Key details
Is it for you?
It depends on one thing: whether you enjoy walking. It is four hours with 352 metres of ascent, no technical or exposed sections, but four real hours. If you walk regularly and have done a mountain route before, you will enjoy it. If your idea of walking is the seafront promenade, it will feel endless however beautiful the place is.
What makes it different is not a famous viewpoint or a monument: it is the path itself. The Caminos Reales were the routes that crossed the island before roads existed, used by people, livestock and goods alike. The dry-stone walls and the remains of that rural life are still there, and the guide tells the story as you go.
And there is the Teide, in sight for much of the way unless the day is overcast. Walking for four hours with the volcano in front of you is a way of seeing it that no coach excursion offers, and it is probably the strongest reason to choose this route.
Included
- Coach transport with pick-up and drop-off at your accommodation
- A guide for the whole route
- The route along an old Camino Real
- Commentary on the endemic flora and the ethnographic remains
Not included
- Water and food: bring your own
- Tips
Frequently asked questions
Is it too much for me?
If you can walk for an hour without tiring and have done a mountain route before, no. If not, yes. It is not about being very fit, it is about wanting to walk for four hours: when you do not, the ascent feels twice as hard.
What exactly do you see?
The Teide for much of the way, plants found only in the Canaries, and remains of the rural life the path once served. There is no monument or postcard viewpoint: what there is, is the path — and that is the point.
What if I want something gentler?
Then the Anaga one, on Mondays: two hours of forest instead of four hours of trail, same price, with La Laguna in the afternoon. We would rather send you to the one you will enjoy than sell you this one and have you endure it.