What to see in La Orotava
Tradition and tea-wood balconies
Here are the 67 places in La Orotava that we have on record, with how long each one takes, the bus that stops nearby and what to know before you go; and below, 12 places to eat. If you would rather have it all put together into one day, with lunch and the way back, that is what Naira does.
Let Naira plan your dayFor a swim
Playa de El Bollullo
beach · about 2 hours
Black sand and a wild coast, one of the favourites for sunset.
Facilities: toilets
Warning: Classified as DANGEROUS in the official register of bathing areas. No assisted bathing.
Bus: stop EL RINCÓN (T), 420 m away · line 376
Playa El Ancón
beach · about 2 hours
Dark sand, 200 metres. Strong waves.
Warning: Classified as DANGEROUS in the official register of bathing areas. No assisted bathing.
Bus: stop EL CALVARIO, 530 m away · lines 11, 12, 21, 23
Nature, trails and viewpoints
Hijuela del Botánico
natural monument · about 40 min
This four-thousand-square-metre garden was created in 1788 as a temporary nursery to keep alive the plants that had to travel from the tropics to Madrid.
Bus: stop ESCULTOR ESTÉVEZ, 70 m away · line 372
Las Narices del Teide
volcano · an hour and a half
The Narices del Teide volcano is the result of the 1798 eruption and has two volcanic craters that formed during that event.
Bus: stop BOCA TAUCE, 4.5 km away · line 342
Pico Teide
volcano · about 2 hours
Pico del Teide is the highest point in Spain; access to the summit is restricted and requires a permit in advance.
Warning: The official record warns of risk or restricted access.
Bus: stop TELEFÉRICO DEL TEIDE, 2.5 km away · lines 341, 342, 348
Accesible Jardín Botánico Lineal
trail · about 5 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: linear · 0.3 km · 11 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop CENTRO DE VISITANTES, 50 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Accesible Jardín Botánico Circular
trail · about 5 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: circular · 0.4 km · 12 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop CENTRO DE VISITANTES, 120 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Conexión Orilla del Monte - Pista de Benijos
trail · about 5 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: SL-TF 81.1 · variant · 0.5 km · 3 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop LA CALDERA (T), 650 m away · lines 345, 346
Ramal conexión Portillo Alto - Jardín Botánico de El Portillo
trail · about 5 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-24.1 · link path · 0.5 km · 4 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop CENTRO DE VISITANTES, 510 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Teide - Pico Viejo - Mirador de Las Narices del Teide
trail · about 2½ hours
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-09 · linear · 9.6 km · 192 m of climb · moderate difficulty.
Bus: stop TELEFÉRICO DEL TEIDE, 2.5 km away · lines 341, 342, 348
Parque Nacional del Teide (Roques de García)
volcano · an hour
These magma dykes solidified underground thousands of years ago and are visible today because erosion swept away the mountain that covered them.
Bus: stop PARADOR DEL TEIDE (T), 500 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Pinolere
hamlet · an hour and a half
Pinolere is a small village set in the lush forest, whose history is marked by the attachment of its 700 inhabitants to the land.
Bus: stop ERMITA PINOLERE, 20 m away · lines 345, 346
Montaña de Guajara
volcano · about 2 hours
At an imposing 2,718 metres, Montaña de Guajara is the highest point within the National Park and the third highest peak on the island.
Bus: stop PARADOR DEL TEIDE (T), 1.9 km away · lines 341, 342, 348
Montaña de Guamaso
volcano · about 2 hours
Montaña de Guamaso is a volcanic cone known for its gently sloping profile and the lush vegetation that covers it.
Bus: stop EL TEIDE - EL PORTILLO (T), 880 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Accesible Caramujo
trail · about 5 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: linear · 0.2 km · 5 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop MONTAÑA BERMEJA, 1.8 km away · line 348
Accesible Alto de Guamaso
trail · about 5 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: linear · 0.3 km · 2 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop EL TEIDE - EL PORTILLO (T), 660 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Mirador de la Fortaleza
trail · about 10 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-11 · linear · 0.6 km · 39 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop TELEFÉRICO DEL TEIDE, 2.1 km away · lines 341, 342, 348
La Rambleta - Mirador Pico Viejo
trail · about 10 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-12 · linear · 0.7 km · 21 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop TELEFÉRICO DEL TEIDE, 2.1 km away · lines 341, 342, 348
Telesforo Bravo
trail · about 30 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-10 · linear · 0.7 km · 183 m of climb · moderate difficulty.
