The most beautiful tour that one can make in Tenerife is without doubt driving at Teno Mountains. The Teno mountains tour is a dream for rented car drivers. Indeed, also bus tours to the Teno mountains are offered; but these only lead from Buenavista del Norte up to Masca. The serpentine road between Masca and Santiago del Teide is not accessible for big travel buses. The are countless cutouts at the stretch, from which it is possible to see fantastic and unforgettable views to the cliffy rock faces of the Teno mountains.

Tenerife as we know it today as being an island, consisted more than 2 millions of years ago on three little islands, from which one was the Teno mountains of today. Thus, during a trip to the Teno mountains one takes to the oldest part of the island that is approximately Cliffy and sharp rock slopes and long, deep canyons in the Teno mountains 10 millions years old. This lava mountain is characterized by its cliffy and precipitous rock faces that go up to 1000 m, and its deep canyons.

Due to these extreme ground formations, the Teno mountains are a completely inhospitable living space for human beings. Not until a few hundred years ago, several farmers started to populate this part of the island and to use agriculturally some little lowlands. Up to the year 1991, the little villages were practically completely isolated from the outer world. On herder and field paths, one got to the civilized world of the island by making a big effort. Im the year 1991, the road from Santiago del Teide to Masca was finished.
Also today, the few farmers live in the Teno mountains as in the medieval times. In this part of the island, the tourism is only represented by transit and hiking tourists.

Lots of excursion tour buses, jeeps and car hires also hit the mountain roads, particularly during peak summer holiday times so don't expect to be discovering the Teno mountain range on your own, although heading east towards the Anaga Mountain area is much less conjested!

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