- Tickets to ascend Spain’s highest peak by cable car, with an assigned session (transfer from the base station to the upper station of the cable car).
- Enjoy spectacular views of the Teide National Park from the La Rambleta viewpoint.
- Opportunity to access three spectacular high-altitude hiking trails (opening and closing managed by the relevant authority: Tenerife Island Council). The trail to the summit requires a special permit issued by this governing body via Tenerife On.
- Enjoy the “Science and Legend” exhibition at the Teide Cable Car Visitors’ Centre (available in Spanish and English). To enjoy it in more languages, book your ticket with an audio guide.
- For an audio-guided experience, book the ticket with an audio guide. It will give you access to our digital audio guide to Teide National Park, available for Android and iOS, featuring general information about the park, driving routes, and walking routes along Teide’s trails, both at the upper station (subject to trail availability by the relevant authority: Tenerife Island Council) and near the base station. It also features all the content of the “Science and Legend” exhibition, which is available in the audio guide’s 8 languages.
- For an enhanced experience, book the Guided Tour to Pico Viejo, which includes access to the trail leading from the upper station to the Pico Viejo viewpoint (not suitable for people with mobility issues or children under five years of age).
- When booking single or return cable car tickets: transfer from the base station to the upper station of the cable car, with access to the La Rambleta viewpoint.
- When booking the Guided Tour to the Pico Viejo Viewpoint: return ticket, Spanish or English-speaking guide, and a walk along the trail to the Pico Viejo viewpoint.
- When booking tickets with a digital audio guide: return cable car ticket plus a digital audio guide for the National Park.
- Free access to the “Science and Legend” exhibition at the Visitors’ Centre (included in your cable car ticket)
- Permit to ascend the peak of Teide
- Permit to ascend or descend on foot via the trails that lead to the upper station
- Access to the trails if they are closed by the relevant authority: Tenerife Island Council, via Tenerife ON
- Spanish or English-speaking guide, or digital audio guide (if you book only the cable car ticket)
- Access for visitors with physical disabilities or motor impairments
Information
Pick-up points and hours
Teide Cable Car Timetable
- Check Teide Cable Car opening times here.
- The stay at the upper station is limited to one hour. Those visitors who have a permit to access the crater can extend this limited time up to 2 hours to complete the activity (provided the trail is open by Tenerife ON).
Guided Tour to Pico Viejo schedule
- We offer various guided tours throughout the day. You can choose the time of your guided route when making your booking.
- The meeting point is at the cable car base station, next to the boarding area, at the time indicated on the voucher.
Restrictions
- It is compulsory to use appropriate footwear, i.e., it is essential to wear closed mountain hiking or sports shoes with high-grip, non-slip soles. For safety reasons, it is expressly prohibited to ascend by cable car when wearing shoes with heels, wedge heels, platforms, water/aqua/beach shoes, flat-soled shoes, or open shoes.
- People with heart problems, pregnant women, and children under 3 are not allowed to ascend by cable car due to the risk that high altitude poses to their health. If you have any health problems, consult your doctor before planning your visit or booking your Mount Teide Cable Car tickets.
- People with diverse physical or motor functionality are not permitted to make the ascent by cable car because, due to the technical conditions that exist in the National Park, it cannot be guaranteed that they can be safely evacuated in the time allowed by the regulations.
- It is essential to bear in mind that in the event of the failure of the cable car system due to unexpected technical reasons, passengers already at the upper station will have to make their descent on foot and using steep mountain paths.
- No pets allowed, apart from guide dogs and therapy dogs.
- Anyone not having the mandatory permit for descending on foot via one of the trails that require it, i.e. PNT 07 Montaña Blanca - La Rambleta, PNT 09 Teide - Pico Viejo - Mirador de las Narices del Teide, PNT 23 Regatones Negros, PNT 28 Chafarí, will be refused the right to use the ascent-only service. Mandatory equipment isn’t checked on site, as these checks are the responsibility of TenerifeON staff.
- We reserve the right to refuse admission. For more information, please check the rules for accessing the cable car.
Guided Tour to Pico Viejo restrictions
Activity unsuitable for people with mobility problems and children under 5.
Important information
You must show up at the Cable Car boarding area with your ticket, either printed or on your mobile phone, 20 minutes prior to the time slot specified on your ticket, although we recommend that you show up at the premises of the Cable Car prior to the boarding time, in order to have enough time to park, etc. If you arrive late you will lose the right to board.
Our facilities may stop operating due to adverse weather conditions. If the cable car cannot operate on the day of your visit, we will send you a notification by e-mail and/or text at approx. 8.30am. Please bear in mind, however, that if you have booked your Teide Cable Car tickets for an early-morning session, it's likely that you're already on your way when you receive our notification. In this event, and provided that the Cable Car Visitors’ Centre is open, remember that you can still visit the “Science and Legend” exhibition included with your ticket, and enjoy our shop and restaurant.
