Teide National Park was founded in 1954 and is listed as a World Heritage Site. It is a large protected area with visitor points spread across it rather than a single entrance. At El Portillo, a visitor centre sits beside a botanical garden laid out along a path, part of which is adapted for people with reduced mobility; the garden gate stays open around the clock as long as you close it behind you. The Juan Évora Ethnographic Museum has its own car park. As a general rule, the park’s visitor centres open every day except 1 and 6 January and Christmas Day whenever they are operating. Some trails and reserve zones inside the park require authorisation before you walk them.
Nature/Hiking
Teide National Park
A national park and World Heritage Site within day-trip reach of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, with a visitor centre and botanical garden at El Portillo.
Typical visit
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Visitor centre
El Portillo Visitor Centre closes at 16:15; the botanical garden beside it is open 24 hours, and you must close the gate behind you.
Museum hours
The Juan Évora Ethnographic Museum is open every day until 15:45.
Parking
The Juan Évora museum car park closes at 15:45, so move your car out before then if you are hiking.
Garden path
El Portillo Botanical Garden has a 1,075 m path, about 500 m of it adapted for people with reduced mobility.
Capacity
The El Portillo garden path has a carrying capacity of 140 people.
Why kids will love it
The botanical garden at El Portillo gives children a short walk through the park’s plants, with part of the path adapted for reduced mobility, and it never closes. The trade-off is timing: the car park at the Juan Évora museum shuts in mid-afternoon, so a long walk starting there has to finish early.
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