1 day
A day that children can take
The north with children has one rule: short distances always win. This whole day fits into twenty minutes of driving in total.
- Length
- 1 day
- Stops
- 5
- Furthest point
- 9 min
- Car needed
- Yes
Morning
Parque del Drago
3 min · 0.9 km from Icod old town
Three hectares with flat paths, a recreated Guanche cave, an ethnographic area and viewpoints. It takes 45–60 minutes, which is about what a child will walk. Under-sixes go free.
Mid-morning
Mariposario del Drago
2 min · 0.8 km from Icod old town
Two minutes' walk away and indoors. It works whether the sun is fierce or it starts raining, which in the north are the two things that happen.
Lunch and afternoon
San Marcos beach
6 min · 2.6 km from Icod old town
Six minutes' drive. Black sand tucked into an enclosed cove: it is the municipality's calmest beach, and there are places to eat right on the promenade.
Another day
The El Caletón pools
9 min · 6.1 km from Icod old town
In Garachico, nine minutes away. Volcanic rock pools with proper access and a promenade from town: rock bathing without the risk of a wild pool. They close with northern swell.
If they are over five
The Cueva del Viento
9 min · 3.8 km from Icod old town · booking required
The minimum age is five and it is not negotiable. For those who make it, walking into a lava tube is the strangest thing they will do on the trip.
Good to know
The house flags something worth knowing with children: access is on a surfaced country lane with narrow, steep stretches, and the second bedroom is not fully private because the partition does not reach the ceiling.
Other days
If this one does not fit
What to do if it dawns raining
What you can do in and around Icod when the north does what the north does: a cave, a butterfly house, wineries and towns you can walk with an umbrella.
A whole day without leaving the municipality
The dragon tree, the old town, Europe's largest lava tube and a black-sand beach, in one day and under six kilometres of driving.