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 Cable Car to the top of
Mount Teide by easyoar
Once there, there is a reasonable amount of parking, then get in the queue to buy a ticket to go up. You can have a fair wait, and also a wait to get in the cable car once you have a ticket.
Tickets cost 20 Euros return for an adult who is not resident in the Canary Islands. I don't think you can buy a single ;-). I think residents of the Canaries pay 10 Euros as do non-resident children over the age of 4.
The ascent is pretty rapid when you consider it takes you up over 1 km in height to about 3550m. It takes 8 minutes.
If you want to go the last 200 metres (well up to 3718 metres anyway) you have to apply for a permit in Santa Cruz (i.e. once you get to Teide it is too late to go up to the peak if you haven't already applied). The place to ask is the Park Adminstration Office, Emilio Calzadilla, no. 5, 4th floor. It is worth noting that even then, the peak is not always open. It was closed when we were the as it was too icy.
Also at the top, the air is pretty thin, so some people could experience altitude sickness. I wouldn't recommend people with weak hearts going up at all. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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 by ncfg
I remember how beautiful it was when we over flied my town; I could see it from the air. Wow nice memories. :-)))
And when we arrive to Tenerife it was amazing to see the Mount Teide. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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 Alan whiles away those hours! by GrantBooneLeave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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 I loved that car :-) by agarcia
So, if your expectations about Tenerife are a little more ambitious that just get a tan in Playa de Las Americas, I totally recommend the car renting. Leave a Comment
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 Tenerife South Airport by easyoar
Tenerife South is the airport that seems to handle all of the international flights. There is also an airport in the North, but that only seems to take smaller planes that go to other Canary islands. There is talk however of the North airport taking some international traffic in future.
The airport is quite well communicated, it is virtually on a motorway, it has buses and several rental car companies. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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 TITSA in the Teide National
Park by easyoar
Anyhow, these buses seem to go all the way around the island and almost antwhere you would want to go.
I took the picture of this bus in the Teide National Park (home of the huge volcano), and there were plenty of these buses going backwards and forwards despite the very high altitude and steep mountain roads.
For more information, look at the attcahed website below. Leave a Comment
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 Loro Parque Train by easyoar
Howevr it is only available in Puerto de la Cruz, and it only goes between two points. One is the centre of town, the other is Loro Parque.
In othr words, you will only really want to use this bus if:
(1) you are staying in the centre of Puerto de la Cruz
and
(2) you want to go to Loro parque,
But assuming both of these points are true, it is an easy and convenient way to go there! Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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 coming down ! by BerniShand
I have never been on a cable car before and I really enjoyed it
it takes 8 minutes to ascend the mountain and costs 20 euros per adult, there are no facilities at the top
there may be a long queue as only 38 people maximum can fit in each car
please remember it is VERY cold at the summit and wear appropriate clothing Leave a Comment
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 look out for the big green bus
! by BerniShand
the busses are modern and clean and operate regular services all over the island Leave a Comment
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