Bus: stop TELEFÉRICO DEL TEIDE, 2.1 km away · lines 341, 342, 348
Accesible Roques de García
trail · about 20 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: linear · 1 km · 24 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop PARADOR DEL TEIDE (T), 310 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Degollada de Guajara
trail · about 40 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-05 · linear · 1.2 km · 216 m of climb · moderate difficulty.
Bus: stop PARADOR DEL TEIDE (T), 2.2 km away · lines 341, 342, 348
Montaña Limón
trail · about 20 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-34 · linear · 1.3 km · 1 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop MIRADOR PIEDRA LA ROSA, 3.5 km away · line 348
Ramal al Alto de Montaña Blanca
trail · about 25 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-07.1 · linear · 1.5 km · 34 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop MONTAÑA BLANCA, 1.8 km away · lines 341, 342, 348, 480
Portillo Alto
trail · about 25 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-24 · linear · 1.5 km · 22 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop EL PORTILLO ALTO, 260 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Recibo Quemado
trail · about 50 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-25 · linear · 1.8 km · 186 m of climb · moderate difficulty.
Bus: stop VUELTA GRANDE, 660 m away · lines 348, 493
Ucanca
trail · about 30 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-26 · linear · 1.8 km · 20 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop PARADOR DEL TEIDE (T), 830 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Degollada del Cedro
trail · about 35 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-29 · linear · 1.9 km · 53 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop VUELTA GRANDE, 2 km away · lines 348, 493
Montaña Rajada
trail · about 35 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-27 · linear · 2.1 km · 37 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop MONTAÑA BLANCA, 630 m away · lines 341, 342, 348, 480
Circular Alto de Guamaso
trail · about 55 min · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: linear · 0.3 km · 2 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop EL TEIDE - EL PORTILLO (T), 660 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Circular Roques de García
trail · an hour · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: linear · 1 km · 24 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop PARADOR DEL TEIDE (T), 310 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Circular Camino de La Orilla del Monte
trail · an hour and a half · good with kids
Official Cabildo trail: BC-1.7 · variant · 4.4 km · 114 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop MARGARITA PIEDRA, 800 m away · line 348
Majúa
trail · an hour
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-19 · linear · 4.2 km · 20 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop TELEFÉRICO DEL TEIDE, 160 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Sanatorio
trail · an hour and a half
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-16 · linear · 4.6 km · 64 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop TELEFÉRICO DEL TEIDE, 160 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Llano de Ucanca - Boca Tauce
trail · an hour and a half
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-40 · linear · 4.8 km · 75 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop PARADOR DEL TEIDE (T), 1.6 km away · lines 341, 342, 348
Los Valles
trail · an hour and a half
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-30 · linear · 4.9 km · 107 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop MINAS DE SAN JOSÉ, 40 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Lomo Hurtado
trail · an hour and a half
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-22 · linear · 5.1 km · 62 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop MONTAÑA BLANCA, 2 km away · lines 341, 342, 348, 480
Montaña de los Tomillos
trail · about 2 hours
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-06 · linear · 5.1 km · 490 m of climb · hard difficulty.
Bus: stop CENTRO DE VISITANTES, 740 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
La Fortaleza
trail · an hour and a half
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-01 · linear · 5.5 km · 121 m of climb · easy difficulty.
Bus: stop CENTRO DE VISITANTES, 50 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Circular La Caldera - Mamio - La Caldera
trail · about 2 hours
Official Cabildo trail: PR-TF 35 · circular · 5.6 km · 369 m of climb · moderate difficulty.
At weekends about 60 cars come in, 3 times more than on weekdays, and most arrive from 14:00 onwards. It is quieter in the morning. (Visitor numbers measured by the Cabildo in 2026.)
Bus: stop LA CALDERA (T), 30 m away · lines 345, 346
Teleférico - Montaña Blanca - Minas de San José
trail · about 2½ hours
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-39 · linear · 7 km · 392 m of climb · moderate difficulty.
Bus: stop TELEFÉRICO DEL TEIDE, 330 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Alto de Guajara
trail · an hour and a half
Official Cabildo trail: PNT-15 · linear · 3.4 km · 370 m of climb · moderate difficulty.
