Entrance Ticket At La Casa De Los Balcones House-museum

This is an absolute must visit when you are in the area. This place is rich in history. It is the perfect glimpse into what life was like in the 17th century in a home with artisans making lace. Many of the home's original features are intact, and the details were breathtaking.

We were on a shore excursion from a cruise and had time to walk around La Oratava which is a lovely town. We went in to the House of the Balconies which is an interesting place. There is historic information to be gained as well as the chance to see local artisans working. A small shop where you can purchase handcrafted items as well. The staff was not particularly friendly which was not expected given this is a major tourist attraction but it was a bit crowded so perhaps that was the problem. It is worth the stop to see the upstairs area where rooms are set up as they would have once been. Lots of interesting artifacts.

The actual museum was lovely but when we went to the shop the women in there followed us from room to room presumably because they felt like we would steal something. It May be because we were British, tourists or a yong family. They followed no one else. I was going to buy something but was so offended I put everything down and walked out. I don't think they realised that I understood a bit of Spainish and could hear them shouting across the shop to follow us. Would never return.

There is a QR code on arrival which gives you a guided tour, this took us up a windy spiral staircase, on to the first floor, where rooms dressed for the period and are preserved with glass, very interesting to learn the history of this place. Downstairs is a pretty courtyard with avocado trees and exotic plants. Great little tour for the price and helps to maintain this historic place.

We went in expecting an interesting and informative experience for our €6 per person entrance fee. We immediately climbed a very steep and narrow spiral staircase (not for the infirm) to a verandah where we found several viewing points into old style, lack lustre canarian rooms. We then descended an equally steep/narrow spiral staircase into a small courtyard with several, drab uninteresting features failing to provide some vague insight into a bygone age. That was it - the exit was off the courtyard. Don't waste your time and money. There aren't any photos as we were totally disillusioned.

€6 tourist. €3 resi,resident. For such a small fee you gqin a BIG insight to the Canarian history which is nice. Lots to see and hear for an optional addional €3 audio guide. Really lovey tourist area with the management and curator coming around also to keep you in the loop of upcoming events.

Lovely little stop on our trip the La Orotava. Small museum but plenty to see and for just 6 euros it provided us with some insights into Tenerife history and some lovely photos. Well worth a visit.

I really enjoyed the content of the house. Beware though if you have knee or back problems as after entry there is a very steep, windy staircase with no handrail which was difficult to ascend to the first floor. The shop has some lovely handcrafted ware.

This is one of the recommendations to visit in Tenerife and whilst a small museum it was still interesting although you can only access one floor plus the garden. Some but not enough info about the rooms. A family tree in the courtyard details the family dates back to Peter Rubens but not clear if he ever visited the property- I doubt it. Conclusion of visit is a glass of beer which u can sip in the dappled shade of the garden. 6 euros per person.

Beautiful old house. You need to go up a small spiral staircase to get to the first floor. It is 5 euros to enter. The woodwork is stunning, each beam had been decoratively carved. There are a couple of nice photo opportunities on the balcony or through the windows. There is also a old wine press in the back of the property.

Here is a beautiful historic house that was turned into a tacky tourist spot. I should have been warned when standing at the door was the common tourist draw of 2 mannequins dressed in the obligatory Canary costumes. And again, upon entering to pay, the lobby was filled with tourist trinkets of every kind. Yet we still paid 5 euros each to enter. The upstairs rooms were the only saving grace containing mostly original furnishings. But it was short lived for when descending to the courtyard one was confronted with the classic "stick your head" in the facial cutouts of two Canarians, a souvenir coin machine and other items non related to the tour. Thinking there must have been other rooms of interest we found that there weren't any and the tour was over. The remaining part of the house was reserved for tourist shopping. It was a very sad display of what could have been lovely historic house tour.

Casa de Los Balcones is a fairly modest experience which doesn't quite deliver on the considerable hype and promotion that surrounds this attraction. Access is limited to one floor and you only get to walk around a small part of the first balcony. Obviously aware that they need to justify the entrance fee, they have tried hard to add further interest but after you have seen what they are going to let you see of the building itself, everything else feels token and a bit of an afterthought. Included in the entrance fee is an audioguide (which you can download) but it is delivered in a strangulated english accent which makes it quite hard to listen to for very long without wincing. On the plus side, there is a free car park opposite which is much appreciated in a town with few parking spaces. Though the gift shop is mostly full of tourist tat, the highlight for us was the collection of Canarian embroidery which Casa de Los Balcones is clearly making considerable efforts to preserve and make available to those that can appreciate the craftmanship and distinguish from the Chinese garbage that most tourists buy thinking it's Canarian. The memory of this beautiful work will live with me long after I have forgotten the museum proper.

