Perhaps there are no tourists who would be vacationing in Tenerife and did not visit the Teide National Park. The main attraction of the island attracts travelers from all over the world not only with its unique flora and fauna. The visiting card of the national park is the eponymous active volcano Teide, whose height is over 3500 meters. Climbing him without exaggeration is considered an obligatory ritual on a trip to Tenerife. When climbing the volcano, you can also enjoy all the beauties of the Teide National Park.

The age of this harsh natural monument is more than 5 million years old. In 1956 the territory of 135 square meters. meters around the volcano was declared a nature protection zone, the Teide National Park (Cañadas del Teide) was established here, including the huge Cañadas caldera, whose size is about 17 km in diameter.

For climbing, it's best to use a car (it's easy to rent), although trained tourists are more likely to want to conquer the volcano on foot. The fact is that there is a good asphalted road running along which you can easily climb to a height of more than two thousand meters. Then you can use the cable car and cross another thousand meters up. The cableway works at any time of the year, however, in winter, if it is bad weather, it is sometimes closed for security reasons.

The so-called volcanic bombs that can be seen and evoked in the park are impressed and attracted. During the eruption, they were thrown out of the vale of the volcano. These bombs have a very unusual stuffing. Inside, under the sintered black shell, is a glossy mineral core of olive color. This mineral is called olivine, and it is referred to semiprecious stones.

By the way, Teide National Park is literally in its heyday in the period from April to June . In these months, everything around here is directly fragrant and blossoms with colorful colors . Trip by cable car in both directions will cost 25 EUR per person (for children 12, 5 EUR) . If desired, you can independently climb to the very top of the volcano (after climbing the cable car there will be some two hundred meters), but keep in mind that for This will require prior authorization from the the National Park of Teide . It is usually issued to all tourists upon presentation of a passport, and the pass is issued for free .

It is very popular with tourists to meet the dawn at the top of the volcano of Teide National Park. For this purpose, near the final stop of the funicular there is a guest house, where for 24 EUR per person you can spend the night in decent conditions. In this case, permission to climb directly to the crater will not be required. By the way, the time of the ropeway: daily, 9:00 - 16:00.

Teide National Park at sunset, Tenerife

Beautiful scenery of Teide National Park, Tenerife

Teide National Park, Tenerife

Teide National Park

Reviews of the Teide National Park (1)

Teide, the dormant Tenerife volcano February 19, 2014

Halenha

was here in January 2012

Still only having planned a trip to Tenerife, we decided that we will definitely go to the volcano. Every Spaniard knows about him since childhood, it is held in school, and before that, an image with him was adorned with a money note, when there were still pesetas in the country. It's almost like the Kremlin, Lake Baikal and the like, known to every seven-year-old schoolboy in Russia.

Our guide Carmen, who accompanied us during the trip, recommended us an evening excursion.
- The bus leaves at three o'clock ... Read full review