Attractions in Tenerife

Mariposario del Drago (Butterfly Park)

Casa del Plátano (Banana House)

Palmetum

Siam Park

Drago Milenario de Icod de los Vinos

Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín

Calatrava architectural icon by the sea in Santa Cruz.

Parque Marítimo

Monkey Park

Jungle Park

Teide National Park

Loro Parque

Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria

Seafront Marian sanctuary, patron saint of the Canaries.

Playa de las Arenas

Playa de las Teresitas

Punta de Teno

Masca

MUNA - Museo de Naturaleza y Arqueología

Nature and archaeology museum in central Santa Cruz.

Jardín de Orquídeas Sitio Litre

Historic garden in Puerto de la Cruz, set around an old estate in the Orotava Valley, home to the oldest orchid collection in the Canary Islands.

Parque Rural de Anaga

Protected area and Biosphere Reserve covering the mountain massif at the north-eastern tip of Tenerife, some 14,500 hectares of ridges, ravines and hamlets linked by footpaths.

Casa Fuerte de Adeje

A 16th-century fortified compound in Adeje's old town, built by the Ponte family to guard their sugar mill. A fire left it in ruins in 1902, but the tower, the gateway and much of the enclosure are still standing. The south-eastern section has been restored and can be visited free of charge on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.

Museo Histórico Militar de Canarias (Fuerte de Almeyda)

Military history museum in the 18th-century Fuerte de Almeyda in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with rooms of flags, weapons, uniforms and dioramas.

Pirámides de Güímar

Six stepped pyramids surrounded by gardens and the enigma that fascinated Thor Heyerdahl.

Aqualand Costa Adeje

The largest water park in the Canary Islands, with slides for every age and one of Europe's few dolphinariums.

Museo LM Arte Colección

The Museo LM Arte Colección occupies a traditional Canarian house from the second half of the eighteenth century, on calle Obispo Rey Redondo in the historic centre of San Cristóbal de La Laguna. It opened on 23 December 2021 and shows the body of Canarian and international art assembled by Luz Marina Lorenzo, a collector born in La Palma, which runs to close on six hundred pieces.

Museo del Pescador

The Museo del Pescador occupies the premises of the Cofradía de Pescadores Gran Poder de Dios, on calle Las Lonjas in Puerto de la Cruz, beside the fishing quay. Its Casa Museo brings together a large collection of ship models, ranging from traditional Canarian rowing boats and faluas, tuna vessels and purse seiners to schooners, sail training ships, steamers and the old island mail boats, alongside working objects such as an old scale.

Museo de Artesanía Iberoamericana de Tenerife

The Museo de Artesanía Iberoamericana de Tenerife occupies the former Dominican convent of San Benito Abad in the Villa de La Orotava. The building keeps its stone entrance arch, the cloister, the timber ceilings and the stone staircase, with work by the Canarian architect, sculptor and gilder Antonio de Orbarán. It reopened as a museum in 1991 and holds more than ten thousand pieces of Iberoamerican and Spanish craftwork.

Área Recreativa El Lagar

A mountain recreation area on the north western slope of Tenerife, above a thousand metres, set in Canary pine forest mixed with faya, tree heath and Canary holly, the species of the island's laurel cloud forest. Access is along the TF-344 road, taking the turning at kilometre 8.8 at the spot known as Choza Casa de la Pradera and then following the El Lagar track. No public transport reaches the site, so you need your own vehicle.

La Casa del Carnaval

Museum centre devoted to the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, opened in 2017 in the barranco de Santos park, with an interactive permanent room.

Barranco del Infierno

A guided trail through a special nature reserve that starts above Adeje's old town. Around 6.5 kilometres there and back, some three and a half hours, with a compulsory helmet, a limit of 300 visitors a day and booking required in advance.

TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes

Cultural centre for contemporary art, photography and a library in a Herzog & de Meuron building.

Church of San Marcos (Icod)

Candelaria

Buenavista Golf

Sendero Las Aguas - La Rambla

A kilometre and a half of earth and stone track along the coastal shelf of San Juan de la Rambla, linking the seaside hamlet of Las Aguas with the Rosario neighbourhood. It takes about an hour, the difficulty is low, and the whole route behaves like one long viewpoint over the water. Along the way there are terraces of potatoes and bananas, tamarisks, reed beds, agaves and the small Callados beach.

