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Reaching the summit of Teide: the permit
Teide summit permit: since January 2026 it costs €15 if you do not live in Tenerife. How to book on Tenerife ON, when the quota opens and what has changed.
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The cable car leaves you at 3,555 m. The final 163 metres to the crater at 3,718 m are trail PNT 10 Telesforo Bravo, and to set foot on it you need a named permit with a quota. Here is what stands today, because the rules changed in January 2026.
Where to book
On the Tenerife ON platform. For years the process ran through reservasparquesnacionales.es, and that site still ranks first in many searches: it now redirects to Tenerife ON. The quota opens on Mondays at 07:00 Canary time, 56 days ahead, and only one booking per person every fifteen days is allowed. Payment is by card and is non-refundable unless the trail closes or the cable car is not operating, with proof.
What the trail is like
It is 660 metres long with 182 m of climb, gradients up to 60 %, and takes about 55 minutes going up. It is not technical, but it is done above 3,500 m, and altitude sickness there is real: it hits fit people and gives no warning. If you feel dizzy or get a bad headache, go down. The time window runs 09:00–17:00 and is tied to the cable car's hours.
The plan B, which is not worse
If you cannot get a permit, La Rambleta is still at 3,555 m and two signposted viewpoints lead off it, towards Pico Viejo and towards the south. The view over the sea of clouds and the neighbouring islands is the same. And if what you are after is altitude and silence, driving up at night to look at the stars competes squarely: the Tenerife summits have some of the best skies in the world, and the IAC's Teide Observatory sits at 2,390 m in Izaña.
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.
- DayUp to Teide and back in a dayOne hour seven minutes up the TF-21, what needs booking, what it costs and the order that keeps you from driving down in the dark.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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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.