Tenerife is read through its relief, its coastline and the contrast between interior and coast. A vertical island: Atlantic shoreline, volcanic summits and historic towns connected by old pathways.
Tenerife covers 2,034 km2 and its highest reference is Teide (3,715 m). These are not only figures: they help interpret coasts, midlands, summits, ravines and settlement patterns.
Among its main reference points are Teide and sacred landscape, Historic La Laguna, Port and mobility, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. Geography explains why some places concentrated paths, crops, defences, ports or ritual spaces, while others kept a more scattered human presence.
Key points
Teide y la dorsal central
El Teide (3.715 m) vertebra la isla desde el Parque Nacional, separando vertientes norte y sur con climas muy distintos.
Macizos antiguos de Anaga y Teno
Anaga y Teno concentran las formaciones mas antiguas, barrancos profundos y los mayores reductos de laurisilva accesibles de la isla.
Valle de La Orotava
El mas amplio de los valles del norte, con suelos de gran fertilidad, historica vinculacion agraria y visuales directas al Teide.
Sur seco y litoral turistico
El sotavento, mas arido y soleado, concentra gran parte del desarrollo costero contemporaneo desde Adeje hasta Los Abrigos.
Barrancos y comunicaciones historicas
Los grandes barrancos como Guimar, El Infierno y Masca condicionaron caminos, poblamiento y la separacion entre comarcas a lo largo de siglos.
Municipalities of Tenerife
See all →- AdejeAdeje is a municipality of Tenerife, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- ArafoArafo is a municipality of Tenerife, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- AricoArico is a municipality of Tenerife, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- AronaArona is a municipality of Tenerife, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- Buenavista del NorteBuenavista del Norte is a municipality of Tenerife, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- CandelariaCandelaria is a municipality of Tenerife, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.