The laurel forest is one of the more diverse ecosystems of our island and which hosts a wealth of interesting endemic faunal. Species that require more moisture refuge in shady areas, hidden under leaves, rocks or logs: earthworms, slugs, snails, spiders, myriapods ... Among insects abundant endemic beetles, earwigs, pseudoescorpiones, grasshoppers , bees and butterflies and moths. Among vertebrates are the birds, reptiles and shrews.

Located within the Rural Park Doramas, the recreational area of La Laguna is an area of great scenic beauty formed by a large volcanic caldera covered inside by vegetation and laurel trees. While walking in La Laguna you can see the different trees that make this forest unique in the world. The successive and intensive afforestation are shaping a new laurel forest, which began following the European Project Laurisilva XXI. Basically it's a small lagoon where birds in everything form from small birds such as canaries and alpispas to migratory birds like the heron come to drink .

The roots of our customs and the folklore of our land is represented by folk music groups:

• Parranda Los Paperos (C/Cura Caballero, s/n, tlf. 928-631963)
• Grupo de Baile de Zumacal (tlf. 928-630319/928-630555)
• Grupo Folklórico Abenechara (tlf. 928-618127/928-618260)
• Agrupación Folklórica “San Vicente Ferrer” (tlf. 928-61 83 00/61 80 22)

Within the village of Valleseco, you will find the Ethnographic Museum, where you can learn more about a typical Canarian product, el gofio, a kind of flour made of toasted corn, widely used all over the islands. A handicraft workshop exihibition can be seen, where various pieces of art are on display such as traperas, furniture, typical Canarian costumes... all handmade by artisans of our municipality.

Valleseco is a lovely green region of Gran Canaria, located  7 kms. center-north of Teror and 28 kms. from the capital. It is formed by two main canyons: Barranco de la Virgen and Barranco de Madrelagua, and a not so "Seco" (dry) central valley ("valle"), for which receives its paradoxical name the town.

At an altitude of 1000m. above sea level, Valleseco often appears wrapped in a "sea of clouds", which helps to bring out it's intense green landscape characteristics.

How to get to Valleseco:

The reason to build this church in honor of Saint Dominican from Valencia was because of the great devotion that the inhabitants of Valleseco had for him since he was in the holy Church of Teror which was their church before Valleseco separated. The congregation, in which all neighbors belonged, built the first chapel, with the tax money collected in 1170. It was later replaced by the present church.

Leaving the most populated part of town, just a few kilometres from the Valleseco downtown, is the site of the Cortijo Calderetas which you can get to by walking a short distance from the off the main road. This beautiful landscape was formed by a large volcanic caldera which gave life to the surrounding chestnut, elm and pine trees. At it center sits a traditional Canarian house in the late nineteenth century. In a wide esplanade around the home grows the best food in the area: potatoes, cereals, and apples.

Valleseco township has a significant heritage of traditional rural architecture, linked to farms that are scattered in throughout the territory or in small groups here and there. An excellent example of one of these groups of homes are in Monagas, it's a wonder how their location and their landscape seem to absorbed them. Also interesting due to their isolation is a different group of homes in the district of Valsendero around the areas of Caserón, Zamora or Troyanas.

The valley EL Barranco de la Virgen, with its natural landscape is one of the main valleys, which cross the town Valleseco. Because it is surrounded by high mountains, it is in this area where the sound of silence to can still be heard. You can came to this valley it from the Valleseco town center by the GC-305, which leads you to the first section of Valsendero and then continues across the ravine is the last stretch then it's on to the nearby town of Firgas.

The main ethnographic elements within the community revolve around our abundance of fresh water (irrigation canals, water-saving basins, sinks, water mills, water wells or water cycles) and the economic establishments (houses, Wirtschaftshöfe, Hofräume, caves or stables).