Los Nateros

Los Nateros is a farming and recreational area in La Matanza de Acentejo, on the mid slopes of northern Tenerife at around 635 metres. Its name comes from the stone walls that hold back soil and water on the hillside, a practice that has slowly made this ground fertile. Several footpaths set off among terraced vines, chestnut trees and pine woods, and the town council has laid out fitness circuits, a small square and a play area.

Piscinas Naturales "El Caletón"

El Caletón is the set of natural pools at Garachico, formed by the lava flow of the 1706 eruption, the one that buried the harbour that had made the town rich. As it cooled, the basalt left a run of pools and channels that the sea refills with every tide. They are now fitted with walkways and steps, and they occupy the seafront of the historic centre, beside the castle of San Miguel.

Sendero Montaña Blanca - Pico del Teide (PNT 07)

Trail number 7 of Teide National Park, running from the foot of Montaña Blanca up to La Rambleta: 8.3 kilometres of high difficulty with 1,194 metres of cumulative ascent.

Playa de Alcalá

A quiet beach in the fishing village of Alcalá, in Guía de Isora, with dark sand, natural pools and a seafront promenade beside the harbour.

Mirador de La Tarta del Teide

A roadside viewpoint on the TF-21 climb to Teide, famous for the bank of coloured volcanic strata that looks like a layered cake.

Sendero Siete Cañadas

Classic signposted trail crossing the floor of the Teide caldera, from El Portillo, among pines, brooms and vast lava flows.

Parque de La Granja

A large urban park in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a green lung of leafy trees, ponds and paths beside Avenida de Madrid.

Piscinas Naturales de Mesa del Mar

Volcanic natural sea pools at Mesa del Mar, on the northern coast of Tacoronte, reached through a tunnel cut into the cliff.

Montaña Guajara

A 2,715 m summit in Teide National Park, the third-highest in the Canaries, with a classic circular route from the Parador in La Orotava. A demanding high-mountain climb.

Mirador de El Bailadero

An Anaga massif viewpoint in Tenerife, overlooking the village of Taganana and the rugged north-east coast.

Playa de la Enramada

A wide dark-sand beach beside La Caleta in Adeje, Tenerife, prized for its sunsets.

Rambla de Castro

A 45-hectare Protected Landscape on the coast of Los Realejos, Tenerife, crossed by a walking path past Canary palm groves, dragon trees and historic buildings.

Sendero Agua García

Circular trail through the Agua Garcia woodland in Tacoronte, amid laurel forest and chestnut trees.

Sendero de los Sentidos

Network of short, accessible trails through the Anaga laurel forest, designed to discover the woodland with the senses.

Charco Los Chochos

Secluded natural pool on the coast of Buenavista del Norte, in the Teno massif area.

Piscinas Naturales Los Abrigos

Cluster of natural pools next to the fishing village of Los Abrigos, in southern Tenerife.

Charco De La Laja

Volcanic natural pool on the north coast of San Juan de la Rambla, with crystal-clear water.

Mirador de Chipeque

High mountain viewpoint on the Teide road, famous for the sea of clouds that often fills the valley below.

Mirador Cruz del Carmen

Viewpoint and visitor centre at the gateway to the Anaga Rural Park, amid laurel forest and overlooking the La Laguna valley.

Madre de Agua

Natural water spring in Los Realejos, on the green northern coast of Tenerife.

Church of la Concepción (La Laguna)

El Castillo San Felipe

A fortress of colonial character at the mouth of the ravine that shares its name, in Puerto de la Cruz, right beside Playa Jardín. Its story goes back to the 17th century, when it watched over the northern coast of Tenerife and sheltered the town from corsairs and pirates. Built of masonry in the shape of an irregular pentagon, it lost its military role in 1869 and now serves as the cultural venue of the municipality, with an exhibition hall and a cafe.

Casa Museo Cayetano Gómez Felipe

An eighteenth century Canarian townhouse on Plaza de la Concepción in La Laguna, right beside the bell tower of the Concepción church and inside the UNESCO listed old town. It was the family home of the collector Cayetano Gómez Felipe (1902-1978), who filled it with objects from everyday island life. The rooms open onto a courtyard with wooden galleries, and the collection is shown in the very spaces it was gathered for. Easy to reach on foot, since most of the historic centre is pedestrian.

Santuario del Cristo de La Laguna

The Franciscan sanctuary in San Cristóbal de La Laguna that guards the image of the Cristo de La Laguna, one of the most venerated crucifixes in the Canary Islands.

Casa de los Balcones

17th-century Canarian mansion in La Orotava, famous for its wooden balconies and traditional openwork craft.

Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Tenerife's main fine-arts museum, next to Plaza del Príncipe in Santa Cruz.