Tenerife · West Tenerife
Santiago del Teide
Where Tenerife last erupted, above the west coast
Chinyero, above Santiago del Teide, is the volcano of the island’s most recent eruption, in 1909. The village itself sits at about 900 m among vines, almonds and figs, a thousand metres above its own coast at Puerto Santiago, and it is where lines 460 and 464 from Costa Adeje meet line 355 to Masca.
- Come for
- A quiet upland village, Chinyero and the road to Masca
- Make time for
- Half a day, or a stop between Masca and the coast
- By bus
- Reached by a published TITSA line
The journey is part of the day
Getting to Santiago del Teide
Line 355 runs from Buenavista Station through Masca to Santiago del Teide, with tables for Mondays, Tuesdays and Sundays, and for Wednesday to Saturday. Lines 460 and 464 run every day between Costa Adeje Station and Icod de los Vinos and call at Santiago del Teide. Line 325, the long Puerto de la Cruz–Icod–Los Gigantes line, passes Santiago del Teide on its way.
Checked Sources: TITSA, WebTenerife
Bus guides
Lines from this site’s guides. Times are in this page’s timetable.
Before you settle in
Keep the way home in mind.
Choose the line by where you are going back to: 460 or 464 towards Costa Adeje or Icod, 325 towards Puerto de la Cruz, 355 towards Masca and Buenavista (some trips end at Masca). WebTenerife notes connections are more frequent towards the coast than in the uplands.
See the next busesA little introduction
Get to know Santiago del Teide.
The municipality of Santiago del Teide runs from the coast at Puerto Santiago up to the Teide pine forest, and its village sits at about 900 metres. WebTenerife calls the Los Gigantes cliff, up to 600 metres high, the municipality’s icon, and the Chinyero volcano, in its special nature reserve, the site of Tenerife’s latest eruption, in 1909.
Why go
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Tenerife’s latest eruption
Chinyero, in the special nature reserve of the same name, is the volcano of the island’s most recent eruption, in 1909, in the upper part of the municipality.
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Pottery and almond blossom
The Cha Domitila pottery centre and ethnographic museum in Arguayo keeps the craft the valley lived on, and the SL-TF 60 trail from it to Santiago del Teide passes almond orchards and Montaña Bilma.
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A door to Masca and to the cliffs
Line 355 continues from the village to Masca and Buenavista, and the municipality’s coast holds the Los Gigantes cliffs and the Blue Flag Playa de La Arena.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: WebTenerife, TITSA
Make a day of it
What to do in Santiago del Teide
- Sight Don’t miss
Chinyero
The volcano of Tenerife’s latest eruption, in 1909, in the Reserva Natural Especial del Chinyero.
- Culture Don’t miss
Cha Domitila
The pottery centre and ethnographic museum Cha Domitila, in Arguayo.
- Beach Don’t miss
Playa de La Arena
Down on the coast, a popular black-sand beach that holds a Blue Flag, which WebTenerife counts among the island’s most recommended.
- Walk
SL-TF 60 to Arguayo
A 9 km trail from the pottery centre linking Santiago del Teide with Arguayo past almond orchards and Montaña Bilma; not dangerous, WebTenerife says, but stony and close to four hours.
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- Walk
PR-TF 65 down to Puerto Santiago
An 8 km medium-difficulty trail from beside the village petrol station down the ravine past Tamaimo to the coast, through an area of strong sun.
- Sight
San Fernando Rey
The village church, built by Fernando del Hoyo Solórzano, with eighteenth-century images and a striking half-orange dome.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: WebTenerife
A day here
How a day in Santiago del Teide feels
A plan built on the buses this guide already names. The departure times are in the board on this page; choose your bus back before you set out.
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Morning
Up from Costa Adeje
Lines 460 and 464 run every day between Costa Adeje Station and Icod and call at Santiago del Teide; line 325, the long Puerto de la Cruz–Icod–Los Gigantes line, passes too.
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Middle of the day
The church, the square and lunch
Walk the village around the church of San Fernando Rey, then decide between Masca on line 355 and a trail from the village.
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Afternoon
Down to the coast or back
The PR-TF 65 drops to Puerto Santiago for the beach and the line 477 bus back along the coast; or return on 460 or 464 towards Costa Adeje. Connections are more frequent towards the coast than up here.
Checked Sources: TITSA, WebTenerife
Asked and answered
Questions people ask about Santiago del Teide
How do I get to Santiago del Teide by bus?
Lines 460 and 464 run every day between Costa Adeje Station and Icod de los Vinos and call at Santiago del Teide; line 325 from Puerto de la Cruz passes on its way to Los Gigantes; and line 355 links the village with Masca and Buenavista del Norte, with tables for Monday, Tuesday and Sunday and for Wednesday to Saturday.
Is Santiago del Teide the place to change for Masca?
Yes, from the south: lines 460 and 464 bring you from Costa Adeje, and line 355 continues to Masca. Read the 355 table for your day before you commit, because its Monday–Tuesday–Sunday and Wednesday–Saturday tables differ and some trips end at Masca.
Can I see the Chinyero volcano?
The Chinyero special nature reserve lies in the upper part of the municipality, with the 1909 lava and the pines around it; the village’s tourist office has trail maps. This site has not checked a bus stop at the reserve.
Checked Sources: TITSA, WebTenerife
Good to know
Small details. Better days.
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Sun on the PR-TF 65
WebTenerife warns that the PR-TF 65 crosses an area of strong sun: take plenty of water and protection from sun and heat.
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The way into Masca
Line 355 links the village with Masca and Buenavista del Norte, so Santiago del Teide is the southern door to the Teno hamlets.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: WebTenerife, Gobierno de Canarias, Servicio Canario de la Salud, Gobierno de Canarias, 1-1-2 Canarias +2
Photos and film
Santiago del Teide in pictures
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Chinyero, Tenerife’s latest eruption in 1909, lies in the upper part of the municipality; this site has not checked a bus stop at the reserve. Photo: El Grafo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons -
Arguayo, with the Cha Domitila pottery centre, is linked to Santiago del Teide by the 9 km SL-TF 60 trail past the almond orchards. Photo: Aleš Makovec, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
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There’s more around the corner
Where next?
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H. Zell / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 Teno, north-west Tenerife (Buenavista del Norte)
Masca
Mountain views, a historic hamlet and short walks
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Sources for this page
The sources this page cites, each with the date we checked it. Two dates mean the facts that cite it were checked on different days.
TITSA
- Line 355: Buenavista–Masca–Santiago del Teide Checked – Oct 2026
- Line 460 timetable Checked – Oct 2026
- Line 464 timetable Checked – Oct 2026
- Line 325 timetable Checked – Oct 2026
- Line 477 timetable Checked
WebTenerife
- Santiago del Teide municipality Checked – Oct 2026
Gobierno de Canarias, Servicio Canario de la Salud
Gobierno de Canarias, 1-1-2 Canarias
Gobierno de Canarias, Dirección General de Emergencias
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