The Pyramids of Güímar are one of the most controversial archaeological mysteries of Tenerife — six stepped structures built with dry stone whose origin and function remain debated among researchers and enthusiasts.
To know: The site is managed by the Parque Etnográfico, which includes a museum dedicated to explorer Thor Heyerdahl. Allow 2 hours for a complete visit.
Discovered under brush in the 1990s, the pyramids were rehabilitated and studied thanks to the interest of Thor Heyerdahl — the Norwegian explorer known for the Kon-Tiki expedition. He defended the thesis of a link between these structures and the pyramids of Central America.
Conventional archaeologists lean more towards Guanche or colonial agricultural terraces. The debate remains unsettled.
What is certain: the pyramids are precisely aligned with the sun at the solstices.
The site includes a museum on Thor Heyerdahl and his expeditions (Kon-Tiki, Ra, Tigris), a reconstruction of a Guanche house, and botanical gardens with endemic plants of the Canaries.
A good option during cloudy weather in the east of the island.