Buenavista del Norte · Hiking
Sendero circular El Palmar – Baracán por Teno Alto
A demanding loop from the Los Pedregales visitor centre that climbs the Callejón de Teno, a cobbled royal road, to the Altos de la Cumbre. It crosses laurel forest and farmland to Teno Alto and looks out over the Baracán ridge from the La Mesita path and viewpoint, returning via the Las Tabaibas shortcut. It links sections of trails PR-TF 51, 52.2 and 57.
- 27 min · 21.4 kmFrom Icod old town
- Half a dayIt takes
- Buenavista del NorteMunicipality
- No record that it is neededBooking
28.3399° N · 16.8516° O
Checked 2026-10-24· official source
01Practical details
- Length
- 9.66 km
- Cumulative elevation
- 775.52 m ascent / 775.52 m descent
- Max / min altitude
- 974.76 m / 530.36 m
- Estimated time
- 3 h 20 min
- Difficulty
- High (MIDE)
- Type
- Loop
- Start and finish
- Los Pedregales Visitor Centre, Teno Rural Park, Carretera Buenavista (TF-436), km 6
- Buses
- Routes 355, 365 and 366 (stop 4546, Las Canales)
- Permit
- Free access for visitors, no booking required
02Warnings from the official source
The section from Baracán to El Palmar is not waymarked, although the path is visible.
Take care crossing the main road before joining trail PR-TF 52.2.
03Around
What you have nearby
Ordered by real distance between coordinates, not by our preference.
Caserío de Teno Alto
A hamlet with a herding tradition high up in Teno Rural Park, reached by a twisting road and cut off until a few decades ago. Its houses with thick reddish stone walls, a small square and the chapel are scattered among terraces and pasture, alongside goat farms and old threshing floors, shepherds' shelters (tagoras) and tile kilns. Several Teno massif trails start here.
Sendero autoguiado circular de Teno Alto
A loop of about 2.8 km that starts and ends in the square of Teno Alto (Los Bailaderos), a Teno Rural Park hamlet that has kept its rural character for centuries. The path runs through pasture, tree heath and reeds, past the Azabuche kiln and the small village chapel. A self-guided leaflet is available.
PR-TF 55 El Palmar – Los Silos (por Talavera)
A cobbled path that once climbed from Los Silos to the hamlet of Talavera and now continues to the El Palmar valley. It sets off from La Pina, steepens on the Lomo de Los Cardones ridge with views of the Isla Baja coast, and reaches the abandoned houses of Talavera, which look out over Monte del Agua, the El Palmar valley and the Baracán ridge. It ends at Plaza de Las Libreas in El Palmar.
Casco histórico de Buenavista del Norte
The last village on the north coast before the Teno massif, founded in the 16th century, with a grid of straight streets and houses of even height declared a Site of Cultural Interest (BIC) in 2005. The walk centres on the church of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, restored after a fire in 1996, and its square, then takes in the Casa de la Viuda, the former convent of San Francisco, the San Sebastián chapel and the old wash-houses in the Triana ravine. A stroll round the old town takes about an hour and a half.
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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.