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Mount Teide, CABLE CAR - DISCOVER TENERIFE VOLCANO
On Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, is Teide National Park. Here, you will find Mount Teide Cable Car, which offers you the best way to Spain’s highest volcano. Live the experience of flying over a geological treasure where volcanoes, craters and lava flows form an impressive array of colours and shapes that are unique in the world.
Teide Cable Car LOWER Station
The Mount Teide Cable Car’s lower station is easy to reach and stands at 2,356 m above sea level. These modern facilities are equipped with two cars that can hold a maximum of 44 passengers and travel to the top in under 8 minutes. The lower station offers spectacular views of the peaks surrounding Mt Teide.
The Base Station of the Teide Cable Car offers impressive views over Teide National Park as well as being the perfect place to find out about the different routes and trails you can do from the Mount Teide Cable Car’s Upper Station.
We recommend you plan your visit for early morning, from 9am on, for spectacular views and no delays, making your stay more pleasurable.
Teide Cable Car Upper Station
Mount Teide Cable Car’s upper station has a small foyer that leads directly outside. It is equipped with Wi-Fi and Spain's highest public telephone! Located at 3,555 m altitude, the upper station is the starting point for three marvellous routes you can take.
Route No. 10 (Telesforo Bravo) to the Crater of Mt Teide, which takes you to Spain’s highest peak, from where you can enjoy one of the world’s most magnificent landscapes. On clear days, you can glimpse the nearby islands of La Gomera, El Hierro, La Palma and Gran Canaria. For environmental reasons, access to the peak is controlled, requiring a permit issued by the national park offices. You can apply online free of charge at www.reservasparquesnacionales.es.
Route No. 11, La Fortaleza Vantage Point, an incredible spot from where you can take in the spectacular view of the north side of Tenerife, including Valle de La Orotava in the centre and the long ridge of Monte La Esperanza that melds with the rugged Anaga Massif.
Route No. 12, Pico Viejo Vantage Point, an awe-inspiring viewpoint overlooking south Tenerife and a perfect place from where to admire the great caldera of Las Cañadas del Teide, its enclosure of sheer walls of rock and the aftermath of the last volcanic eruptions. You can also survey the multi-coloured crater of Pico Viejo, the rocky outcrops of Roques de García and Mt Guajara.
“One of the most sublime achievements of nature where all her vast resources come together to produce a grandiose and supreme effect is sunrise seen from the peak of Mt Teide. If there is a person who has never experienced a profound trembling of the soul, then that person must seek ectasis on the summit of Mt Teide.”
A visit to the summit of Mt Teide by cable car offers a great view of the spectacular landscape of the Canary Islands' largest national park. Its special climate, altitude and volcanic formations are an invitation to contemplation and enjoyment of a special moment you will remember all your life.
Visiting Teide volcano is always different: the effects of the light as the day wears on, the seasons and their changing weather patterns make for a new and surprising landscape. Yet two sensations remain unchanged: the immensity of the landscape and the stunning silence.
Teide is at its most emblematic at sunrise and sunset. The spectacularity of these moments is orchestrated by the changing tones of the sky and the light reflecting off the rocks. This is why we recommend you visit early in the morning, when the views are at their most impressive.
Spring is the best time to visit Teide. Flowering broom and tajinaste blanket the vast landscape in an explosion of red and white. The weather is milder, just right for enjoying routes and trails. It is the perfect time for botany enthusiasts.
Winter snows cover the lava flows and badlands in a mantle of white. Large pools reflect a landscape of contrasts of extraordinary beauty.
When evening comes, the impressive shadow of the volcano descends upon everything, projecting over the sea. Night-time is one of the national park's greatest attractions when the sky fills with stars. One of the five most important astrophysics observatories in the world is located here: the Observatorio del Teide. www.iac.es
If you would like to experience Mount Teide, you can book here. https://www.volcanoteide.com/en/teide_cable_car
