Discover Tenerife
Where to eat, stay and swim across Tenerife
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Discover Tenerife
119+ places across Tenerife. Restaurants, beaches, hotels, boat trips and things to do, in one independent guide.
Car Rental
Hire a car and get up to Teide and out to the north
1881 Tenerife Madrigueras Golf Hotel
Built around the golf rather
Travel Tip
Two Islands, One Volcano
The south is dry, sunny and purpose-built; the north is green, cooler, older and much cheaper. They have different weather on the same day, and the drive between them is about ninety minutes.
Moira Fishing Tenerife SL
For anglers who would rather
Farmacia PharmAdeje
Useful when nobody in the
Restaurants
Canarian kitchens, seafood & guachinches
Las Rocas Beach Club
Choose the day carefully: the
Teide Cable Car
The alternative is five hours
TRG - Tenerife Royal Gardens
Aimed at families who would
Souvenirs Daniela
Convenient if you are already
Accommodation
Resort hotels, apartments & villas
La Wash
Belongs to a European group
Farmacia Paseo Fañabé
A younger team, and a
Le Club
Runs from a morning lounger
Marylebone
Signature drinks and British music,
Attractions
Teide, Anaga, La Laguna & the parks
Canary Shuttle - Aeropuerto Tenerife Sur
The one to look at
Food & Drink
What to Order
Papas arrugadas with both mojos, goat cheese, vieja grilled whole, rabbit in salmorejo and bienmesabe for pudding. Drink the island's own wine, from vines that phylloxera never reached.
Premier Money Exchange Los Cristianos
A dedicated counter rather than
Barranco Chic! Apartments by Alegria
The middle ground between a
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Explore Tenerife
From the beaches and boat trips of the south coast to the Teide crater, the laurel forest and the northern wine villages. Every corner of Tenerife by category.
Around the island
Around Tenerife
From the resort coast in the south to the capital, the old towns of the north and the crater at the top of the island.
Tours & Tickets
Tours and Things to Do in Tenerife
Whale watching, Teide, boat trips, walking tours and day trips across the island and out to La Gomera, via GetYourGuide.
Getting around Tenerife: car, bus or taxi
The island is bigger than the resort strip suggests. What the bus network covers, when a hire car pays for itself, and the parking nobody warns you about.
North or south Tenerife: where to stay
The two halves have different weather, prices, food and visitors. Picking the wrong one for what you want is the commonest mistake made about this island.
Teide National Park: permits and timing
What the permit actually requires, when the cable car is worth it, and how to see the crater without queueing behind four coach parties.
Recently Added in Tenerife
The newest businesses to join the directory.
Get out on the island
Tenerife is a driving island
The crater road, the northern wine villages and the west coast all sit well beyond the bus timetable. Compare the cars available across Tenerife and both airports, and have it booked in a couple of minutes.
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Common Questions
Any month works, which is the island's whole proposition. The south is warm and dry all year and is at its busiest from November to March, when it is one of the few places in Europe with dependable winter sun. Spring and autumn are the best compromise: warm, quieter and cheaper. August is hot and busy with Spanish holidaymakers, and the north is greener and wetter in winter.
A week is the natural length. Three or four days covers the south, a beach or two and one trip up to Teide. A week lets you add the north properly, which is where the old towns, the wine country and the laurel forest are, plus a boat trip and a day on La Gomera. Two weeks is common here because so many visitors come for winter warmth rather than sightseeing.
Not if you are staying put in a southern resort, where everything is walkable and the excursion coaches pick up from the hotels. You do need one if you want the island: the mountain roads, the northern villages, the wine country and the west coast are all slow or awkward by bus. The roads are good, the distances are short and hire is cheap, with the deepest choice at the two airports.
The south for beaches and reliable sun, the north for everything else. Costa Adeje, Playa de las Americas and Los Cristianos have the sheltered sand, the resort hotels and the dependable weather. Puerto de la Cruz, La Orotava and Santa Cruz are greener, cheaper and closer to the volcano, the old towns and the forest, at the cost of more cloud and rougher sea. The drive between them is about an hour and a half.
Yes, and it is the one thing on the island that has no substitute. The crater floor is reachable by car on four different roads, and a cable car climbs from it to 3,555 metres in about eight minutes. Walking the final stretch to the actual summit needs a free permit booked well in advance for a fixed time slot, which is what catches people out. Take warm clothes whatever the coast is doing.
Reliably, and it is not a seasonal thing. The channel between Tenerife and La Gomera holds a resident population of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins that does not migrate, which is why the area was designated a Whale Heritage Site. Boats run daily from Los Cristianos, Puerto Colon and Los Gigantes. Look for the blue Barco Azul flag, which marks operators accredited to approach the animals responsibly.
Any month works, which is the island's whole proposition. The south is warm and dry all year and is at its busiest from November to March, when it is one of the few places in Europe with dependable winter sun. Spring and autumn are the best compromise: warm, quieter and cheaper. August is hot and busy with Spanish holidaymakers, and the north is greener and wetter in winter.
Not if you are staying put in a southern resort, where everything is walkable and the excursion coaches pick up from the hotels. You do need one if you want the island: the mountain roads, the northern villages, the wine country and the west coast are all slow or awkward by bus. The roads are good, the distances are short and hire is cheap, with the deepest choice at the two airports.
Yes, and it is the one thing on the island that has no substitute. The crater floor is reachable by car on four different roads, and a cable car climbs from it to 3,555 metres in about eight minutes. Walking the final stretch to the actual summit needs a free permit booked well in advance for a fixed time slot, which is what catches people out. Take warm clothes whatever the coast is doing.
A week is the natural length. Three or four days covers the south, a beach or two and one trip up to Teide. A week lets you add the north properly, which is where the old towns, the wine country and the laurel forest are, plus a boat trip and a day on La Gomera. Two weeks is common here because so many visitors come for winter warmth rather than sightseeing.
The south for beaches and reliable sun, the north for everything else. Costa Adeje, Playa de las Americas and Los Cristianos have the sheltered sand, the resort hotels and the dependable weather. Puerto de la Cruz, La Orotava and Santa Cruz are greener, cheaper and closer to the volcano, the old towns and the forest, at the cost of more cloud and rougher sea. The drive between them is about an hour and a half.
Reliably, and it is not a seasonal thing. The channel between Tenerife and La Gomera holds a resident population of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins that does not migrate, which is why the area was designated a Whale Heritage Site. Boats run daily from Los Cristianos, Puerto Colon and Los Gigantes. Look for the blue Barco Azul flag, which marks operators accredited to approach the animals responsibly.