The island guide
Tenerife: Teide, La Laguna and the Atlantic resorts
The largest island: Teide National Park, the World Heritage town of La Laguna, Garachico and Puerto de la Cruz in the green north, and the resorts and starred tables of the south-west.
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Image courtesy of © Wladyslaw · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsTenerife holds two of the archipelago’s four World Heritage sites, Teide National Park and San Cristóbal de La Laguna (UNESCO), and most of its MICHELIN stars, concentrated in Adeje and Guía de Isora on the south-west coast (MICHELIN Guide Spain, read 1 Nov 2026).
Tenerife holds two of the archipelago’s four World Heritage sites, Teide National Park and San Cristóbal de La Laguna (UNESCO), and most of its MICHELIN stars, concentrated in Adeje and Guía de Isora on the south-west coast (MICHELIN Guide Spain, read 1 Nov 2026).
Our advice: stay in the south for sun and the north for towns and walks.
Why it's on our list
- Teide
- La Laguna
- The south-west
Location
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