Bus: stop PARADOR DEL TEIDE (T), 2.8 km away · lines 341, 342, 348
Roque Cinchado
volcano · an hour
This formation is narrower at the base than at the top because the lower layers are made of a softer material that erodes much faster.
Bus: stop PARADOR DEL TEIDE (T), 400 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Área Recreativa Ramón Caminero
picnic area · an hour · good with kids
Pine forest above 1,500 m by the TF-21, often above the sea of clouds; tables, barbecues, toilets during warden hours and a campsite.
At weekends about 16 cars come in, 2.9 times more than on weekdays, and most arrive from 14:00 onwards. It is quieter in the morning. (Visitor numbers measured by the Cabildo in 2026.)
Bus: stop CASA DEL CAMINERO, 50 m away · line 348
Mirador de Pino Alto
viewpoint · about 25 min
A panoramic view of the valley at 575 m, next to the church square in Pino Alto; it is rarely crowded.
Bus: stop LA FLORIDA, 420 m away · lines 355, 365, 366, 373
Mirador de Mataznos
viewpoint · about 25 min
At 1,248 m on the TF-21: the La Orotava valley, the Teide and La Palma, and often the sea of clouds; parking, information panels and a rest area.
Bus: stop MARGARITA PIEDRA, 0 m away · line 348
Mirador Vista a La Palma
viewpoint · about 25 min · best at sunset
At about 1,350 m on the TF-21 (km 20), with the forest in front and La Palma and the Caldera de Taburiente on the horizon when it is clear.
Bus: stop MIRADOR PIEDRA LA ROSA, 650 m away · line 348
Mirador Rosa de Piedra
viewpoint · about 25 min
Two areas: one with the Teide and La Palma to the west, and another with a rose-shaped volcanic formation, reached by going under the road.
Getting there (in Spanish): Sin coordenada exacta publicada; ubicación estimada sobre la propia carretera
Bus: stop MONTAÑA BERMEJA, 1.1 km away · line 348
Mirador de La Ruleta
viewpoint · about 25 min · best at sunset · good with kids
At 2,135 m, opposite the Parador: the Llano de Ucanca, the Roques de García and La Catedral, with the Teide behind.
Bus: stop PARADOR DEL TEIDE (T), 360 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Plaza-Mirador de Benijos
viewpoint · about 25 min · good with kids
A neighbourhood square at 910 m with the valley and the potato plots of the mid-altitude slopes, and a children's play area.
Bus: stop BENIJOS (T), 110 m away · line 347
Mirador Cuesta de La Perdoma
viewpoint · about 25 min · best at sunset
At 425 m on the La Orotava–Los Realejos road (TF-324), over vegetable plots, fruit trees and vineyards in wine country.
Bus: stop LA PERDOMA, 60 m away · lines 352, 353
Mirador de El Bollullo
viewpoint · about 25 min · best at sunset
The black-sand beaches of El Bollullo, Los Patos and El Ancón among cliffs, with Puerto de la Cruz in the background.
Getting there (in Spanish): TF-176, muy cerrada y estrecha
Bus: stop EL RINCÓN (T), 300 m away · line 376
Pino de la pista los Órganos
natural monument · about 25 min · good with kids
It hosts epiphytes such as lichens (Usnea) and hare's-foot ferns (Davallia), signs of the high humidity here.
Bus: stop COMINOS, 1.5 km away · lines 345, 346
Barranco del Dornajito / Los Tres Pinos
ravine · about 2 hours
This ravine, widely known in the region, stands out for its impressive natural setting, especially the Monte Verde forest.
Bus: stop EL BALAYO, 600 m away · lines 345, 346, 348
Llano de Ucanca
landscape · an hour
The Llano de Ucanca is a striking depression inside the majestic Teide National Park.
Bus: stop BOCA TAUCE, 1.8 km away · line 342
The old town and its history
Observatorio del Teide (Izaña)
museum · an hour and a half
Its altitude of 2,400 metres and the sea of clouds block out the city's light pollution, making it one of the three best skies on the planet for studying the sun.
Getting there (in Spanish): La visita guiada tiene edad mínima de 8 años, dura hora y media y está a 2.400 m: con niños pequeños no los dejan entrar.
Bus: stop CASA DEL CAMINERO, 4 km away · line 348
Museo y Parque Etnográfico de Pinolere
museum · an hour and a half · good with kids
Ethnographic museum opened in 2002, recreating the popular culture, history and customs of this mid-altitude area in the north of Tenerife.
