Teide, La Laguna, Anaga, La Orotava, Santa Cruz and other sites let you travel the island as a natural and historical archive.

Among its main reference points are Teide and sacred landscape, Historic La Laguna, Port and mobility, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. These places are not presented as a tourist list, but as points from which to read historical, natural and cultural processes.

Each site links landscape, heritage, settlement and memory within a coherent reading of the island.

Key points

Teide National Park

The island's benchmark natural site and one of the most visited in the world, with volcanic high-mountain landscapes and cable-car access to the peak.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna

A UNESCO Heritage city and a historic centre of the first rank, with convents, churches, stately houses and the first university in the Canaries.

Anaga massif

A Biosphere Reserve of laurel forest, ravines and spectacular viewpoints, with hamlets such as Taganana and Almáciga that were historically hard to reach.

Puerto de la Cruz and Icod de los Vinos

Puerto de la Cruz brings together historic architecture and the famous Loro Parque; Icod is a reference point for the rural and botanical world of the north.

Candelaria

The archipelago's Marian pilgrimage centre, with its basilica beside the sea and the statues of the nine Guanche menceys standing in the public square.

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