Road-trip routes across Tenerife, driven and written up by the people who hand you the keys: mountain serpentines, coastal stretches and the climb to Teide. Each guide covers what the road is really like, where to stop and which car suits it.
Vilaflor is where the south of Tenerife stops being a coast and turns into a mountain. The village sits on the TF-21, the road that carries on uphill into Teide National Park, and it is the starting point for the walk to Paisaje Lunar, the "lunar landscape" of pale eroded rock in the pine forest…
Garachico and Icod de los Vinos sit six kilometres apart on the north-west coast, joined by the TF-42. That makes them one of the easiest pairings on the island: a town built on old lava with sea pools in it, and a town whose main sight is a single enormous tree. Half a day covers…
This draft was prepared with AI assistance and editorially checked against the cited sources. The Tenerife–La Gomera ferry makes an island-to-island trip possible, and ferry operators carry vehicles on this route. But a ferry ticket does not automatically give you permission to take a rental car. Baleària says a rental vehicle can travel only when…
AI-generated illustration. Tenerife has an official three-day itinerary by car. A useful trip plan needs to account for a flight as well as sightseeing: if one of your three days is an arrival day, treat it as a rest and transfer day instead of trying to complete the full circuit. A three-day Tenerife route, with…
A practical seven-day Tenerife road-trip plan with a south and north base, official point-to-point distances and room to adapt.
A full open-top day-trip itinerary through the green north of Tenerife.
Driving the dramatic Los Gigantes coast, one of Tenerife's great open-top routes.
The coastal roads of Tenerife that reward an open-top drive most - where to go and when.
How to time the drive up to Mount Teide so you rise above the cloud layer.
A half-day driving loop through the lunar landscape of Teide National Park.
A guide to Tenerife's most thrilling mountain roads through Masca and Anaga.
Hairpins above the ocean, stone villages, and the island's most photogenic road - how to drive Masca right, when to go, and which car makes it unforgettable.
Ancient laurel forest, ridgeline roads inside the clouds, and black-sand beaches with no crowds - the Anaga loop is Tenerife's best-kept driving secret.
An easy, glamorous evening drive along Tenerife's resort coast - boulevards, marinas and ocean-front dinner spots, best enjoyed with the roof down.
Colonial streets, wine country and dragon trees - a relaxed northern loop where a quiet hybrid is the perfect companion.
The TF-21 climb at dawn, above the clouds - where to stop, when to leave, and why a convertible changes everything.