Secret Tenerife: Tenerife in June 2023

El Alfombrista (The Carpet Maker) Monument to the makers of sand and flower carpets

There are no public holidays in June and the biggest events are as follows:

The Día de las Alfombras (Day of the Carpets) in La Orotava this year is on Thursday, 15 June. On the 8th day of Corpus Christi in La Orotava in Tenerife, the town celebrates it’s annual Día de las Alfombras (Carpet Day), where carpets made of sand and of plant materials are made throughout the streets, as well as a huge carpet of sands from the Teide National Park covering the square in front of the town hall, which achieved a Guinness World Record in 2007, because of its size.

On the weekend following Carpet Day, La Orotava celebrates the largest of the annual folk fiestas, the Romería de San Isidro Labrador.

On June 21st, you can celebrate summer solstice at the Güímar Pyramids.

On June 22nd all the public water fountains in Puerto de la Cruz are decorated.

Spend the night of San Juan, June 23rd, at Playa Jardín, Puerto de la Cruz, by the light of the bonfires. Read more about June’s high days and magic nights.

And on the morning of Midsummer’s Day, June 24th, whether you wake up with a hangover or not, things get even weirder with the annual baño de las cabras (goat dipping), which kicks off in Puerto de la Cruz harbour from 8 am.

Fiestas in Tenerife in June include: San Juan Bautista, 24th June in Arico; San Juan, Last week of June in Los Carrizales, Buenavista del Norte; Fiesta de San Juan, with the traditional bonfires on the night of 23rd June in Tabaiba and on the Playa de La Nea, El Rosario; San Pedro Apóstol, The last two weeks of June in El Sauzal; Nuestra Señora de la Begoña, first week of June and San Antonio de Padua, 13th June, in El Tanque; San Antonio, 13th June country fiesta in Monte de Fasnia, Fasnia; Nuestra Señora de los Reyes, 24 June in Garachico; On the 13th June, fiestas in honour of San Antonio de Padua, patron of Granadilla de Abona, are celebrated with a romería that culminates in a dance in the town's main square; San Juan, from 23 to 25 June in La Caleta de Interián and San José in Los Silos; San Juan, 23-24 June in Puerto de la Cruz; San Felipe Neri in La Vera, First week of June and San Juan Bautista, 24 June in San Juan de la Rambla; Corpus Christi and San Juan in San Miguel de Abona; San Lorenzo, 13 June in Retamar and San Pedro y San Pablo, Last week of June in Santiago de Teide; Corpus Christi various districts of Tacoronte; San Antonio Abad and El Sagrado Corazón - At the end of June, El Portezuelo, in Tegueste; Corpus Christi, San Juan (24th) and the Romería de Ifonche, last week of June, in Vilaflor de Chasna.

Municipal holidays in June in Tenerife are: