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Hotel Hacienda de Abajo
Villa y Puerto de Tazacorte, La Palma (Santa Cruz de Tenerife province), Spain · Independent · Accessible Luxury
The Welser bankers to Charles V bought this Tazacorte sugar estate in 1509; the house you sleep in is a seventeenth-century hacienda with more than 1,300 works of art, Flemish tapestries, and a 17th-century bed said to have held a Spanish king. Adults-only, Historic Hotels Worldwide, George Clooney filmed from here. Thirty-two rooms in the old mill town, a short walk from the beach.
- 32 rooms
- Opened 2012
- Neighborhood: Tazacorte
- Rooms from 344 sq ft (32 m²)
About Hotel Hacienda de Abajo
- Bought in 1509 by the Welser family, bankers to Emperor Charles V, as part of La Palma's sugar trade.
- More than 1,300 works of art, including Flemish tapestries, antique furniture, and old clocks.
- First hotel officially classified as an emblematic hotel of the Canary Islands.
- George Clooney stayed while filming on La Palma; the house is now adults-only.
- Entry-level rooms start at 344 sq ft (32 m²).
History
Hotel Hacienda de Abajo occupies a restored sugar estate in Tazacorte on La Palma, in the Canary Islands of Spain, and its story is tied to the island’s long Atlantic trade in sugar. Recent Spanish reporting describes the property as a 17th-century hacienda whose origins go back even further, to the late fifteenth century, when the land was already part of the island’s early colonial economy. The estate later prospered through sugar-cane cultivation, one of the engines of wealth in La Palma’s western valleys.
The hotel opened after a careful restoration that preserved the bones of the old estate while turning it into an adults-only hideaway in the historic center of Tazacorte. Booking and travel listings place it in the town center, a short distance from the beach, but its real draw is the building itself: an atmospheric complex of patios, gardens, and period rooms layered over the old hacienda.
Its identity is as much museum as hotel. AtlánticoHoy says the property holds more than 1,300 works of art, including Flemish tapestries, antique furniture, and old clocks, making it one of the most significant private art collections in the Canary Islands. The same reporting also notes that George Clooney stayed there while filming in La Palma, underscoring the hotel’s standing as one of the archipelago’s most talked-about historic stays.
By blending a sugar-era estate with a substantial art collection and a restored historic setting, Hacienda de Abajo has become a rare example of Canarian heritage repurposed as a small-scale luxury hotel rather than a generic resort.
The setting
6 km from black sands of Playa Nueva.
Restaurants and bars
- el Sitio — Restaurant
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Sauna
- Hot tub
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