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Arehucas Rum Distillery
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Arehucas Rum Distillery

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Arehucas Rum Distillery
4.5
#2 of 19 things to do in Arucas
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9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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A journey through the HISTORY OF RUM.During the Arehucas Guided Tour visitors can enjoy the facilities of our distillery, full of history, tradition and work well done. Besides explaining the process of making our rums the tour allows us to visit one of the oldest rum cellars in Europe, made up of 4,308 american oak barrels. This tour through the history of rum in the Canary Islands takes 45 minutes and consists of 5 stages: Origin of Arehucas; visit to the cellar where the ageing process is carried out; learning about the rum processing and visit to the mill and the fermentation and distillation rooms. Visit to the bottling plant and tasting of some of our wide variety of rums and liqueurs. At the end of the visit, you can purchase the Destilerias Arehucas products.
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terrym153
south-west34 contributions
Wonderful piece of the Island's heritage
Nov 2023 • Couples
Interesting tour of the oldest rum distillery in Europe and great, generous tastings! Guides very knowledgeable,
Written 23 November 2023
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Arehucas R
Dear terrym153, thank you for visiting us, for the excellent evaluation and your words of praise. We are particularly delighted that you highlight our staff's professionalism. We hope to see you back soon. We are allready working on innovations to further enrich the Arehucas Experience. Best regards,
Written 29 November 2023
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Chris R
1 contribution
Guided tour
Nov 2023 • Couples
Your guided by Bryan. Excellent tour . Thank you Bryan . Enjoyed the tasting experience. Purchased some to take home .
Written 7 November 2023
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Arehucas R
Dear chrisrR3932ZI, thank you very much for visiting us and for the excellent valuation. We are glad to read that you enjoyed the tasting of our rums and ligueurs. We hope to see you back soon. Best regards,
Written 15 November 2023
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Richard N
Stroud, UK372 contributions
More personality needed by your guide
Oct 2023 • Couples
Yes, for 7 Euros each and the chance to sample various rum combinations at the end of the tour this is extremely good value and a great thing to do in Arucas.

For me though, this is very much about the story of why rum and why there. We went on an English guided tour and I felt our guide lacked any enthusiasm or showed any personality. Her English wasn’t great and she certainly wasn’t up to answering questions.

I know we missed out on some useful information as I overheard the next English tour start as we finished ours and the guide on that one informed her party of several material facts before they’d even left the courtyard at the start. We didn’t get any of that information which was sad.

An opportunity missed.
Written 27 October 2023
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Arehucas R
Dear Richard N, thank you very much for visiting us and for your positive comments. We are very sorry that the guided tour did not live up to your expectations, we take note of your constructive criticism. We are trying to find out what may have gone wrong in your case in order to take any corrective measures that may be necessary. We look forward to seeing you again soon to try to provide you with an experience more in line with your legitimate expectations. Best regards,
Written 3 November 2023
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dorothymcgr
Falkirk, UK81 contributions
Rum and more rum
Sep 2023 • Solo
Fascinating trip with very knowledgeable tour giude also great for families if you don't overdo it at the tasting sessions which are the highlight of the tour a must see

Written 1 October 2023
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Arehucas R
Dear dorothymcgr, thank you for visiting us, for the excellent evaluation and your words of praise. We are particularly delighted that you highlight the professionalism of our staff. We hope to see you back soon. We are allready working on innovations to further enrich the Arehucas Experience. Best regards,
Written 3 November 2023
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Natalia B
3 contributions
Great history experience
Sep 2023 • Friends
Great history of the Rum - straight forward information and get to experience the entire cycle of the making. When purchased guide the tasting at the end is incredible aswell and worthwhile
Written 30 September 2023
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Arehucas R
Dear Natalia B, thank you very much for visiting us, for your kind words and your great valuation on this portal. It fills us with satisfaction that you enjoyed the visit to our century-old distillery and the tasting of our rums. We are allready working on innovations to further enrich the Arehucas Experience and thererfore hope to see you back soon. Best regards,
Written 3 November 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Canarias Qué pasión
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Pure rum experience - smell, taste, hospitality, sustainability, shopping (!) - try it 100% if you are on Gran Canaria!
Sep 2023 • Couples
Awesome place with deep, perfect smell of rum filling thousands of barrels. Warmest feelings go to Andrea - great guide ready to share all the knowledge about the place, its history, the production of rum and all of its kinds, and really everything you are going to meet on a tour. In the end you can choose 4 different types of liquors to try by yourself - yes! Andrea is still there serving you :)
*if you’re lucky to be guided by her ;)

There is something one of kind - the 2002 Arehucas Pedro Ximémez Sherry Cask Finish which needs you to pay additional 7 euros to taste but if you decide to purchase you’ll get a discount of the same value and we highly advise to get it as it’s going to end pretty soon - the bottles you can find in a picture are probably the last ones. No future release of this one is gonna happen.

