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- Holiday type
  
  Add-on
- To be combined with
  
  Hidden Gem of the Canaries
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  74kg CO₂e per person, excluding travel
- Nights
  
  3
- Accommodation
  
  3-star hotel
- Meals
  
  Breakfast every day, 3 dinners
- Price
  
  From £525pp
- Travel
  
  Includes car hire
- Start
  
  Any day
- When you can travel
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  The season for this holiday is:
  01 January 2024 - 31 May 2024
  01 September 2024 - 31 December 2024

Magnificent Teide

The volcanic, desert-like scenery of the UNESCO-protected Teide National Park forms a striking landscape, made all the more special by the silence, the views and the astonishing colours, of which tones of yellow, red, brown and ochre dominate. Although it is very dry, the Park is home to a wide variety of plants, 50 of which are endemic to the Canary Islands, including the Teide violet. High above, Egyptian vultures, sparrow hawks and red kites patrol the blue skies, watching for reptiles such as the tizon lizard.

The main focus, of course, is El Teide itself, Spain’s highest mountain (3,718 metres), and you can take a cable car up to a point near the summit – and even walk to the peak itself (free permit required) if you wish – for far-reaching views across the island.

Day 7

Travel to Tenerife, then circular walk: 4.5km, 1.5hrs

Travel to Tenerife, then circular walk: 4.5km, 1.5hrs

On arrival in the port of Los Cristianos on Tenerife, you collect your hire car and drive into the Teide National Park (we provide driving instructions to the Parador Las Cañadas, where you spend three nights).

You will probably have time for a short but unforgettable walk past the various weird and wonderful rock formations of the Roques de García. Some of these striking natural monuments resemble fingers pointing into the sky; another looks like a cathedral, with several tower-like formations.

Circular walk via Roques de García: 4.5km

The towering rock formations
Day 8

Circular walk to El Teide via cable car: 14km, 4.5hrs (plus detours to viewpoints)

Circular walk to El Teide via cable car: 14km, 4.5hrs (plus detours to viewpoints)

For your first full day at the Parador, we suggest an easy circular route that leads across the volcanic landscape once more and incorporates a ride on the cable car (pay locally) to just below El Teide's summit. From here, it is well worth walking to the Mirador de la Fortaleza for views not only of the ironically named Montaña Blanca ('White Mountain', which is actually coated in black lava) but also, in clear weather, the entire north side of the island, all the way to the north-eastern tip. A second viewpoint overlooks the southern part of the island as well as giving a wonderful overview of El Teide's cauldron-shaped crater.

If you wish to go to the summit of El Teide, you will need to obtain a free permit, available online in advance of your trip. Permits become available six months in advance, and are very popular, so we recommend reserving yours as soon as possible. The ascent to the peak takes an additional hour due to the altitude, which makes progress slow. (NB: in the event of heavy snowfall, which is not uncommon between November and February, the summit path will be closed, although the cable car may continue to run. The latter, however, does not operate in high winds, in which case it is impossible to access the peak.)

Circular walk to El Teide via cable car: 14km

Traverse volcanic landscapes to reach the Teide cable car station
Day 9

Out-and-back route to Monte Guajara: 10km, 4.5hrs

Out-and-back route to Monte Guajara: 10km, 4.5hrs

Your final walk is a challenging option which affords more memorable views as it leads from the Parador to the peak of Mount Guajara, which is also the highest point of the remaining crater wall and the site of the world's first high-mountain observatory. You return along the same route.

Out-and-back route to Monte Guajara: 10km

Monte Guajara

Accommodation

Your base is the superbly located Parador Las Cañadas, which boasts unrivalled views of Mount Teide.

Parador Las Cañadas

Set at the foot of the remaining crater wall, opposite the Roques de García rock formations and in full view of Mount Teide, it's the setting of the Parador Las Cañadas that makes it so special. Once the day visitors have left and darkness falls in the crater, you can enjoy one of the three clearest night skies on Earth (there's a telescope for guests' use and, on Fridays, a stargazing session in Spanish). The hotel itself is colonial in style. There's a bar and lounge area with a large log fire which provides an inviting focus on winter evenings, and a large restaurant serving a very high standard of cuisine. Rooms are spacious, comfortable and centrally heated.

Meal arrangements: dinner & breakfast
Facilities
- Indoor pool
- Restaurant
- Lounge
- Bar
- Wi-fi
- Car parking

Prices

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Prices (£ per person based on 2 sharing)

Add-on price

3 nights: 01 January 2024 - 31 May 2024 & 01 September 2024 - 31 December 2024

Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above

Starting	Price	Single room
1 Jan - 31 Mar 2024	£525	£215
1 - 11 Apr 2024	£595	£200
12 Apr - 29 May 2024	£525	£215
1 Sep - 15 Dec 2024	£560	£220
16 - 31 Dec 2024 #	£625	£200
3rd & 4th person discount	-£51
Single traveller supplement	£51

Price per person based on 2 sharing. Includes accommodation, meals and travel to the hotel as described.

# Christmas Eve festive meal supplements: add £44pp in 2023, £50pp in 2024 if staying on 24 Dec
# New Year festive meal supplements: add £276pp in 2023, £315pp in 2024 for 2 gala dinners (stays over New Year must include both 30 & 31 Dec)

Prices may be different if you are not arranging your transfers for your main holiday through Inntravel or have your own car; please contact us for a quotation.

Room upgrades and additional nights

Room upgrades (£ per person per night)

Parador Las Cañadas, Teide National Park
Superior with mountain view: 01 Jan - 31 May 2024	£21
Superior with mountain view: 01 Sep - 03 Jan 2025	£21

Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room

Parador Las Cañadas, Teide National Park (with dinner)	Double room	Single room
01 Jan - 08 Jan 2024	£200	£266
09 Jan - 31 Mar 2024	£185	£253
01 Apr - 11 Apr 2024	£200	£266
12 Apr - 31 May 2024	£185	£253
01 Sep - 28 Oct 2024	£185	£256
29 Oct - 14 Dec 2024	£190	£263
15 Dec - 03 Jan 2025 #	£210	£278

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Trevor, North Yorkshire

24 November 2023

We thoroughly enjoyed discovering La Gomera and the varied landscapes, food and flora. The walking was hard at times (steep ascents and descents) so boots with good grip and poles useful. The Teide extension was well worthwhile but it is important to book the licence to get up to the top of Teide well in advance (as soon as you've booked the holiday if within 6 months) and book the cable car on line to line up with the 2hour slot on the licence. And if you don't have the licence you only have 1 hour at the top of the cable car which isn't clear from the Volcano Teide website.

Trevor, North Yorkshire

24 November 2023

We thoroughly enjoyed discovering La Gomera and the varied landscapes, food and flora. The walking was hard at times (steep ascents and descents) so boots with good grip and poles useful. The Teide extension was well worthwhile but it is important to book the licence to get up to the top of Teide well in advance (as soon as you've booked the holiday if within 6 months) and book the cable car on line to line up with the 2hour slot on the licence. And if you don't have the licence you only have 1 hour at the top of the cable car which isn't clear from the Volcano Teide website.

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