The Origin

Santa Brígida was one of the first tourist places in the Canary Islands, with more than a century of history and experience in the reception of visitors. Throughout its history, numerous naturalists, attracted by the fame of the Bandama volcano, the climate and the beauty of this region, visited the Villa de Santa Brígida, where Domaine du Marquis is precisely located.

At the end of the 19th century, the municipality welcomed the first tourists who arrived on the island after the construction of Puerto de La Luz and the development of tourism. Here, in the middle of Mount Lentiscal, the first hotels were built to welcome British visitors who arrived in steamboats.

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With the arrival of the new century and the opening of the road from Telde to Santa Brígida—whose plans were drawn by engineer Juan de León y Castillo, and that passed right in front of this house—, the first tourist route in Gran Canaria, known as “Around the World”.

Tourists were picked up on foot from boats at Puerto de La Luz and in convertible cars they were heading to Telde. The tour went up for the payment of La Higuera Canaria and, through its narrow route, you reached the great volcano of Bandama.

Then it was time to visit La Atalaya and its troglodyte habitat, where it lent itself Special interest to the process of making the earthenware, and then going to the vineyards of El Monte, stopping at the winery of San Juan del Mocanal, where foreign passengers were greeted with a lively party, and had the opportunity to try the renowned winery Canary Wine, while listening to exotic islands and folías for their ears.

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At the end of the 19th century, hotels began to be built in Santa Brígida to welcome visitors, and soon the municipality, due to factors such as its climate, its landscape or its hospitality, was configured as a place of rest and reference international tourism.

Outstanding owners they acquire distinguished houses, with land and estates, with vineyards and wineries painted in English red, expanding the phenomenon to new residential developments, such as Bandama or Los Toscanes, which were joined, starting in 1957, by the Bandama Golf Course, next to the volcanic crater.

Tourists continue to come to the Villa for rest and relaxation, as well as for the celebration of events and social festivities.

In this way, this economic boost makes Santa Brígida the richest municipality per capita on the island, a condition that persists today.

Domaine du Marquis is inspired by this important tourist tradition when it came to welcoming its guests, where quality, sense of service and hospitality were, and are currently, a constant.

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The Origin

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