Leprosería de Abades, Tenerife, Spain
Werner Koch
Werner Koch www.koch-foto.com
Leprosería de Abades, Tenerife, Spain
Werner Koch
Werner Koch www.koch-foto.com
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Spain Leprosería de Abades, Tenerife

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Great location in the east part of Tenerife. Since leprosy was an important disease in the Canaries, in 1943 was scheduled a project to keep their people and dead bodies. That place consists of a church (Francoism style) and several administrative buildings and bedrooms. The "village" was abandoned since medicines were effective against the disease.

Photography Tips

Take a tripod with you.

Travel Information

To get there is quite easy. You have to get to Abades, which is a small village. There you have beaches, supermarkets, restaurants, and bars, so you can spend your day there, and then take pictures at night.

I suggest to park at Neptuno's Street because the path starts there, but you can park wherever you want in that village.

To get the shooting point, take the path and follow it. It is quite easy. I recommend doing that at daylight to scout the location and go back at the blue hour for instance.

Please, be aware that there are houses, so be polite and don't make loud noises.

Once at the spot, be careful wherever you walk. It is an abandoned place, so you can find many rocks and dangerous things.

Carrying a headlamp is mandatory, is pretty dark up there.

Don't need extra clothes, It is a coastal village so the temperature is warm almost the whole year. Maybe you could need a hoodie.
Spot Type Indoor
Crowd Factor No info yet
Best Timing All timings are equally good
Sunrise & Sunset 07:57 - 18:29 | current local time: 06:27
Photo Themes old building old church ruin

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