Some traditions in Tenerife have been around so long they feel woven into the island itself.
Valle de Guerra’s romería is definitely one of them.
Valle de Guerra Holds Its Historic Romería
Yesterday, Valle de Guerra celebrated its traditional:
🌾 Romería in honour of San Isidro Labrador and Santa María de la Cabeza
Bringing together:
🐂 Dozens of carts
👨🌾 Thousands of pilgrims
🍷 Locals and visitors from across the island
For one of Tenerife’s oldest pilgrimage festivals.
In fact, it ranks as the:
🥉 Third oldest romería on the island
Following:
📍 San Isidro de La Orotava (1935)
📍 San Benito Abad, La Laguna (1947)
With Valle de Guerra beginning in:
📅 1949
Mass, Blessing of Livestock and Pilgrimage Through the Valley
The celebrations began at midday with:
⛪ Mass at the Church of Rosario
Followed by:
🐄 Blessing of livestock
🐐 Goat herds
🌸 Floral dances
🎶 Traditional music groups
🚢 The famous ship of the librea
Before the procession wound through the streets of the valley.
Carts, Wine and Traditional Music
As always, the real heart of the romería came from the people.
The route filled with:
🚜 Decorated carts
🎻 Rondallas and parrandas
💃 Folk groups
🍢 Grills loaded with kebabs
🍷 Local wine
And groups of friends doing what Canarians have always done well:
Turning tradition into a proper community celebration.
One of Tenerife’s Most Loved Rural Festivals
The romería marks the high point of the local festivities organised by the Fiesta Committee, which continues working each year to preserve traditions dating back to the late 1940s.
And judging by the turnout…
The tradition isn’t going anywhere.
Worth Knowing
Romerías always look festive from the outside.
Music, carts, wine, people dressed up.
But underneath all of that they’re really about something simpler:
Keeping rural identity alive.
And Valle de Guerra still does that brilliantly.