Los Abrigos Fiestas: San Blas & Virgen del Carmen
The patron-saint fiestas of the Los Abrigos fishing village, blending seafront tradition and celebration: a 'Tapas y Vinos' food night, the Romería Barquera with folk music and dancing, evening verbenas (open-air dances), and the highlight maritime procession when the saints' images are taken out to sea by boat. A genuine local seaside fiesta that visitors are welcome to join.
Los Abrigos is a small fishing village on Tenerife's south coast, and for ten days from late August into early September it throws the kind of fiesta that still belongs to the people who live there. It opens with a Tapas y Vinos night, where you wander the seafront sampling small plates and local wine, and runs through the Romería Barquera, an afternoon of folk music, traditional dress and dancing in the street.
The evenings bring verbenas, open-air dances that carry on late under the lights. The moment everyone waits for is the maritime procession: the images of San Blas and the Virgen del Carmen are carried down to the harbour and taken out to sea by boat, with the local fishing fleet following behind. It's free, it's genuinely local, and visitors are made welcome.