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Gran Canaria: Ron Arehucas Distillery Tour & Rum Tasting

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Duration1h

GroupUp to 30

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Inside Europe's oldest rum cellar: a guided walk through 4,308 oak casks

You walk through the production process from aging cellar to bottling plant, taste three award-winning rums, and learn the history of rum-making in the Canary Islands. The whole experience takes about an hour, includes a proper tasting (not a sample), and ends with the option to buy. Bring your printed ticket.

Step-by-step itinerary

Introduction to Arehucas history
Visit rum ageing cellar
See rum production process
Tour bottling plant
Taste rums and liqueurs
Purchase Arehucas products
Visit Arucas Town

The Experience

The cellar itself is the first thing that hits you—rows of American oak casks stacked in the cool, dark space where Ron Arehucas has aged rum since the distillery opened in 1969. The guided tour through the Gran Canaria distillery takes about an hour and moves through five distinct stops, starting with the story of how the company began, then into that aging room where the air smells like caramel and wood. After that you walk through the mill, fermentation tanks, and distillation rooms—the places where the actual work happens, not just the finished product sitting in bottles.

The tasting comes at the end, and it's not a small pour. You get to sample a range of rums and liqueurs, including the three that won medals at the International Wine & Spirits Competition: the 12-year Ron Añejo Family Selection (Gold Medal of Excellence 2023), the 18-year (Gold Medal 2023), and the 7-year Arehucas, which scored in the Excellent category in the Peñín Guide. The guide explains what you're tasting—the differences between the ages, the production methods, why the oak matters. It's not rushed. You can ask questions, and at the end there's a shop where you can buy bottles to take home, though nobody pushes you.

The whole thing is wheelchair accessible, and the route is flat and straightforward—no climbing or tight spaces. If you're traveling with small children, strollers work fine. Public transport gets you there, or you can arrange your own way to Arucas Town where the distillery sits. The tour runs on paper tickets only, so you'll need to print or show your confirmation at the gate.

What’s included

Your visit includes a guided tour through the distillery facilities, a walk through the aging cellar with 4,308 American oak casks, explanations of the rum production process including the mill and fermentation rooms, a visit to the bottling plant, and a tasting of multiple rums and liqueurs. The shop at the end gives you the chance to buy original Arehucas products if you'd like.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPublic transport nearby

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Is this one for you?Book this if you want to understand how rum is actually made without arranging transport or finding the distillery yourself—the guided format means you get the story and the tasting in sequence, and the fixed one-hour length fits easily into a morning or afternoon in Gran Canaria.