Coming from Puerto del Rosario, the last few kilometres 
of road climb continuously, providing a view over the western plain on the right-hand side. The village itself consists of small, clay-coloured and white-washed farms. One place worth visiting is the private gallery, with an exhibition of photos and landscapes by Alejandro Andreoni. You can relax with a cup of coffee in the patio, and there is a souvenir shop.
In the centre of the town, visitors are struck by a large building in a pitiful state, faced in red and white and bearing the date 1891. This is the “Hospital of Ampuyenta”, planned for twelve bed
s and built of bricks and mortar from money privately donated by doctor Tomas Mena y Mesa, but never used for its intended purpose. This was sadly due to bureaucratic red tape, and to rivalry of the hospital in Puerto del Rosario. Today, the church uses part of the building as a parish hall. The pardon saint of the village is San Pedro de Alcántara. Inside the little church, surrounded by a crenulated wall, there is a surprise: baroque murals from floor to ceiling, decorating the entire chancel. They used 
to cover the nave too, before they were painted over with white.
The miracles performed by the saint are as unusual as the interior of the church. According to an old tradition, his statue makes “house calls”: once a year it goes on a perambulation to various families, when family peace is threatened, to prevent illness and disaster or quite simply to bring blessing.
of road climb continuously, providing a view over the western plain on the right-hand side. The village itself consists of small, clay-coloured and white-washed farms. One place worth visiting is the private gallery, with an exhibition of photos and landscapes by Alejandro Andreoni. You can relax with a cup of coffee in the patio, and there is a souvenir shop.
In the centre of the town, visitors are struck by a large building in a pitiful state, faced in red and white and bearing the date 1891. This is the “Hospital of Ampuyenta”, planned for twelve beds and built of bricks and mortar from money privately donated by doctor Tomas Mena y Mesa, but never used for its intended purpose. This was sadly due to bureaucratic red tape, and to rivalry of the hospital in Puerto del Rosario. Today, the church uses part of the building as a parish hall. The pardon saint of the village is San Pedro de Alcántara. Inside the little church, surrounded by a crenulated wall, there is a surprise: baroque murals from floor to ceiling, decorating the entire chancel. They used to cover the nave too, before they were painted over with white.The miracles performed by the saint are as unusual as the interior of the church. According to an old tradition, his statue makes “house calls”: once a year it goes on a perambulation to various families, when family peace is threatened, to prevent illness and disaster or quite simply to bring blessing.
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