The audio guides are available in the following languages, and in both physical and digital formats: English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Italian, Polish and Dutch.
Download the audio guide app to yourAndroidoriOS device. You just need to use the booking code from your cable car + audio guide ticket to quickly and easily download the app.
If you do not have a smartphone, you can receive a physical audio guide. In order to pick it up you must leave a cash deposit of €20 per audio guide or €50 per each set of two audio guides. You should pick up your audio guide 30 minutes before your session at the Information Point located outside the building. Audio guides are included free of charge in the package tickets + audio guide for children. Please remember that, if you need to use a physical audio guide, these only have information about the trails at the top station.
Prepare for your visit
You should be prepared for extremes in weather, both heat as well as cold, depending on the time of year in which you use your Tenerife cable car tickets.
Our recommendations:
- Wear warm clothing and proper footwear.
- Protect yourself from sunstroke.
- Due to the elevated luminosity, wear sunglasses.
- Take plenty of water on hikes.
Teide Cable Car is located within a fragile and protected national park. Therefore we must follow a series of basic rules of civic behaviour and respect of the natural environment, such as not littering or taking rocks, plants or animals. Please remember that it is prohibited to make fire, make loud noises, stray from the signposted paths, feed the animals, or to camp.
Information on access to the trails
For ascent-only ticket bookings
If you are planning to descend on foot and hold an ascent-only ticket, please note that you must obtain a permit to descend on foot via one of the trails that require it: PNT 07 Montaña Blanca - La Rambleta, PNT 09 Teide - Pico Viejo - Mirador de las Narices del Teide, PNT 23 Regatones Negros, PNT 28 Chafarí. This can be carried out through TenerifeON.
Failure to present the required permit will result in being denied access to the ascent-only service.
You must also take into account the mandatory equipment required by the Island Council’s Natural Environment, Sustainability, Safety and Emergencies Department. Users, hikers and mountaineers are required to carry a minimum set of essential equipment, including appropriate footwear and warm clothing. This is in addition to other necessary basic items for potential risk situations in winter conditions on mountains at high altitude: suitable mountain footwear, warm clothes, a thermal blanket, water, a mobile phone with a charged battery and a headlamp or torch.
In the event that the summit trails are closed by Tenerife ON
Closure of access to the trails for the walk down PNT07 Montaña Blanca – La Rambleta, PNT09 Teide – Pico Viejo – Mirador de las Narices del Teide, and the summit trails PNT10 Telesforo Bravo – Pico del Teide, PNT12 Sendero del Mirador de Pico Viejo and PNT11 Sendero del Mirador de la Fortaleza due to weather conditions or other circumstances beyond the company’s control.
Occasionally, to ensure the safety of hikers in the event of ice, snow or other natural phenomena, the Tenerife Island Council may order the closure of the trails leading from the cable car’s upper station.
If this is the case, access is limited to the area around the La Rambleta viewpointwhich is situated right next to the upper station, while walking along the trails is prohibited. However, it is still possible to enjoy the incredible views from the viewpoint, experience the cable car ride to over 3,500 metres above sea level and enjoy the Science and Legend exhibition, as well as the other facilities at the Teide Cable Car Visitors’ Centre.
Important information for those holding a TenerifeON permit for any of the summit trails in the event of trail closures
Even if you hold a TenerifeON permit for any of the summit trails that require one, please be aware that, in the event of ice or snow, access to the trails is subject to certain requirements established by TenerifeON.
It is therefore very important that you regularly check the condition of the trails on the Tenerife ON website before taking the cable car. This will allow you to find out the requirements for using your permit and to carry out the necessary procedures regarding your trail access permits in accordance with its policy on changes and cancellations.
Remember that on the Tenerife ON website you will find all the necessary information on how to use the trails (required equipment and documentation, etc.), including in the event of closures due to ice and snow.
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Reviews about Volcano Teide cable car
Ticket for the ascent
Er zijn ter plekke vrije plekke beschikbaar terwijl er volgens de website NIETS meer is...
Great experience
Noo
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Great feeling to be on highest hill in Spain
Todo correcto
5 étoiles pour le site 3 étoiles pour l'éxagération de vos restrictions beaucoup trop sévères Recommandations pour l'activité : 10 Pour le site et les infrastructures : 10 Pour vos restrictions : 2
Nul
Espera larguísima por desincronizacion entre el horario de subida del teleferico y del comienzo del PNT 10
Todo estupendo
Todo estuvo según lo previsto.
I just had a good time
tutto ok
Todo genial y muy facil
Again, end of the day. Long day I suppose but don’t chose a job with interactions if you are not able to stay nice to the end of the day.
