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Natural places, Places of interest
1. Cueva del Hielo
Caves

Volcanic eruptions often cause incredible formations, thanks to which there is the Ice Cave in the Cañadas of the Teide in the middle Teide National Park The insulating character of the volcanic tubes causes ice to be conserved inside when the area is hit by a storm and months after it causes water to remain in the solid state, the rainwater that filters through the cracks the winter freezes and that months later it still remains frozen.

The Ice Cave is located at an altitude of 3,300 meters and has a dimension of about 50 meters in length, having one of the highest sources of the National Park strong>. It is curious to note that the cave has water throughout the year and that it is kept frozen thanks to the isolation of the materials.

This cave was known for centuries and from there the ice that was consumed in the past was removed and it was a luxury item. With beasts and with some long stairs they acceded to the interior of the cave and removed blocks of ice that were taken to the Puerto de la Cruz. It is situated near the Altavista Refuge.

Natural places
2. Pico del Teide
Mountains
National Parks

Located on the island of Tenerife, El Teide is a volcano that has an altitude of 3,718 meters above sea level (7,500 meters above the Atlantic bed), thus constituting the highest mountain high of Spain.

It is also the third largest volcano behind the Hawaiian volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.

El Teide is located within the Cañadas del Teide National Park, considered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 2007. It is also recognized as a Natural Monument within the Teide-Pico Viejo volcanic complex that constitutes only this volcano but also other minor ones.

From the tourist point of view, the Teide National Park is the most visited National Park not only in our country, but also in Europe, as well as being the second most visited in the world.

Natural places
3. Mirador Cruz de la Atalaya
From the Laguna to the Realejos
From Teide to Palma
All in one look
Natural places
4. Narices del Teide
Mountains
They are known as the Teide Nose to two volcanic craters that are just below the Old Peak, in the surroundings of the Teide, which were formed as a result of a volcanic eruption in June of the year 1798.
Natural places, Places of interest
5. Montaña Roja
Other natural spaces
Viewpoints
Mountains

In the southern part of the island, in Granadilla de Abona there is a natural coastal area called Reserva Especial Especial de Montaña Roja. This unique space is perfectly recognizable, in an area of steep little coast and dominated by a flat land you can see an impressive red hill. 166 hectares of inorganic sands and wetlands where you can see some protected birds, such as the black-footed plover but also others such as the curlew, sandpiper, or redshank and many more. There is also a fairly rich invertebrate fauna, many of them endemic.

The flora of the area is also rich, although there are up to 136 species of plants, some of them are threatened. Highlights the balancón, lechetreznas, melera or thirtynudos. The volcano of the red mountain has an altitude of 171 meters and was formed after an eruption on the coast that was joined to the island by a series of volcanic materials.

It should also be noted that the Montaña Roja is surrounded by a certain air of legend, is one of the places where, according to testimonies, objects have been spotted that UFO experts believe could be UFOs.

In addition to the tourist interest that gives that part of Granadilla de Abona, you can also enjoy an excellent swim in the area, where the beach of La Tejita<.

Natural places
6. Cueva de los Verdes
Caves

Surrounded by a special aura, with a certain mythological air and where the legend mixes with reality we can visit in Haría la Cueva de los Verdes. These caves are one of the most outstanding natural shows of Lanzarote, with a unique beauty, was formed following an eruption of the Volcano of the Crown.

The Cave of the Greens was used as a hiding place when attacks or pirate invasions took place during the centuries XVI and XVII. Already in the century XIX the cave was a must for travelers and experts who, attracted by the beauty of their formations, tried to investigate how capricious nature had created such structures.

The unique beauty of the Cueva de los Verdes caused the Cabildo de Tenerife to commission Jesús Soto to adapt the caves and be able to perform activities inside.

As you enter its interior, you enter a volcanic tunnel that is 6 kilometers long. There is a part that was conditioned as an auditorium that is perfectly integrated into the cave, it also has a part called the esthetes room, the throat of death or the door of the mulberry.

