La Orotava · Nature
Mirador de Humboldt
On the TF-21 (km 1) in La Orotava, looking over the Orotava Valley and its banana plantations, Puerto de la Cruz, La Orotava and Los Realejos, the El Fraile and Las Arenas volcanoes and Teide behind. It bears the name of the German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and opened in December 2010.
- 28 min · 26.4 kmFrom Icod old town
- Half a dayIt takes
- La OrotavaMunicipality
- No record that it is neededBooking
28.4079° N · 16.5072° O
Checked 2026-10-24· official source
01Practical details
- Road
- TF-21, km 1
- What you see
- Orotava Valley, Puerto de la Cruz, Los Realejos, El Fraile and Las Arenas volcanoes, Teide
- Opened
- December 2010
- Bus stop
- No
- Disabled access
- Yes
- Information panel
- Yes
03Around
What you have nearby
Ordered by real distance between coordinates, not by our preference.
Playa de El Bollullo
A wild black-sand cove below the El Rincón cliff, 200 m by 40, with volcanic stacks rising out of the sea. A few minutes down a stepped path, or a 45-minute walk from Puerto de la Cruz.
Museo de Artesanía Iberoamericana de Tenerife (MAIT)
A Cabildo-run museum in the former Dominican convent of San Benito Abad, founded around 1592; it keeps its cloister, timber ceilings, stone staircase and entrance arch. It opened as a museum in 1991 and spreads Ibero-American crafts across ten rooms, with special attention to the Canary Islands: folk art from the Americas and the Philippines, traditional musical instruments and Spanish pottery. Entry is free.
Casco histórico de La Orotava
A town founded in the early 16th century high in the valley, with cobbled streets, carved wooden balconies and manor houses, declared a historic-artistic ensemble in 1976. A first walk links the church of La Concepción, a landmark of Canarian baroque, the Liceo de Taoro and the church of San Agustín, then continues through the streets of Villa de Abajo; the Mills Route starts in Villa de Arriba and passes nine water mills. During the Corpus Christi octave the town hall square is covered by a huge carpet made of volcanic sand from Teide.
Jardines Victoria
Terraced gardens on Plaza de la Constitución that once belonged to the mansion of the Marquisate of La Quinta Roja. They rise to the marble mausoleum the marchioness commissioned from French architect Adolph Coquet for her son Diego, a freemason who died in 1880 and whom the bishopric would not allow to be buried in the family vault; completed in 1883, it was never used. The top terrace looks over the whole town, from the sea to Mount Teide. Free entry.
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Finca Julia · Icod de los Vinos
And at the end of the day,
the terrace.
An old Canarian house on the hillside, with the Atlantic in front. Availability and price are on the official Airbnb listing.