# Sunday in the Agaete Valley: Maipés necropolis, coffee and wine at Finca La Laja and lunch at Casa Romántica

The lava necropolis of Maipés at opening time, a visit and tasting at the La Laja coffee estate, a set menu at Casa Romántica and an afternoon between the Huerto de las Flores and the harbour.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/canary-islands/agaete-and-north-west-gran-canaria/itineraries/coffee-wine-and-necropolis-of-the-valley · Revisado: 2026-11-13

## El día
- 09:20 · Salida: 45 min by car (via the GC-2 to Agaete; cross the village towards the valley)
- 10:00 · Maipés Archaeological Park in Agaete (Opens at 10:00 · €3)
  - 12 min by car, 4,4 km
- 11:15 · Coffee and wine at Finca La Laja, in the Agaete Valley (Guided tour with tasting; no booking up to 10 people) · Finca La Laja / Bodega Los Berrazales
  - 5 min by car, 2,4 km
- 13:30 · Casa Romántica (Tasting menu; on Sunday 13:00 to 16:00, booking) · Casa Romántica, €€€€
  - 12 min by car, 4,1 km
- 16:15 · Huerto de las Flores (Open every day until 17:00)
  - 5 min by car, 1,8 km
- 17:30 · Nieves Chapel and the view of the Dedo de Dios (Harbour walk at sunset)
- 19:00 · Vuelta (In Las Palmas around 19:45)

The Agaete Valley is the other face of the north-west: instead of the sea, terraces of coffee, vines, orange and mango trees tucked under the walls of Tamadaba. This Sunday takes you down from the valley to the sea: start at the Maipés necropolis, at the edge of the village, go up to a coffee estate, have a signature menu in the valley and end with sunset at the harbour. You need a car.

## The day, hour by hour

9:20 · Set off. From Las Palmas on the GC-2 to Agaete, about 35 minutes to Maipés. Cross the village following the signs to the valley.

10:00 · Maipés Archaeological Park. About 700 aboriginal tombs on a lava flow, with the cliffs of Tamadaba above. €3, free for under-10s. Go first thing: there is no shade on the lava.

11:15 · Finca La Laja. Drive up the valley road to Calle Los Romeros. A guided visit through the coffee plantation, vineyards and fruit trees, with a tasting of three wines, the estate's coffee, cheese and home-made sweets on a terrace above the valley. Open every day; up to ten people no booking is needed. The website does not publish the price: confirm it on 628 922 588.

13:30 · Lunch at Casa Romántica. At kilometre 3 of the Los Berrazales road, five minutes away. A tasting menu of Canarian cooking by chef Aridani Alonso, with a Repsol Sun. On Sundays it opens from 13:00 to 16:00: book days ahead.

16:15 · Huerto de las Flores. Back in the village, a 19th-century tropical garden with more than a hundred species. Open every day until 17:00.

17:30 · Puerto de las Nieves. Five minutes to the harbour. A stroll to the Las Nieves chapel and the jetty, with the Dedo de Dios at the foot of the cliff.

19:00 · Head home. In Las Palmas around 19:45.

## Who drives

Between the tasting and lunch there is wine twice. Decide before setting off who is driving: the valley road is narrow and winding, and the way back to Las Palmas is by dual carriageway.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
About 35 minutes from Las Palmas to Maipés on the GC-2, according to Arqueología Canaria. The valley is covered by a narrow road; park beside each place.

## Consejos

### Book Casa Romántica
It opens only at midday: book days ahead.

### Go to Maipés at 10:00
When it is cool and there is no midday sun on the lava.

### Buy coffee at the estate
It is a tiny production.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Do you need to book the coffee estate?
Only for groups of more than ten people.

### Is Maipés open on Sundays?
Yes, from 10:00 to 17:00 in winter and until 18:00 in summer.

### Where can you eat in the Agaete Valley on a Sunday?
At Casa Romántica, from 13:00 to 16:00, with a reservation.

### Can you do it without a car?
Poorly: bus 102 goes up the valley from Gáldar with few departures.