{"id":474,"date":"2021-09-09T21:07:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T20:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=474"},"modified":"2022-04-24T00:04:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T23:04:41","slug":"el-lance-viewpoint","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/explore\/el-lance-viewpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"El Lance Viewpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>El Lance viewpoint<\/strong> is found on a steep rocky outcrop in the town of Los Realejos, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/north-tenerife\/\">north of Tenerife<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The viewpoint is on the road that descends from Icod el Alto towards Los Realejos (TF-342). Its name means \u201cThe Throw\u201d, which is due to when people would throw tree trunks from it towards a sawmill that used to be in Tigaiga, on the lower part of the cliff.<\/p><div id=\"goten-3626143655\" class=\"goten-content_2 goten-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-0088719563045673\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0088719563045673\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Its historic importance<\/h2>\n<p>This spot is historically relevant because of the events that happened here in 1496.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, the Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands had begun. Tenerife was inhabited by the pre-Hispanic Guanche people, who were organised territorially into \u2018<em>menceyatos<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mencey Bentor<\/strong>, who was a type of aboriginal king or leader, oversaw the menyecato in this part of Tenerife. When faced with the unstoppable advance of the Spanish troops, Bentor decided to commit a suicidal ritual to avoid capture or surrender to the Europeans. He threw himself from the cliff on which the viewpoint is now located.<\/p>\n<h2>The viewpoint<\/h2>\n<p>At the viewpoint, you\u2019ll find a striking bronze statue of Bentor, as well as a bar\/cafe to rest and enjoy the view.<\/p>\n<p>From the top of El Lance, you can enjoy beautiful, unobstructed views of La Orotava Valley and three different towns \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/explore\/villa-la-orotava\/\">La Orotava<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/explore\/puerto-de-la-cruz\/\">Puerto de la Cruz<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/explore\/los-realejos\/\">Los Realejos<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"Found on a steep rocky outcrop in the town of Los Realejos","_company_twitter":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[109,4],"job-categories":[17],"class_list":["post-474","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","job_listing_region-los-realejos","job_listing_region-north-tenerife","job_listing_category-viewpoints"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>El Lance Viewpoint (Tenerife) 2026 \u2022 Everything you should know - Go Tenerife<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover El Lance Viewpoint, in Los Realejos, North Tenerife. 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