189 places
Viewpoint Owner’s pick 4.8(4.2K)Parque Nacional del Teide50 minFree
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, t
Nature Owner’s pick 4.8(15K)Parque Rural de Anaga1 h 25 minFree
Open 24 h
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.
Beach Owner’s pick 4.6(6.1K)Costa Adeje13 minFree
Costa Adeje's most elegant beach, with golden sand, white beach huts and luxury hotels as a backdrop.
Natural pools Owner’s pick 4.6(17K)Garachico55 minFree
Open 24 h
Lava pools formed by the 1706 eruption that buried Garachico's original harbour.
Viewpoint Owner’s pick 4.6(14K)Acantilados de Los Gigantes, Santiago del Teide30 minFree
Open · closes at 21:00
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.
Park & zoo Owner’s pick 4.6(102K)Puerto de la Cruz1 h 10 min€€€
Closed · opens at 09:30
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.
Illustrative photo Restaurant Owner’s pick 4.6(5.2K)Playa San Juan (Guía de Isora)25 min€€
Closed · opens at 12:30
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.
Hike 4.8(11K)Parque Nacional del Teide1 h€€€
The final stretch from La Rambleta to the crater follows the Telesforo Bravo trail – short but steep (up to 60% in places) and entirely above 3,500 m.
Hike 4.8(8.9K)Parque Nacional del Teide55 minFree
Open 24 h
The most famous view of Teide: the rock towers of Roques de García, with the leaning Roque Cinchado in the foreground and Teide's summit behind.
Viewpoint 4.8(3.5K)Santiago del Teide – Masca – Buenavista35 minFree
One of the most dramatic roads in the Canary Islands: from Santiago del Teide over the pass with the Cherfe viewpoint, down into the Masca valley and on through
Town 4.8(4K)Masca, Buenavista del Norte45 minFree
Open 24 h
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
Hike 4.8(4K)Masca → Playa de Masca → Los Gigantes35 min€€€
Open 24 h
The legendary descent from the village of Masca through a narrow gorge with walls hundreds of metres high, down to a small beach by the sea, where a boat takes
Natural pools Owner’s pick 4.3(706)Puerto de la Cruz1 h 15 min€
Closed · opens at 10:00
A seawater lido designed by César Manrique and a symbol of Puerto de la Cruz since 1977.
Viewpoint 4.6(5.8K)Buenavista del Norte1 h 5 min€
Open · closes at 20:00
Tenerife's westernmost tip: a red-and-white lighthouse on black lava rocks, crystal-clear sea and views of the sheer Los Gigantes cliffs and La Gomera.
Experience 4.6(2.4K)Los Gigantes30 min€€
Closed · opens at 09:00
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 G
Beach 4.6(1.6K)Los Cristianos (Arona)9 minFree
Open 24 h
An almost kilometre-long arc of golden sand between Las Américas and Los Cristianos harbour.
Beach Owner’s pick 4.6(13K)San Andrés (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)1 h 15 minFree
Nearly 1.5 km of golden sand, shipped in from the Sahara in the 1970s and fringed by palms and the Anaga mountains.
Beach 4.4(17K)Los Gigantes (Santiago del Teide)32 minFree
Closed · opens at 10:00
A small black-sand beach right beneath the Los Gigantes cliffs, which rise to around 450 m.
Illustrative photo Restaurant 4.6(8.7K)La Matanza de Acentejo1 h 17 min€
Closed · opens at 13:00
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 win
Nature Owner’s pick 4.6(23K)Puerto de la Cruz (La Paz)1 h 25 min€
Closed · opens at 09:00
A historic acclimatisation garden founded in 1788 by order of King Charles III – tropical plants from the colonies were meant to get used to the climate here be
Park & zoo 4.4(75K)Costa Adeje14 min€€€
Closed · opens at 10:00
Considered by many to be the best water park in the world – Thai-themed, with an artificial wave of up to around 3 m in the Wave Palace, the Mai Thai lazy river
Beach Owner’s pick 4.6(2.8K)Puerto de Santiago (Santiago del Teide)28 minFree
A beach of fine, coal-black volcanic sand on the west coast, a short way from the Los Gigantes cliffs.
Illustrative photo Restaurant 4.7(1.4K)Costa Adeje (Baobab Suites)10 min€€€€
Open · closes at 22:00
The best steakhouse in the south: 46th in the 101 World's Best Steak Restaurants 2026.
Town Owner’s pickGarachico1 hFree
One of the island's best-preserved historic towns.