A little taste of the past. 5 euros entrance free (with promise of glass of beer at end of tour). Rooms behind glass and barriers, laid out to emulate the past. Information limited. Clean, tidy, small exhibition. Not suitable for people with mobility challenges. Lace section closed off. Loos clean. No beer!

La Casa de los balcones dates from the 17th century and the museum offers the chance to view inside an historic house in Tenerife which retains the living areas. Externally the house is impressive and after paying 5 euros per person you go into the central patio which is full of artifacts from the house history. You climb to the first floor and view living rooms and the kitchen through glass (fortunately there were few people in the property when we visited). Rooms are attractively presented and clearly preserve a style of life which it is interesting to view. Back down on the ground floor there is an exhibition of embroidery - apparently there is also a space where this is made - but it was closed when we visited (I guess because of Covid). What there is is very well done, but this is a small property and the visit (without audioguide) will not last more than 30 minutes.

We returned to this museum some 30 years after first encountering it and were not disappointed! It was as lovely as we remembered. There’s now a shop at the front and wc facilities but for 5€ each it was well worth it. Took us right back to when we first found it!

It's calm little museum that has much to offer. All the elements are nicely preserved, you can really feel the spirit of this place. Wood elements are so beautiful! Our visit wasn't really long but it's one of the places that we'll remember very well.

Interesting visit to find out more information about the history of tenerife and the people that were living here in the previous centuries! The house itself it's a great example of how everything has been well preserved in the years and the shop at the end has interesting local and traditional products :)

We thoroughly enjoyed looking round this place, it was very interesting and only cost €5 each to get in. Ut was very easy to get to La Oratava on the bus from Puerto de la Cruz. I would recommend it.

Very pretty house and a very warm welcome.

We paid 6 euros per person. You can view 5 rooms on the first floor through the glass. Living room, dining room, kitchen, storage room and bathroom. And a bargain. That is all. After 15 minutes we were through. This 6 euro is not worth it.

Muy bonito worth a visit

Nice visit, well preserved house, good audio-guide and friendly staff.

Friendly experience with friendly staff. Reasonable price and complete audio guide

Loved Tenerife We do not need to go to the Caribbean to enjoy the bn time and nature Wonderful and friendly people It eats great 😋

Beautiful house, a true work of art. I didn't like the fact that it was so short. You are in at most half an hour through the "museum" because it is quite small. So yes, a nice glimpse, but in my humble opinion even too short for the €6 you pay.

A great visit to make if you are passing through La Orotava. You don't expect to find beautiful wooden balconies behind the facade. The price is nevertheless a little high (6€) for a fairly short visit

It's a scam, it's not worth it, I don't recommend it, spend the 6 euros on something worth it. In 5 minutes you see three rooms and a patio, just the dirty bathrooms.

When you see the facade, you don't think you'll see this magnificent decoration. Pretty, well decorated rooms. Sublime wooden balconies. A beautiful courtyard with pretty vegetation.

5 Euro admission per person is definitely too much, the "museum" is very small, the staff is busy with themselves, receipt was not given. The drink allegedly contained in the Einzrittsoewus hasn't even been offered yet. Tourist nub!

To see how the Guanches lived you have to visit this house, totally decorated as it lived in ancient times in La Orotava, it is very well the setting of the place and you can see all the rooms with many original and surprising things.

Great, I loved this trip in the 19 th century, the period objects, how this house was thought, in relation to the heat, the water consumption (so precious) This patio, a haven of plant peace and freshness... You can enjoy the song of serins!!!

It is an old and stately house, belonging to a very wealthy family. One of the samples of Canarian architecture from the 17th century with an imposing balcony of more than 10 meters that crosses the facade horizontally. Admission costs 5 € and you cannot access the second floor. In the courtyard and on the first floor you can see the rooms and utensils of a Canarian house from centuries past always from the corridor (first floor) or through glass. We found the ticket very expensive for what you see and how you see it. The person who attended very unkindly, asked him about the flower carpets and barely listened to me, was talking to the storemate. Next door is the so-called Tourist House where an example of the famous carpets of La Orotava is shown throughout the year. Too bad it was closed.

It is interesting to visit the Casa de los Balcones that allows you to know what the colonial houses were like in detail. It has parking opposite

It is already spectacular this house and the surroundings with those amazing high balconies of tea wood. (Apparently, they had the function of a place to store the grain, a guide told us, something like a hórreo.) The tea wood is that of Canarian pine that resists without maintenance over time and never rots, according to another guide. But, if you go inside the house, for €5, you get a big mouthful. You will visit the upper floor up a beautiful wooden spiral staircase with lattices and, from the inner balcony, on one side a beautiful courtyard and, on the other, inside, the kitchen, pantry, bedroom, living room and library as it should be more than three hundred years ago. A real gem, a small ethnographic museum.

The museum is small, but very busy, a huge number of exhibits, there is a shop, although the prices there are very large...

