TOP30 Viewpoints in Tenerife with Children

If you’re travelling around the island of Tenerife and you want to see at least a minimum of the island and take some nice photos, stop at the most beautiful viewpoints. These are marked in Spanish with the MIRADOR sign or just a photocamera sign.

We’ve selected our TOP30 viewpoints in Tenerife for you with children. We’ve grouped them according to mountains and national parks: Masca, Teide, Anaga and others.

Important: never leave your most important personal belongings (wallet, documents) in the car, even if it is locked. Always be safe, especially in tourist areas!

Our advice: get out, walk around, look around, some viewpoints have short hiking trails nearby, cosy mountain towns.

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Masca TOP4 Viewpoints

Mirador de Cherfe

One of the first of the most beautiful viewpoints, worth a look if you go from Santiago del Teide. The viewpoint itself is made up of two branches facing each other, separated by the TF-346 road that connects Masca with Santiago del Teide. There is a small promontory nearby from which you can take the most amazing photos.

Location: Ctra. TF-436, Santiago del Teide

Mirador de Masca

The main and most beautiful viewpoint. The viewpoint is located a few metres above the village of Masca and offers a magnificent view of the town and the Bay of Masca. Take a stroll around Masca town, stop for a coffee in a little restaurant and enjoy the beautiful views.

The journey to the Masca Gorge begins here. If you are interested, please read more, as pre-registration is required.

Important! We do not advise travelling with children, and it is not allowed children under the age of 8 to hike this trail. After a long period of closure due to accidents in the gorge, hikers are now taken more seriously – appropriate footwear etc. By the way, once you have descended the gorge, there is no longer any possibility of taking a boat – you will have to go back on your own. Therefore, please assess your own and your older children’s abilities very responsibly.

Location: C. La Piedra, Masca

Mirador Altos de Baracán

Exceptional place, right at the top of the peak, on the road linking Las Portellas and Masca, makes it possible to appreciate the marked climatic changes between the northern and southern slopes. If you’re lucky, you can enjoy the sun until the rain falls a few metres away. You’ll have panoramic views of the Barranco de Los Carrizales, El Palmar mountain and the El Palmar valley. And we love this viewpoint because the mountain from this place looks like a cake. Why do we call it that? Take a drive and let us know if you can also see the cake.

Location: TF–436, Buenavista del Norte

Mirador de Cruz de Hilda

This viewpoint has a little café on its rooftop with panoramic views of the surrounding area. Mirador de Cruz de Hilda is located in the municipality of Buenavista del Norte.

It is surrounded by cultivated mountain terraces and palm groves.

Location: TF–436, Buenavista del Norte

Teide TOP10 Viewpoints

Top of Teide (Viewpoints Pico Viejo and La Fortaleza)

Undoubtedly the most spectacular and highest viewpoints in Tenerife. Climb up and you’ll be left speechless, not only by the views but also by the thinner weather. The Teide volcano is located at an altitude of 3,718 m above sea level.

From the base station, board the cable car for an 8 minute ascent to the highest peak in Spain. The top station of the cable car at 3,555 metres. Here you’ll find the Pico Viejo viewpoint and La Fortaleza viewpoint with spectacular views to the north and south of the island. The Bravo Trail leads to the highest point of the volcano at 3,718 metres. To visit the summit, special permits must be obtained in advance. However, if you are travelling with children, the views from the cable car station will certainly suffice.

Important: people with heart problems, pregnant women and children under 3 years should not take the cable car because of the health risks that the high altitude can cause. And it’s certainly not just a warning, as some people are afraid to go by cable car or others may feel faint at the top because of the thin air.

A guide, transfer and cable car tickets – the whole package can be purchased in advance.

We also like to watch sunsets and stargazing. You’ll find lots of photographers and stargazers in Teide at nightfall. Why? Because the further you go from the city lights, the more and brighter stars you can see. You can even find a meteor shower calendar online. It’s unbelievable experience and impression. We recommend you to try it!

Location: Teide National Park

Mirador de Ayosa

At around 2,000 metres above sea level, it is hidden amongst pine trees and lush highlands vegetation. From here you can see the valley of La Orotava, the top of La Madre ravine and the pine forest of Los Aguamansa. Teide can be seen in the background of the hillside, and the silhouette of the island of La Palma a little further away.

Location: F-24, La Orotava

Mirador de Chipeque

A beautiful view of Teide opens here. Behind it, the Teno mountain range looms like a shadow, with the silhouette of the island of La Palma in the background. The viewpoint is located in the municipality of Santa Úrsula, at an altitude of around 1,830 metres above sea level. Especially recommended when Teide is covered in snow.

Location: TF-24, St. Ursula

Mirador de Ortuño Viewpoint

One of the most popular stops on the ascent or descent from/to Esperanza. We recommend stopping here in the evening, it has one of the most spectacular sunsets. The viewpoint is at an altitude of 1,610 metres above sea level.

Location: TF-24, La Victoria de Acentejo

Mirador Montaña de Limón

Very close to the Teide Observatory also from here we can admire extraordinary views.

Location: TF-24

Mirador La Tarta Viewpoint

In one of the roads leading to Teide and one of the best points on the island to see the volcano and appreciate the different geological layers of Las Cañadas. Even the name comes from the colours that can be seen as layers of cake. La Tarta del Teide is located at a bend in the road with viewpoints on both sides. The views of the Teide are also unique.

