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Garachico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife property and area FAQs

Garachico is a municipality and town on the northern coast of Tenerife, about 52 km West of the capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 50 km from Tenerife North Airport and 67 km from Tenerife South Airport. The town itself nestles below a 500m+ (1500 ft) cliff. The city of Garachico with its port was founded by a Jewish Genoan banker Cristóbal de Ponte after the conquest of Tenerife in 1496.

Place and geography

What is Garachico like?

Garachico is a municipality and town on the northern coast of Tenerife, about 52 km West of the capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 50 km from Tenerife North Airport and 67 km from Tenerife South Airport. The town itself nestles below a 500m+ (1500 ft) cliff.

How many settlement centres are recorded around Garachico?

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 8 official population nuclei for Garachico. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Garachico, at a recorded elevation of approximately 16 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include La Caleta de Interián (784 residents in the cited settlement record), Genovés (662 residents in the cited settlement record), Las Cruces (598 residents in the cited settlement record), San Juan del Reparo (578 residents in the cited settlement record), and El Guincho (275 residents in the cited settlement record). Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

What additional local context is recorded for Garachico?

The city of Garachico with its port was founded by a Jewish Genoan banker Cristóbal de Ponte after the conquest of Tenerife in 1496.

What is the recorded municipal area for Garachico?

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 29.3 square kilometres for Garachico municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

What geographic level does the Garachico page cover?

Garachico is treated as an official municipality. The page is joined to institutional datasets by its five-digit INE identity, not by a loose name match.

Does Garachico have a linked official website?

Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.

What reference coordinate is recorded for Garachico?

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 28.3737, -16.7640. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

How does NLS avoid mixing Garachico with similarly named places?

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 38015 and keeps the province label Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for Garachico?

The latest imported INE population for Garachico municipality is 4,855, for period 2023.

How has the recorded population changed in Garachico?

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Garachico municipality, recorded population changed by 0.6%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

What net income per person is recorded for Garachico?

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Garachico municipality is €11,650 net income per person, for period 2023.

What is the recorded average age in Garachico?

INE records an average age of 48.1 years for Garachico municipality, for period 2023.

What does the first available population point show for Garachico?

The displayed series for Garachico municipality begins at 4,826 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

What is the highest displayed population point relevant to Garachico?

Within the 9 displayed observations for Garachico municipality, the highest population value is 4,855 residents in 2023.

How many published population observations are shown for Garachico?

The page uses 9 published observations for Garachico municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

Property market evidence

What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Garachico?

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Garachico municipality records €1,099 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider Garachico market?

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 29.3% for Canarias in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

Where does the published regional foreign-buyer share series for Garachico begin?

The displayed series for Canarias begins at 27.3% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

When does the current regional foreign-buyer share series for Garachico reach its maximum?

Within the 8 displayed observations for Canarias, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 30.0% in 2025Q2.

What is the simple mean of the published quarterly transaction count observations used for Garachico?

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Garachico municipality is 10 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

What regional house-price index is shown for Garachico?

INE reports a house-price index of 110.4 for Canarias in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

What change separates the first and latest displayed regional house-price index values for Garachico?

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional house-price index value for Canarias changed by 21.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Garachico?

Dirección General del Catastro records 2,188 buildings for Garachico municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

How many dwellings are recorded for Garachico?

The current Catastro building extract records 2,317 dwellings for Garachico municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in Garachico?

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,963 for Garachico municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

How many energy certificates are recorded for Garachico?

The current official administrative extract contains 329 energy certificates for Garachico municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

What share of recorded energy certificates in Garachico is rated A to C?

Among the imported certificates for Garachico municipality, 8.8% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

How prominent is the 1970–1989 construction band in Garachico?

The 1970–1989 band contains 650 recorded buildings for Garachico municipality, representing 30.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How do recorded dwellings compare with cadastral buildings in Garachico?

The Catastro extract records 2,317 dwellings across 2,188 buildings for Garachico municipality, or approximately 1.06 dwellings per recorded building.

Current property inventory

How many properties are currently listed in Garachico on NLS?

The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Garachico. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

How to read these answers

Current listings and asking prices can change. Institutional figures update on their own publication cycles and may use municipality, province or autonomous-community scope. Compare unlike measures only after checking their stated geography and period. This page is market context, not a valuation, forecast, legal opinion or investment recommendation.