Bus: stop HORIZONTE, 50 m away · lines 345, 346, 941
Casa de los Balcones
old town · an hour and a half
Its 17th-century Canarian pine balconies are held up without a single iron nail, the wood fitted together to the millimetre by pressure alone.
Bus: stop AYUNTAMIENTO, 60 m away · lines 372, 417
Photo: Axel Cotón Gutiérrez · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Molinos de Gofio de La Orotava
old town · an hour and a half
A single sloping water channel turned the blades of thirteen different mills in the 19th century, using the slope of the street.
Bus: stop SAN FRANCISCO, 20 m away · lines 325, 360, 372, 416
Centro de Visitantes Telesforo Bravo
museum · an hour and a half · good with kids
It pays tribute to the Canarian geologist who discovered that the La Orotava valley was not a huge crater but the trace of a landslide that brought the mountain down.
Bus: stop LOS GERANIOS, 80 m away · lines 40, 342, 380, 417
Museo de Artesanía Iberoamericana
museum · an hour and a half
It brings together crafts from Spain and the Americas and shows how techniques travelled from one side of the Atlantic to the other.
Bus: stop PILAR MONTEVERDE, 90 m away · line 380
Photo: rene boulay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
El Tesoro de la Concepción
museum · an hour and a half
The silverwork and vestments that the church of La Concepción has kept over the centuries.
Bus: stop AYUNTAMIENTO, 70 m away · lines 372, 417
Casco histórico de La Orotava
old town · an hour and a half
Its streets climb from the square up to the church, and in June they are covered with carpets made of sand from the Teide for Corpus Christi.
Bus: stop ESCULTOR ESTÉVEZ, 90 m away · line 372
Teleférico del Teide
transport · about 45 min
The base station of the Teide cable car has a rest area, a café and a buffet restaurant with magnificent views of the Teide National Park, a shop and public toilets.
Bus: stop TELEFÉRICO DEL TEIDE, 50 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Acueducto de los Molinos
church · about 25 min · good with kids
Declared a Bien de Interés Cultural.
Bus: stop LA PIEDAD, 70 m away · lines 11, 372
Camino del Ciprés
church · about 25 min · good with kids
Declared a Bien de Interés Cultural.
Bus: stop LOS PERALES, 450 m away · lines 102, 104, 108, 352
Ermita de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
church · about 30 min
A chapel next to the Parador de las Cañadas del Teide, with a single rectangular nave.
Bus: stop PARADOR DEL TEIDE (T), 50 m away · lines 341, 342, 348
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (La Orotava)
church · about 30 min
Its dome is inspired by Florence cathedral and was built in the 18th century after earthquakes brought down the original church.
Bus: stop ESCULTOR ESTÉVEZ, 70 m away · line 372
Where to eat
Guachinche Ramón
guachinche (family wine-house eatery) · 12:00-18:00 · Friday until 16:00 · Sat and Sun closed
Guachinche El Tenderete
canarian cooking · 12:00-22:30 · Wed and Thu until 17:30 · open every day
Guachinche Bodegón Casa Matías
canarian cooking · 12:30-22:30 · Sun until 18:00 · Mon and Tue closed
Getting there by bus
From Puerto de la Cruz
line 353, direct · about 5 min · last bus back: 01:29
From Icod de los Vinos
line 363, direct · about 35 min · last bus back: 00:46
From San Cristóbal de La Laguna
line 104, direct · about 25 min · last bus back: 01:17
From Santa Cruz de Tenerife
line 108, direct · about 40 min · last bus back: 01:17
From Adeje
line 343, direct · an hour and a half · last bus back: 18:19 (the last direct one)
From Arona
line 342, direct · an hour and a half · last bus back: 15:33 (the last direct one)
Weekday timetable, taken from the official TITSA timetable. Where you have to change buses we do not give the last one: a night-time journey back with changes is not one you can plan.
Fiestas
- Corpus Christi — alfombras — 27 May 2027
- Romería de Benijos — 7 September 2027
- Feria de artesanía de Pinolere — 11 September 2027
The full fiesta calendar of La Orotava
Guachinche — a small family place, often the front room of a farmhouse, serving their own wine and two or three home dishes.
Let Naira plan your dayTell her what you fancy, where you are starting from and whether you have a car, and she builds the day with lunch and the way back.