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Taganana Interpreted Trail

Macizo de Anaga

Difficulty: Low

Description

This trail leads you into Taganana, an old village with a fascinating past linked to the economic cycles of sugar and wine exportation. 

Its urban centre is located within the Tenerife Protected Natural Area and some of its most representative buildings have been designated Heritage of Cultural Interest.

Tips

  • Always stay on the marked trail and do not enter private property, hunting grounds, water galleries, wells or caves.
  • Pay special attention when crossing or walking along trails used by bicycles, horses or motor vehicles and when walking in ravines with water courses.
  • Avoid direct encounters with potentially dangerous animals, such as livestock, beehives, and dogs.
  • Proceed with caution and watch for obstacles, loose rocks, uneven terrain or steep slopes to avoid accidents and falls.
  • Check out our guide to hiking in Tenerife and, if necessary, contact the emergency services by calling 112.

     

Recommendations and tips

Permits

Free access for all visitors, no reservation required.

More information

Technical information sheet

Route information

Walking route

Tenerife ON

Circular

1,08 km

0 h 30 m *

Check your fitness level

  • Altitude gain:87,53 m

  • Altitude loss:87,53 m

  • Maximum altitude:224,88 m

  • Minimum altitude:155,06 m

Signage

Wooden signs with the name, code and direction of the route.

Signage

Route map and profile

Elevation profile

Difficulty

Low *MIDE safe mountain criteria

  • Maximum altitude:224,88 m

  • Minimum altitude:155,06 m

Connections with other routes

How to get to route start point

Iglesia Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Camino La Cuestilla, Taganana.

Bus number 946, La Cuestilla bus stop code 1532. TITSA

Very limited parking spaces in the village.

How to get to route end point

Iglesia Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Camino La Cuestilla, Taganana.

Bus number 946, La Cuestilla bus stop code 1532. TITSA

Very limited parking spaces in the village.

Municipalities passed through

  • Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Protected Areas

Transit

Parque Rural de Anaga

The Anaga Rural Park, which occupies 7% of the island and is part of the Anaga Biosphere Reserve, was one of the first landmasses to emerge from the seabed when the island of Tenerife began to ...

Discover the Protected Area
Parque Rural de Anaga

Weather

Today, saturday, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife


Rain
Wind

38 km/h

Temperature

19ºC Maximum

18ºC Minimum

Rain

28%

3 day forecast

sunday

18ºC Maximum

17ºC Minimum

monday

19ºC Maximum

17ºC Minimum

tuesday

20ºC Maximum

18ºC Minimum

Places of interest

These are some of the points of interest you can find along this route.

Winery

Lagar de la Chanca

One of 46 winepresses in the area, one of the best preserved.

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Monumental tree

Dragos del Cura

A Canary Island dragon tree (Dracaena draco) stands on the edge of a cultivated terrace,...

Taganana
Hamlet

Taganana

Village that lies to the north of the island’s capital, with a rich natural, architectural and...

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Fountain

Fuente Pianola

A public fountain built in teh 1930s that greatly improved the quality of life of the inhabitants...

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Heritage of Cultural Interest

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves (Church of Our Lady of the Snows) - BIC (Asset of Cultural Interest) Monument

As early as 1507, documents mention the existence of a church in the fertile Taganana Valley...

Heritage of Cultural Interest

Santa Catalina Hermitage - BIC (Asset of Cultural Interest) Monument

The chapel of Catherine of Alexandria in Taganana dates back to the 1620s. On 4 May 1621, Juan...