plaza de la Constitución, where you can find a wide variety of artisans working with jewelry, wooden toys, decorative elements… Both fairs , Christmas and Gift, will be open from Monday to Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., closing only on December 25 and January 1. In addition to children’s attractions, Disney characters, parades and big heads, window dressing contests, cooking workshops for children, painting and Christmas decoration, you can enjoy concerts, highlighting those that will be held on December 10 and 16 outside San Agustín set at Christmas in Argentina and Cuba.
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Scratch and win coupons and the Christmas train.
To encourage purchases in the Village, scratch coupons will be distributed in the second half of December, with direct discounts on the purchase invoice. 4,500 scratch cards will be distributed in which there will be a total of 7,000 euros in discounts in a campaign called A Village of Illusion. In addition, for purchases, a parking ticket will be provided to leave the car comfortably in the town’s parking lots. The Christmas train will also facilitate transportation within the open commercial area.
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The drone show (December 23).
One of the new features this year will be the drone and light show that will cover the sky with allegorical figures on December 23. While the boys and girls of the municipality will be able to enjoy a special New Year’s Eve for them on the morning of December 31 in Franchi Alfaro Square.
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‘La Orotava at Christmas’ (December 24).
The Plaza de la Constitución will also host the La Orotava Christmas activity on December 24, with musical performances and the participation of the Municipal School of Music and Dance. And work is already underway to organize the great parade of the Three Wise Men, which will take place on January 5 in the municipality to enjoy and share a special day with the large audience that attends and, especially with the little ones in the house.
