The greenish and fruitful Orotava Valley (Spanish: Valle de la Orotava) is a beautiful valley filled with gullies and cliffs located in the northern part of the Canary island of Tenerife, in Spain. The valley is 10 by 11 km.
The valley stretches from the sea up to the mountains at 2,000 m which begins near Las Cañadas up to Pico del Teide at 3,718 m is Spain's tallest mountain. The valley includes the municipalities of Los Realejos, Puerto de la Cruz and La Orotava. The valley is also a park area.
The valley in the era of the Guanches was known as Taoro until the final conquest July 28, 1496. The mencey of Taoro agreed to the release of the hostilities by Alonso Fernández de Lugo (1456-1525).
The valley is situated in between two volcanic craters and forms a connection between the main volcanic edifices of Teide and Anaga.
The superhighway cuts through the valley and has several interchanges as well.
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Famous quotes containing the word valley:
“How old the world is! I walk between two eternities.... What is my fleeting existence in comparison with that decaying rock, that valley digging its channel ever deeper, that forest that is tottering and those great masses above my head about to fall? I see the marble of tombs crumbling into dust; and yet I don’t want to die!”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)