Start from 29 curated places around Tenerife, ES, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
El Rincón de Juan Carlos
The Padrón brothers' Michelin-starred dining room in Los Gigantes is the most serious restaurant on the island, with a tasting menu rooted in the Canarian pantry — local fish, papas antiguas, tropical fruits — pushed into precise, inventive territory. The room is calm and unhurried, and the wine list covers the best of Canarian producers alongside a thoughtful Iberian selection.
Restaurante Régulo
A 200-year-old house in Puerto de la Cruz shelters one of the north's most trusted kitchens, where locally landed fish, Canarian potatoes, and mojo sauces are handled with care rather than novelty. The vine-covered patio courtyard is the place to eat in good weather. It occupies the ground floor of a beautifully preserved colonial townhouse.
Trails & outdoors
Masca Gorge Trail
The most celebrated hike on the island descends through a cathedral-like volcanic gorge from the village of Masca to a black-sand cove at the Atlantic, with sheer basalt walls closing in on either side of the trail. The 400-metre descent takes two to three hours one way and the return trip by boat to Los Gigantes makes the full loop manageable. Access is now controlled and limited.
Sendero de la Fortaleza — Anaga Ridge
The high spine of the Anaga massif offers the island's most atmospheric ridge walking — through ancient laurisilva cloud forest with views down to both the north and south coasts whenever the mist briefly lifts. The trail between Chinamada and Punta del Hidalgo is the most dramatic section, passing through hamlets that can only be reached on foot.
Things to do
Auditorio de Tenerife
Santiago Calatrava's wave-shaped concert hall is the most recognisable building in the Canary Islands, housing a 1,616-seat main auditorium and a smaller chamber hall with a year-round programme of classical music, opera, dance, and occasional international pop. The building itself is an experience separate from any event — the white concrete curves are best seen at night when the harbour illuminates them.
Loro Parque
The world's largest parrot collection is the original draw of this substantial zoological park in Puerto de la Cruz, which has expanded over decades to include orca shows, sea lions, gorillas, tigers, and a full aquarium. It is a serious zoo rather than a theme park and the conservation work around parrot species is internationally recognised. Worth a full day.
Landmarks & sights
Teide National Park
Spain's highest peak at 3,715 metres rises from a dramatic volcanic plateau that was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. The otherworldly lava fields and pumice plains surrounding the cone make the landscape feel more Martian than European. Sunsets and the star-filled skies above the cloud layer are a separate experience from the peak itself.
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Tenerife's former capital and a UNESCO World Heritage city whose 15th-century grid of merchant palaces, convents, and painted colonial facades has been left almost entirely intact. The university presence fills the old centre with independent bookshops, wine bars, and a lived-in energy that the resort towns lack. A short tram ride from Santa Cruz makes it an easy half-day.