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Transportation - how to get to Teide

Mountains :

Your choice depends on your needs. It is usual to rent a car which gives much greater flexibility but it is possible to make it based only on public transport as I did. Make sure you get a card called a Bono-bus card from the Titsa terminal, you will then get up to 50 % discount on your fare price no matter where you are going or how often (till the money on it runs out). There are a lot of companies offering guided tours of Tenerife or the national park if you want to go to the summit of Teide beware of the following: All the trips going up to the national park are probably called "Teide-tour", that does not mean that it includes a trip to the summit, most of the these guided tours don’t even take people up in the cable car. It’s usually a quick trip to the lower cable car station and a chance to visit the souvenir shop, café and toilets.

The public buses are called Titsa.

Timetables:

From the south:

342: Playa de las Américas - El Portillo
going up at:
9.00 Torviscas 9.15 L. Américas 9.30 L.Cristianos
Arona, La Escalona, Vilaflor
11.00 Las Cañadas del Teide (Parador)
11.25 Teleférico 11.45 El Portillo
going down at: 15.15 El Portillo 16.00 El Parador

From the north:

348: Puerto de la Cruz - El Parador
going up at:
9.15 Puerto de la Cruz, El Botánico, La Orotava, El Portillo, Parador (at Teleferico at about 11.00)
going down at:
16.00 Las Cañadas del Teide (Parador)
16.20 Teleférico 16.45 El Portillo