Guide · Guide to north Tenerife
Anaga in a day from the north
Laurel forest, isolated hamlets and black beaches at the far end of the island. What you can realistically do in a day from Icod, and what needs a permit.
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Anaga is at the north-eastern tip, which is to say the opposite side of the island. From Icod it is a full day, not an afternoon trip. But it is Tenerife's oldest landscape — seven to nine million years — and it looks like nothing else near the house.
What Anaga is
Start at Cruz del Carmen
It is the visitor centre and the starting point for the most accessible routes: the Sendero de los Sentidos, with three short variants suitable for nearly everyone, and trails PR-TF 01, 10 and 12. It has parking with accessible bays and toilets, so it is the logical place to plan the day from.
If you want the enchanted forest
Down to the coast
The Taganana road drops from El Bailadero to the north coast, where the open beaches of Almáciga, Roque de las Bodegas and Benijo lie, with the sea stacks behind. It is one of the best-known images of the Canaries.
Finca Julia is a few minutes from all of this.
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This guide is written from a house in Icod.
Finca Julia is a Canarian house for four in the hills above the town. Availability and price are on the official listing.
Plans
Plans that pass through here
Experiences and itineraries that share places with this page.
- PlanBlack, blue and lavaThe black sand of San Marcos, the rock pools of El Caletón and the badlands of Chinyero: the coast and the volcano that made it, on a dry day without a swell.
- PlanFrom the volcano to the AtlanticUp to Teide in the morning, the whole island from La Rambleta at 3,555 metres, and down to swim at San Marcos in the afternoon. Only possible from the north.
- PlanA day on Guayota's volcanoThe volcano the Guanches linked to hell, the rocks on the 1,000-peseta note and the Eggs of Teide. A full day, on a clear day.
- PlanA morning with children in IcodEight hundred butterflies under glass, a dragon tree you can do in twenty minutes and a beach with showers and black sand. Three stops within six minutes.
Keep reading
The whole guide© Tanja Freibott · CC BY-SA 4.0 5 min read
Cruz del Carmen: Anaga's visitor centre and trailhead
© Quartl · CC BY-SA 3.0 3 min read
A week in northern Tenerife
© Josefir Instantes · CC BY-SA 4.0 2 min read
Walks near Icod
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.