[1] The elevation is 275 m. The major growth of the last few years has been the creation of a huge industrial estate on flat land once covered by tomato plantations.

The diving in this area includes caves, arches, walls and volcanic reefs where an extremely wide range of sub-tropical marine species can be found, from tiny seahorses up to rays and angel sharks.

In the centre of the town, the large, domed Church of San Sebastián [es] in Plaza Nuestra Señora del Rosario is a noted example of Canarian Neoclassical architecture.

[8] Twenty-three kilometres (14 miles) south-west of Agüimes on the south coast of the island there stands a full-scale replica of the San Sebastián Church.

The hotel consists of buildings designed in a Canarian Spanish Colonial Revival style to recreate the historic environment of Agüimes, including a copy of the church.