Cave of the Guanches, Archaeological cave site in Icod de los Vinos, Spain

The Cave of the Guanches is a volcanic tube opening westward at about 125 m above sea level, in the Cardonal area of Icod de los Vinos, above the cliff of Playa Moreno. Near the cave, remains of dry-stone huts with circular and oval floors were found. The protected archaeological area also covers part of the plain on the cliff top.

Ceramics found inside the cave gave the oldest chronologies of the Canary Islands, dated to the 6th century BCE. In 2005 the Government of the Canary Islands declared the site a Bien de Interés Cultural as an archaeological zone. Oral tradition holds that the cave was the dwelling of the menceyes of Icod.

Oral tradition holds that the cave was the dwelling of the menceyes, the Guanche kings of the Icod side. Finds such as hand-made pottery shards, bone awls, caprid bones and marine mollusc shells are kept in the Museo Guanche in Icod de los Vinos, with a small sample in the British Museum.

The cave opens westward in a volcanic tube about 125 m above sea level, within the protected area at Cardonal above Playa Moreno in Icod de los Vinos. The site is a Bien de Interés Cultural and is not set up for general visits, so access depends on authorisation from the island's heritage authority. The cliff-top plain and dry-stone hut foundations nearby can be viewed from outside.

The cave is believed to have been a residence for the menceyes, the traditional leaders of the Guanche people. This role makes it a key location for understanding the social structure of this early society.