Make sure you check out my Tenerife photo diary for more on my holiday to Tenerife!
On the second full day of our holiday we booked a tour to Mount Teide. Like an idiot I forgot to take my camera with me (doh) and then my phone battery died while we were at the top (gahhh!) Luckily I still managed to get a couple of decent pictures.
If you've never heard of Mount Teide, it's a volcano located inside Tenerife's National Park. It's also the highest point in Spain. You have to have a pefmit to go to the top, otherwise you can take a cable car part of the way up. The cable cars are open seasonally and depend on the weather, but luckily the skies were blue and clear on the day we went, so we were able to go up in them.
The views from the top were incredible. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it was way better than I thought it would be. You can see right out as far as the sea, and if you look down you can see the hardened lava spots from the last time Mount Teide erupted over 100 years ago.
If you're planning a holiday to Tenerife then I'd definitely recommend visiting Mount Teide. I wasn't sure about going, but I'm so glad that I changed my mind. You get to see some incredible views and it's a great way to learn about the local history.
Just don't make the mistake that we did and go out the night before. The road to the National Park from the south of Tenerife is really bendy and a little rocky... not great when you've got a hangover!
Have you ever been to Mount Teide?
Looks lovely, and your very brave going up in cable cars!!! Don't think I could do and my husband is scared of heights!