SAN NICOLAS DE TOLENTINO

Sometimes known as 'La Aldea' or 'The Village', San Nicolas de Tolentino is tomato town. In a broad and dusty valley, well settled in preHispanic days, plastic greenhouses spread out in all directions. Towards the end of the season, tomato surpluses are dumped on waste ground, making brilliant splashes of color. The town itself is mostly residential, with a cluster of shops round the church square and its restored Canarian-style church. Near by, in Tocodoman, is the excellent Cactualdea Park with impressive cactus plants and exhibitions.