Our tips for Tenerife
Tenerife is known for its all-inclusive resorts, but what stuck with us were the volcanoes, misty laurel forests and villages clinging to the mountainsides. We spent four days in the national park around Mount Teide, hiked through Anaga with our little ones and stayed the night in Los Gigantes to watch the sun drop behind the cliffs. In Garachico, our preschooler went for deep purple prickly pear ice cream. Here you'll find all our tips, from hidden spots to why we'd skip Costa Adeje.
- Capital
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Population
- 960,000
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- High season
- November to April
- Airports
- Tenerife South (TFS), Tenerife North (TFN)
- Time zone
- UTC+0 (UTC+1 in summer)
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Our pickHotels in Tenerife: from the seaside village of Garachico to a room below the Los Gigantes cliffs
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Riding the cable car up Mount Teide? Book your Teide tour with cable car straight from Volcano Teide, the official operator.Our top tips for Tenerife
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