The cave of the greens has a series of galleries connected to each other and perfectly conditioned to be able to visit it.

Natural places, Places of interest
7. Cueva de Achbinico
Caves

The Cueva de Achbinico was after the conquest the first Christian sanctuary of the Canary Islands in importance and religious diffusion and historically it was also the first Marian sanctuary that existed in the archipelago. This cave dedicated to the Virgin of Candelaria (Patron of the Canary Islands) and to San Blas, is located in Candelaria (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) just behind the Basilica of Our Lady of the Candlemas. In this cave, the Guanches worshiped this Marian image after Christianization. As a result, various archaeological tools from the Guanche era have appeared there, which is why the cave is also a place of great archaeological importance. It has the category of Asset of Cultural Interest, integrated in the Sanctuary of Candelaria.

Natural places, Places of interest
8. Parque Rural de Anaga
Other natural spaces
National Parks

Located in the northern part of Tenerife is one of the most incredible and spectacular natural sites on the island. Undoubtedly The Parque Rural de Anaga is a space where visitors will arrive and they will not know if they are really on the island. Specifically the Parque Rural de Anaga has dimensions that exceed 14,400 hectares and is part of three municipal areas, Santa Cruz, La Laguna and Teguese and has its highest point at 1024 meters above sea level with the Cruz de Taborno peak.

Agana not only offers impressive impressive mountain ranges with spectacular valleys, but the dense forest of the park is the biggest attraction, a forest that looks luxuriant, covered with trees with a thick layer of moss on its trunks. , thanks the amount of humidity and the rains that discharge at this point of the island.

Agana is covered with laurisilva, one of the most important in the world, this type of forest is only preserved in Canary Islands, Madeira and some islands of the Azores thermophilic forest, the fayal-heath, cardona-tabaibal.

It has an important network of paths through which you can walk and discover the sovereign beauty that comes from the heart of this forest.

Natural places
9. Parque Nacional de Timanfaya
National Parks

One of the unmistakable symbols of Lazarote and Canary Islands is the Timanfaya National Park one of the most beautiful places to be You can visit in the archipelago. The park is part of the municipality of Yaiza, but also of the adjoining municipality of Tinajo. Timanfaya was declared National Park in 1974, becoming the third protected area of the Canary archipelago.

Timanfaya represents an interesting example of recent volcanism in the Macaronesian Region. These eruptions took place in 1730 and 1736, and finally in 1824 and created spectacular geomorphological structures of great volcanological interest.

The beauty of the Timanfaya National Park lies in the absence of a mantle of vegetation along with the extreme rugosity of the terrain, the impossible shapes, the colors that go from reds, browns and ocher reaching blacks and oranges, in addition to the silhouettes of the volcanoes and an abrupt coastline, in short a Martian spot on the island.

Inside the park you can see a lot of phenomena of volcanic nature, clear sample of the activity that the area presents, you can see geysers, gorse combustion and you could even see how food is cooked in the heat that emanates from the earth. An essential place in Lanzarote.

Museums, Natural places, Places of interest
10. Centro de Interpretación Cueva del Llano
Other natural spaces
Caves

Located in the northern part of the island of Fuerteventura, in Villaverde, a town belonging to La Oliva is the Cueva del Llano. It is estimated that this natural space is more than one million years old, being one of the oldest volcanic tubes of the Canarian archipelago.

According to experts La Cueva del Llano was formed after the eruption of the Mountain Escanfraga. The cave is a lava tube that has an approximate length of 650 meters, of which you can walk about 400 meters since the remaining 200 are covered with sediments.

The Cueva del Llano has had many uses throughout its history, has served as a powder keg, warehouse or to save livestock. After many years of neglect and after its ecosystem was threatened, a series of improvements were made to adapt the cave to tourist visits, a visitor center was also created to receive information about their training.

Inside the Cueva del Llano there is a peculiar caveman fauna, inhabited by arthropods, such as the silverfish or a type of arachnid called opilion. A place of obligatory visit.