In the magnificent town of La Orotava is located this mueso house, with the various rooms that still preserve the atmosphere of the past... The table with the right tablecloth, the beautiful Sunday cutlery and an infinite number of small tricks. Really very well kept, nice experience.

I didn't want to go but my darling forced me!! And there, .....after downloading for free the guide in French .....it was a delight to listen to the commentary of the rooms (living room, kitchen, toilet....) then feast the eyes of this house and its interior garden!! Superb!!!! Go ahead!!!!!

House museum of how were those colonial houses in this area.. very well preserved and pleasant to visit.

If you want to get a bit more insight into the former way of life of the inhabitants of the region, this is the right place. Everyday life in earlier times is sketched on the basis of many old everyday objects. There is also an audio guide via app, which is also available in German. Here you can spend an hour relaxing and immerse yourself in the history and culture of the island.

House museum really very interesting, with original furnishings and furnishings, rooms left untouched and small crafts. Very kind lady at the entrance, who also offered me a beer. Admissions at 5€ adults. I recommend the visit also with children

He scored three for the announcement that with the entrance you are invited to a cane, there were five and we were more than 15 minutes waiting for the beer to serve us but the lady passed Olympicly, that if I told him when I left I deleted the beer because if he does not listen to the citizens. Just tell him we were leaving that he only listens to those who are coming in I told him it was a hoax, I think it is best that I remove it and in peace, I have scored a lot

Beautiful house to visit and the balconies are indeed beautifully made. You'll be through it in no time, though, and you can be outside again within 15 minutes. The town of La Orotava is not very special. If you happen to be in the area, you might want to consider a visit to this landmark, but it's certainly not a miss if you skip this one. And it's to be hoped it's not crowded, because since it's not very big, you run the risk of lining up Andes as if you were in a queue at a theme park.

Beautiful this house museum with a fantastic patio.Very well preserved you can see the various rooms with objects of the time, I think it is a must if you come La Orotava, the only drawback is that you can not enter almost all rooms but only see them from the threshold .interesting also to see the many feedbacks from people who have not visited it but have taken three photos from outside ..... I often notice people who go to places like Paris or London , makes 500 reviews but many places have seen them only from outside .... but I think it is right to review a place ONLY if you have seen it , this applies to museums, house museums etc. , clear that external things can be judged but not things that have not been seen ... cmq I recommend the visit of this house museum, paid visit .

Very pretty and worth seeing. The guide via QR code did not work and the lady could not/did not help. Small but good, about 15 minutes to invest.

One of the beautiful things to see in La Orotava where there are several interesting buildings. This, set up as a museum, can be visited and, with a little imagination, it is easy to "see" how the lives of wealthy people could have unfolded here at a time when the Canaries were truly a "lost" corner of the world. Preserved very well, even in some interiors, it then allows you to admire some craft products in the internal shop. One of the best non-“beach” attractions in Tenerife.

Nice to see. Beautiful authentic villa from the 16th century. Nice to see the layout and the old materials used. Too bad we couldn't see the whole house. Count on about half an hour of viewing and combine it with the other sights in this town

Typical bourgeois house with Canarian architecture When you arrive, there is a free online guide that you can go down in French, but I never managed to. Another tourist too! Fortunately my paper and internet guide had already helped me prepare this visit of a beautiful patrician house from 1632. We discover the living rooms of this family: kitchen, pantry, bedroom and especially the beautifully furnished reception rooms. Really interesting. The patio is decorated with beautiful woodwork and a fun spiral staircase serves the floors.

From all the Canary Islands. Tenerife is the most touristically exploited and with attractions like the Casa del Banana or the Casa de los Balcones that you find advertising x everywhere. Signs of where to go that not even in the Cathedral of Burgos. This house for me is less than offered. It's not that big of a deal and I'm passionate about art and history. The front desk shop says enough. Very unfriendly too. Seriously people think the furniture is the original. I certainly don't. A recreation you can see in a thousand places. Let them go to Casa Pedrera that if it's a recreation as God commands. I don't belittle the architectural value of the House. But they've turned it into just another theme park. In a museum shop. I've been to places of much greater architectural or historical value for free. In fact, the great places except the Cathedrals usually are at least a few days a year. Here or on October 12th. It's one more room remover. Typical place where more excursions go. That they're still a money-snatcher. I went to Guagua and the trip got short seeing the landscape. On Holiday and with frequent Service. Architecturally the house is worth it. Colonial house. Seventeenth century. But it is a house turned into a theme park for tourist portfolio

The house of the Balconies is a must if you go to La Orotava, it is a very nice place and the rooms are well preserved, with all the details of when you lived in it. Ticket is not expensive and worth it. As a curiosity, they keep all the books where visitors have signed for more than 10 years and also, the ticket manager told us that the house belongs to descendants of the Rubens family.