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Lovely little town with lots of things to see and good cafes, shops, supermarkets etc. Loved the dragon tree park, banana museum, caves and butterfly house. Great vegetarian menu at the arab kebab shop and sufficient vegetarian options at most of the restaurants. Lovely little beach in a village nearby - great place to spend the entire day.

Icod is an unassuming and charming little town in the north of Tenerife. It is by no means a tourist resort, but a place where the locals live, work and go to school. Icod has its fair share of attractions - Parque del Drago and Mariposario right in the centre, Cueva del Viento and Playa San Marcos a few kilometres up and downhill respectively - but it is not built around them. Playa San Marcos is a beautiful spot, a short drive, bus ride or somewhat lengthy walk downhill from the centre of town, but as anywhere on the north coast of Tenerife, be aware that the surf tends to be strong and bathing is not permitted if it gets too strong. There are many impressive and well-marked hiking routes in the vicinity of Icod, one starting from the plaza of nearby Garachico and going up to and around the Chinyero volcano (you can do it in sections), another from Los Silos to Erjos, to name but a few. Icod is very well connected to everything along the north coast from Buenavista to Puerto, making it an excellent base from which to explore the north-west of Tenerife. We relied on buses ('guaguas') and sometimes taxis for all our excursions and it worked perfectly. So, if you are looking for a friendly, relaxed and, shall we say, 'authentic' place to stay in Tenerife, and if you are not fully committed to a beach holiday, then this is the place to go.

We think that the north coast of Tenerife is much more pleasant than the south, it’s much greener, less touristy and there’s some lovely visits to be done. The roads, particularly in the north, are quite hair raising in places, very hilly and twisty, we quite understood by the end of our trip why the car hire company had not bothered to repair all the scrapes! We very much enjoyed the village of Garachico, a few minutes drive from Icod de L’os Vinos, a beautiful little village. Of particular note the restaurant Silogia where we returned for a second visit it was so good, lovely food, beautiful courtyard and friendly efficient hosts. There is also some natural sea water pools which looked wonderful but unfortunately were temporarily closed for some reason. Icod de Los Vinos itself we didn’t visit in depth but we did enjoy the dragon tree and butterfly house. What we did appreciate immensely was all the free on street parking areas everywhere we went in the north and near the beaches.

If you are trekker like us, Icod is a perfect starting point. Climate, closeness to the treks, small playa close by, .... just perfect. Not too big, but big enough with few interesting sights of the town to visit.

Privacy, quite, beautiful view, comfortable house. Owner helpful and friendly. Town is gorgeous, romantic, not expensive, not many tourists. Good restorans, short distance from Loro Parque , Puerto de la Cruise and Siam Park.

We liked the area around Icod. The town Garrachico was very nice and we found rough beaches to go swimming. Icod is a friendly town with few tourists when we visited. Lidl as a big shopping center for groceries. The best part is nature around Icod and that it is away from the masses of tourists on the south coast.