Icod wants to have the first caves interpretation centre
A few weeks ago, the city of Icod de los Vinos in Tenerife presented a series of allegations to the Tenerife Landscape Plan and to the Management Plan of the Shire Ycoden-Daute-Isla Baja, which included an interesting proposal to create in the city of Drago the first interpretation center of caves.
According to the authorities of the municipality, this is a pioneering initiative to be developed through an interpretation centers construction program in every natural and rural park of the island. In the case of Icod de los Vinos, the centre could be located in the Visitor Centre of the Wind Cave.
This way, the project would serve as a forum for the development and dissemination of scientific activity, but also as a complement to tourism.
Icod has a large underground complex of caves that includes the ‘Cueva del Viento’ (Wind Cave), and San Marcos and San Felipe caves, making it the ideal place to host the infrastructure.
The Special Land Management Plan for Tenerife’s Landscapes includes the establishment of centers for interpretation of natural areas, “being Icod the perfect city to host this space, which could be located at the ‘Finca Boquin’, which is owned by the island’s council”, said Francisco González.
In short, what the local government proposes with these initiatives is to be able to create a discussion forum, a space of research and scientific knowledge which in turn serves to promote tourism and to promote the extraordinary and unique natural corners that exist in the island.
