Villa La Laguna: a 500 year old townhouse in Tenerife's university city
Coliving Tenerife runs Villa La Laguna, a boutique coliving in a five hundred year old Canarian townhouse in the centre of San Cristobal de La Laguna. La Laguna is Tenerife's second city, a UNESCO listed colonial old town, and the island's university city.
What Villa La Laguna Does
- Five single and double rooms. Deliberately small, in a historic building with a designed, minimalist interior.
- A dedicated coworking area. Alongside dining and communal spaces and an outdoor area.
- A city-centre location. In the old town rather than out on a coast road.
- A mixed resident base. Digital nomads, expats and remote workers rather than holidaymakers.
- Strong reviews. 4.9 across 29 ratings.
Why It Makes Sense for Nomads
La Laguna is the most interesting place to live on Tenerife and the least obvious to a visitor. The old town is a grid of colonial streets and painted facades, the university keeps it young and busy year round, and the tram runs down to Santa Cruz in twenty minutes.
It sits at around 550 metres, which makes it noticeably cooler and greener than the resort south, and it is minutes from the Anaga mountains, one of the best hiking areas in the Canaries.
Two things to know. Cooler and greener also means more cloud, particularly in the mornings, so this is not the place for guaranteed beach weather. And with five rooms, availability is the main constraint. Rates are not published; the site is in English and German.
Pricing
Not published. Rooms are quoted on request through the site.
The Tenerife base for people who want a city and a history, not a pool.