Cable Car Two Way Ticket
Cable Car Two Way Ticket + Audio guide
Cable Car Two Way Ticket + Guided tour Pico Viejo viewpoint
Description of the ticket
Description
Go up Mount Teide by Cable Car
Enjoy the quickest way to go up Mount Teide.
When you step out of the cable car cabin, you’ll be at an altitude of 3,555 m at the La Rambleta viewpoint, where you can enjoy the stunning landscape of the largest National Park in the Canary Islands.
Choose the viewpoint of La Rambleta to behold the views of the Siete Cañadas and the Ucanca Valley. From here, you can just imagine the enormous size of the old volcano that stood atop the island 150,000 years ago, and which was known as the Cañadas edifice, at a time when Mount Teide did not yet exist. In front of you stretches the Las Cañadas cirque, which has its highest point on Montaña Guajara. These are the remains of a great volcano whose own weight caused it to slide towards the northern coast in no more than a few minutes.
Its remains, millions of tons of volcanic rock, lie scattered over hundreds of kilometres in the depths of the ocean. In the huge tunnel left by the collapse of the volcano, new eruptions began immediately, and began to fill it. One of these eruptions was the origin of Mount Teide.
Over a long period of time, eruption followed eruption, forming the huge volcano from which you are now looking out at the surrounding landscape.
If you prefer to gaze at spectacular views of La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma with an impressive crater at your feet, (which once upon a time was a lake of lava), choose the path to the Pico Viejo Viewpoint (subject to the trail being opened by the Tenerife Island Council via Tenerife ON), another colossal volcano over 3,000 m high, the second highest peak in the archipelago, crowned by a crater 800 m in diameter. Pico Viejo forms part of the same volcanic edifice as Mount Teide, and at its base lie the Narices del Teide [literally: the nostrils of Mount Teide], the two mouths of historic eruptions, including the last one recorded within the bounds of the National Park.
You can take this tour of great scenic and volcanic interest with a guide, by booking the guided tour to the Pico Viejo viewpoint with a cable car ticket included.
Choose the La Fortaleza trail (subject to the trail being opened by the Tenerife Island Council via Tenerife ON) if you’d like to enjoy fantastic views of northern Tenerife: the outstanding valley of La Orotava, with Puerto de la Cruz on the ocean shore, although for most of the year, the valley is shrouded in clouds borne by the trade winds from the north east. As they collide with the island’s northern slopes, these winds rise up, and the moisture carried along by them condenses, until it forms a spectacular sea of cloud, which is vital to sustain Tenerife’s forests. You may also like to take this trail if you want to make your descent via Montaña Blanca (remember that you must first have obtained the relevant permit for this trail via Tenerife ON, while also complying with the mandatory equipment requirements).
And if you are one of those people who won’t leave Tenerife without having reached the summit of Mt. Teide, choose the Telesforo Bravo trail to the peak of Teide and shout ‘I am the King of the world’ from an altitude of 3 715 m.
But remember that for the trail that leads to the crater, you will need a special permit, issued by the Tenerife Island Council via Tenerife ON, which is recommended to be obtained a few months in advance. Would you like a guide for this option? Read all the information on our ascent to the peak with a cable car ticket.
Book your Teide Cable Car tickets online and secure your place
Daily places are limited, so guarantee your seat by purchasing your Teide Cable Car tickets online in advance. You will enjoy tickets with an assigned session. It is as simple as booking a time slot for a specific date. You must show up at the Cable Car boarding area with your ticket, either printed or displayed on your mobile phone, 20 minutes prior to the time specified on your Teide Cable Car ticket in order to redeem it and access the boarding area to board the cabin afterwards.
If you arrive by private vehicle, which you will need to park, we recommend that you show up at the premises of the Cable Car prior to the time indicated on your Mount Teide Cable Car tickets, although we recommend that you avoid driving and choose collective transportation instead because it is important that together we do what we can to counteract overuse of the vehicle parking areas in the National Park. In addition, this represents your personal commitment to reduce greenhouse gases and to the conservation of the National Park. As a conservation measure, they have been kept to a small size, and they cannot be extended.
Which is why we offer you our tour to Mount Teide with cable car tickets included. If you finally arrive by car, it is best that you book your Mount Teide Cable Car tickets for a time slot after 1.00pm.
If for whatever reason you arrive too late for your session, you will lose the right to board.
Tickets + Guided tour to the Pico Viejo viewpoint
Would you like to ascend by cable car and also walk some of the trails with a guide? You got it! By booking this guided tour you will be able to discover all of the volcanic wonders that surround the impressive trail to the Pico Viejo viewpoint. Our guide will explain everything to you in Spanish or English.
Please bear in mind that this activity is not suitable for people with mobility problems and children under 5.