Cheers Andrea 🥃🥃😊

❤️ Jarek and Magda ❤️
Written 25 September 2023
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Arehucas R
Dear Discover511435, thank you very much for visiting us, for your interest in the rich tradition of rum in the Canary Islands and for the excellent rating on Tripadvisor. We are very proud that you describe so enthusiastically the experience of the guided tour of our centenary distillery and that you enjoyed tasting our rums and liqueurs, especially our Arehucas 2002 Single Cask Pedro Jiménez Sherry Cask Finish, an exceptional vintage rum and, as you point out, ephemeral, as we only have 20 bottles left. We are very pleased that the professionalism of our colleague Andrea stands out. We place the utmost importance on friendliness and excellence in the performance of our team. We are working on innovations to make the Arehucas Experience even more attractive and hope to see you soon to enjoy them with us. Best regards,
Written 18 October 2023
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Natalija D
2 contributions
Super, must see!
Sep 2023 • Family
Super to see, for 18 + because a lot of tasting is included. Very nice, clean, easy to understand, good price to buy rum and liquers👌. Tour guide Bry
Written 24 September 2023
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Arehucas R
Dear 429natalijad, thank you very much for visiting us, for your kind words and your excellent valuation on this portal. It fills us with satisfaction that you enjoyed the visit to our century-old distillery and the tasting of our rums. We are allready working on innovations to further enrich the Arehucas Experience and thererfore hope to see you back soon. Best regards,
Written 18 October 2023
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Alison B
1 contribution
Great tour
Sep 2023 • Family
Brilliant tour, showed around by Bryan who was friendly, interesting and informative, highly recommend a trip there and the tasting was great
Written 23 September 2023
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Arehucas R
Dear K3672DLalisonb, thank you very much for visiting us and your excellent valuation on this portal. It fills us with satisfaction that you enjoyed the visit to our century-old distillery, the tasting of our rums and the words of praise regarding our colleague Bryan. We are allready working on innovations to further enrich the Arehucas Experience and thererfore hope to see you back soon. Best regards,
Written 18 October 2023
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Tamara D
3 contributions
Interesting tour worth the visit 🤩
Sep 2023 • Family
The tours are organised regurarly during the day - both in English and Spanish- so after purchasing the tickets we just had to wait few minutes for the guide.
The tour took about an hour and was really informative. Our guide Bryan explained everyting about rum production. During the tour we even got to see the factory up close. At the end there was also a tasting of their products where each person could try 4 different products.
Overall would definitely reccomend the tour.
Written 22 September 2023
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Arehucas R
Dear F2714BGtamarad, Thank you very much for visiting us, for the excellent evaluation, your words of praise and the strong recommendation. It fills us with pride that you enjoyed the guided tour to our century old distillery and with satisfaction that you highlight the experstise and professionalism of our colleague Bryan. We hope to see you back soon. Best regards,
Written 18 October 2023
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Nikki M
2 contributions
Amazing experience
Sep 2023 • Family
Such a great experience. I absolutly love rum so it is fantastic to see this amazing distillery and teast some of the best rum. Our guide, bryan was very nice and gave a great tour.
Written 19 September 2023
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Arehucas R
Dear nikkimZ4193BL, we absolutely love rum lovers, an ever-growing community that spans the globe. Thank you very much for visiting us, for the excellent evaluation, your words of praise and the strong recommendation. It fills us with pride that you enjoyed the guided tour to our century old distillery and with satisfaction that you highlight the experstise and professionalism of our colleague Bryan. We are allready working on innovations to further enrich the Arehucas Experience. We hope to see you back soon. Best regards,
Written 18 October 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
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