Location: TF-24

Mirador Piedra La Rosa

A spectacular rose form volcanic mountain. To see it, you have to walk (just a few minutes) through a pass that crosses the road and leads to the other side of the road. From the small car park that leads down, you can directly access La Rosa.

Location: TF-21, La Orotava

Minas de San Jose Viewpoint

As well as stopping to admire the colourful dunes of San Jose, you can also take a stroll and take the kids for a run. It’s a beautiful place from which building material has been extracted for years, and you can walk freely – there are no restrictions. You can take beautiful photos as the views are incredible.

Location: TF-21

Sendero Roques de García

Not only to admire, but also to walk. Particularly suitable with children. The Roques de García trail, one of the best in El Teide, is a 3.6 km circular route suitable for everyone. The area around the Roques de García trail is one of the most visited in the National Park. You can park your car at the Roques de García viewpoint without any problems.

Location: Carretera del Teide

Mirador de las Narices del Teide Viewpoint

Perfect for stargazing and night picnics.

Location: the viewpoint can be reached from Guía de Isora road the TF-38

Anaga TOP7 Viewpoints

Jardina

Particularly suitable to view the town of La Laguna from above with Mount Teide in the background. This is the first viewpoint you will find after entering Anaga National Park.

Location: road TF-12, San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Cruz del Carmen

Enjoy panoramic views of Valle de La Laguna with its surrounding towns, mountains and Teide Volcano. The Cruz del Carmen viewpoint is the most important point in Anaga Park, as it is the starting point of the various hiking trails in this area. There is also a visitor reception centre and a café there. There is a restaurant on the other side of the street – we don’t recommend eating there, there are certainly better places to eat Spanish food.

We recommend you to take your children on the Sendero de los Sentidos (sensory path), the easy version of which is only 340 metres long. On this path you will enter a laurel forest where you can smell its scents, see its colours, feel its different textures and hear the sound of the forest. And it starts at this viewpoint.

Location: road TF-12 

Pico del Inglés

In addition to the views from this viewpoint, take a stroll along the Camino Viejo del Pico del Inglés between two rock walls. This is where everyone goes to take photos in the treetops. It’s a very beautiful place.

The viewpoint practically hangs over the ravine, so the panorama of Anaga Park from here is very wide, almost 360º. To the north you can see the Roques de Anaga and to the south the town of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the spectacular views of Gran Canaria.

It is very rare that it is not cloudy here, but even the clouds add the beauty and mystique of the place.

Location: road the TF-12

Mirador Risco in Amogoje

A wonderful viewpoint at a mountain bend. A spectacular panorama of the volcanic massif that descends down until it reaches the cliffs of the beaches of Anaga.

Location: TF-134

Mirador El Bailadero

You can admire the landscape with the Anaga massif, the city of Taganana and the Atlantic Ocean.

Location: TF-123, 200 m from the TF-12 turnoff

León de Taganana

Stop on the motorway TF-134 and watch Roque de Amogoje – you may see a lion’s head.

Location: motorway TF-134

Mirador Benijo

Don’t miss the stunning views from this coastline and the beautiful Benijo beach. The viewpoint is on a cliff in the village of Benijo. There are several restaurants where you can find fresh fish and paella.

Location: Benijo

OTHER VIEWPOINTS Worthy of Attention

Teresitas Viewpoint

Want to take a postcard of Tenerife with a white sandy beach? The views are spectacular, but the area is not well maintained, so be careful.

Location: at the entrance to Las Teresitas beach you need to take the narrow road that goes up the hill, known as the Igueste de San Andrés road (TF-121)

Mirador de Humboldt

Dedicated to the spectacular views of the valley of La Orotava, its vast banana plantations and Puerto de la Cruz, La Orotava and Los Realejos. You can also take a look at the volcanoes of El Fraile and Las Arenas and, of course, the magnificent Teide at the top.

Location: TF-21, La Orotava

Mirador de Archipenque Viewpoint

You can find it if you take the road leading to Los Gigantes. It offers magnificent views of the Los Gigantes cliffs and the coastal town itself, with its marina and tourist settlements. One of the most spectacular sunsets in winter.

Location: TF-454, Santiago del Teide

La Garañona

El Sauzal in the urban area, a small town in the north of Tenerife, a beautiful area but not visited by many tourists. Views of the coastal cliffs and Garañona beach. There’s a very cool little café – have an ice cream here!

Location: TF-423, Sauzal

El Mirador El Lance

Here you can enjoy incredible views of the municipalities of Los Realejos and La Orotava, as well as the north-east coast of the island. You will also find the impressive bronze sculpture of Mencey Bentor.

Location: TF-342, Realejos

Mirador del Emigrante

Garachico harbour viewpoint. This port was the most important in Tenerife until on the 5th May, 1706 it was destroyed by the eruption of the Trevejo volcano.

Location: Garachico

Mirador Montaña Chiñama-Charco del Pino Viewpoint

The Chiñama hill was a space of symbolic expression for the Guanches, the ancient inhabitants of the island.

Location: Chiñama, 25, Granadilla de Abona

Mirador de El Boquerón

Overlooking the whole of Valle Guerra, including Mesa de Tejina, Tejina, Tegueste, as well as the Macizo de Anaga, Roques del Boquerón, and La Punta del Hidalgo and its unique lighthouse.

Location: TF-156, San Cristobal de La Laguna

Mirador de la Corona

Municipality of Los Realejos. From here you can see the municipalities of Puerto de la Cruz, Los Realejos and Valle de La Orotava. It is also a frequent destination for paragliders.

Location: TF-342

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