Tickets + digital audio guide to Teide National Park or physical audio guide to the trails
The perfect option if you’re travelling to Teide with your own vehicle and you prefer to discover the landscape and find out about it under your own steam with the help of our audio guide (available in English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Italian, Polish and Dutch for download on Android and iOS devices).
The audio guide included in this ticket is actually a full audio-guided tour of Teide National Park.
The audio guide included with your cable car + audio guide ticket is an audio-guided tour to Mount Teide. It reveals the natural and cultural heritage of Tenerife and different points of interest in Teide National Park, depending on the access road you take to reach our facilities.
This audio-guided tour shows you the best viewpoints and hiking trails near the cable car base and top stations (subject to availability, as the Tenerife Island Council determines whether they are open or closed), plus restaurants, local shops, cultural centres, etc.
Characters from the “Legend of Guayota” will be your guides on this tour, and you’ll learn about the volcanology, anthropology, and history of the National Park, while you’ll be also introduced to the indigenous Guanches, Tenerife’s earliest inhabitants who worshipped the Teide volcano, and who believed its eruptions to be the expressions of the fury of the gods.
The section on trails at the top station offers detailed and essential information about the three emblematic trails that leave from Teide Cable Car top station and follow different routes across the volcano’s slopes. You can hike the trails at the same time as you learn about the most important and characteristic parts of the volcano, but remember that at the summit, trails may be closed due to weather conditions or other reasons by the Tenerife Island Council, the relevant authority, via its TenerifeON platform, and that, furthermore, to access the PNT10 – Telesforo Bravo trail to the peak of Mount Teide, it’s essential to have obtained the relevant permit via TenerifeON.
The audio guide is fun and easy to use! You just need to use the booking code from your cable car + audio guide ticket to quickly and easily download the app and enjoy a complete experience.
Want to know how the audio guide app works? We explain in this video. Follow the instructions to get the most from your visit to Mount Teide.
If you do not have a smartphone, you can receive a physical audio guide. In order to pick it up you must leave a cash deposit of €20 per audio guide or €50 per each set of two audio guides. The amount deposited will be returned to you when you return the audio guide. It’s important to remember that, by choosing this option, you’ll only have the audio guide to the trails at the top station.
Live the Teide Legend at the Teide “Science and Legend” exhibition!
The cable car ticket (except for the ticket for the ascent) includes free admission to the “Science and Legend” exhibition which you will find at the Teide Cable Car Visitors’ Centre after the descent.
You will learn about Mount Teide’s last major eruption (around 1,000 years ago) which the indigenous Guanches probably interpreted as a fight between mythological deities—an explanation far removed from that which science now attributes to volcanic eruptions.
The characters of the legend of Guayota, both gods and humans, will show you their vision of the stages of the eruption that took place back then, and which formed the pylon at the summit of Mount Teide, known locally as the Teide cap [el tapón del Teide]. A magical story in which good and evil join in an epic battle. Along with the legend, you will be shown reliable data to illustrate the scientific interpretation of the eruption. Although the two perspectives may seem diametrically opposed, they are in fact closely connected.
In addition, you can have a wonderful time at our Visitors’ Centre, where you can find brilliant mementoes of your visit to the legend of the Teide National Park at our official souvenir shop, featuring product ranges unique to Tenerife and strongly inspired by the volcano. Or you could take a culinary break with panoramic views of the National Park at the Cable Car Café, the highest café in Spain, whose badge of identity is the distinctly Canary Island character of its products, a preference for locally sourced, “zero-kilometre” produce, and a commitment to in-house food preparation, which has earned it the award for the best signature sandwich at the GastroCanarias 2026 culinary event. A café that’ll exceed your expectations.
If you book the cable car + audio guide ticket, you’ll be able to access detailed audio recordings so you can enjoy the exhibition in any of the audio guide’s 8 languages.
Teide Tour: the most rewarding excursion to ascend Mount Teide by cable car
If you wish to contribute to the conservation and care of the Teide National Park, the best way to visit is using group transport—and a guide! This will help to reduce atmospheric pollution, and we can fight climate change together; at the same time, you will get to know more about this jewel of the natural world, thanks to the explanations given by our guides.
On this guided visit to the Teide National Park (available every day, and with pick-ups in the north and south of the island, and the metropolitan area of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Candelaria), you will ascend to an altitude of 3,555 metres by cable car. Once there, you can enjoy the sensational views and the freely accessible trails (subject to opening by the Tenerife Island Council via its Tenerife ON platform) leading to wonderful viewing points, where you can marvel at northern Tenerife’s characteristic ‘sea of clouds’—or at the spectacular views of Pico Viejo, southern Tenerife, and some of the neighbouring islands on the horizon. It also includes a free digital audio guide to the trails at the cable car top station and entry to the “Science and Legend” exhibition.
So, are you coming with us on our Teide excursion? Then click on the following link: