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Our favourite places on Tenerife

A selection from over 180 places we have checked ourselves. The full guide with map, filters and day plans is below.

  1. Teide driving loop (Chío – Las Cañadas – Vilaflor) Teide driving loop (Chío – Las Cañadas – Vilaflor) Viewpoint · Parque Nacional del Teide · ★ 4.8

    The finest day trip by car from the south: up through Chío on the TF-38, past black lava fields, across the Las Cañadas caldera to the cable car base station, then back…

  2. Anaga – laurel forest Anaga – laurel forest Nature · Parque Rural de Anaga · ★ 4.8

    A wild mountain range on the island's north-eastern tip, cloaked in laurisilva – a humid laurel forest, a relic of the ancient forests that once grew all around the Mediterranean.

  3. Playa del Duque Playa del Duque Beach · Costa Adeje · ★ 4.6

    Costa Adeje's most elegant beach, with golden sand, white beach huts and luxury hotels as a backdrop.

  4. El Caletón natural pools (Garachico) El Caletón natural pools (Garachico) Natural pools · Garachico · ★ 4.6

    Lava pools formed by the 1706 eruption that buried Garachico's original harbour.

  5. Mirador de Archipenque – views of Los Gigantes Mirador de Archipenque – views of Los Gigantes Viewpoint · Acantilados de Los Gigantes, Santiago del Teide · ★ 4.6

    A viewpoint above the town of Los Gigantes with the best view of the Acantilados de Los Gigantes – sheer volcanic cliffs plunging hundreds of metres into the sea.

  6. Loro Parque Loro Parque Park · Puerto de la Cruz · ★ 4.6

    One of Europe's best-known zoos, in the north of the island – parrots, gorillas, tigers, a huge aquarium with a shark tunnel, and Planet Penguin with its artificial snowfall.

  7. Taberna Marítima Agua y Sal Taberna Marítima Agua y Sal Restaurant · Playa San Juan (Guía de Isora) · ★ 4.6

    A fishermen's tavern in the harbour town of Playa San Juan, where you choose your fish or seafood straight from the iced display and the kitchen cooks it however you like.

  8. Masca Masca Town · Masca, Buenavista del Norte · ★ 4.8

    A small mountain hamlet perched on a rocky spur above a ravine – stone cottages, palms and terraces that, before the road was built, were linked to the outside world…

  9. Lago Martiánez Lago Martiánez Natural pools · Puerto de la Cruz · ★ 4.3

    A seawater lido designed by César Manrique and a symbol of Puerto de la Cruz since 1977.

  10. Flipper Uno & Masca Express – by boat to the cliffs and Masca Bay Flipper Uno & Masca Express – by boat to the cliffs and Masca Bay Experience · Los Gigantes · ★ 4.6

    A Los Gigantes classic: the pirate ship Flipper Uno or the faster Masca Express takes you out to see whales and dolphins, beneath the giant Acantilados de Los Gigantes…

  11. Guachinche La Huerta de Ana y Eva Guachinche La Huerta de Ana y Eva Restaurant · La Matanza de Acentejo · ★ 4.6

    A guachinche is traditionally a seasonal, family-run wine house in the north of Tenerife: the winemaker opens up their home or cellar, sells their own young wine and…

  12. Garachico – historic old town Garachico – historic old town Town · Garachico

    One of the island's best-preserved historic towns.

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