Los Gigantes (The Giants) is a beautiful natural wonder and a great photo stop. These 600-metre-high cliffs form part of Teno Country Park and provide a stunning backdrop to Los Guios beach. Take some snaps of the cliffs (which tower above a 30 metre drop to the ocean floor).

Park here for a short walk to the castle.

Castillo de San Miguelis a small fort on the seafront, built in the 16th Century by King Philip II to protect the town of Garachico against invaders. Founded in 1496 by a Genoan banker, the town pre-dates the fort by over 100 years. At the time of the fort construction, Garachico was the commercial centre of the island due to its large port from where wines and other produce were exported. In 1706 however, the eruption of one of the island’s volcanoes poured lava into the bay, effectively ending the town’s main source of income, and moving sea trade to Santa Cruz.
A legacy of the eruption is the lava pools in front of the fort. Known as El Caleton, these natural pools fill with seawater, providing a lovely bathing area.
Walk up one of the fort’s 16-metre towers for fabulous views of the coast, and then climb down the steps to El Caleton for a refreshing swim, before returning to the car.

Icod de Los Vinos is another pretty, historic town, founded a few years after Garachico. Its main attraction is Parque del Drago, home of the famous "thousand-year-old Dragon Tree" - dracaena dracocanariensis. Unlike many other trees, it doesn’t produce annual rings in its trunk so its age cannot be verified but experts date it to around 800 years. Regardless, standing at around 20 metres tall and over 10 metres in diameter, it is a very impressive tree and is considered to be the oldest Dragon Tree in the Canaries.
A small entry fee gives you access to the park to see this tree up close, along with other native flora such as cactus spurge.

Next door to the park is Casa del Drago. This beautiful restaurant focuses on serving fresh, locally-sourced, healthy and nutritious meals (no fried foods here!). The menu is inventive and delicious.
After lunch, make sure you allow enough time to peruse their shop. There are fresh fruits and vegetables, cheeses, honeys, wines and rums to stock up on, as well as local handicrafts.

Although officially named La Orotava Climatisation Garden as it used to be within La Orotava municipality boundaries, these gardens are more commonly known as El Jardin Botanico in Puerto de la Cruz.
The gardens were established in the late 18th Century on the orders of King Charles III of Spain who wanted to adorn his palace in Madrid with exotic plants from the South and Central American territories. And so, a Royal Decree was issued in 1788 for the construction of an ‘acclimatisation garden’ in Tenerife, which would provide a stop-off point between the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula, giving the plants time to get used to a cooler climate.
Today the gardens stretch across 20,000m2 of land, showcasing over a million native, tropical and subtropical plants, including the ‘Coussapoa Dealbata’, a rare South American tree of intertwining trunks. Other exotic species include palm trees, bromeliads, aroids (with an orchid-like appearance), aloes, mulberry and fig trees.
Follow the paths as they zig zag through the colourful and scent-filled gardens, interspersed with freshwater pools, and shady seated areas. There are also interpretation boards, and the main species of plants are labelled.

A guachinche is a small winery and restaurant serving traditional food. Their original purpose was to sell off the year’s wine harvest directly to buyers, hence they are mostly located in the wine regions in the North of the island. As they are primarily wineries, they are not subject to the same tax and other requirements as restaurants, but they are also limited in their operations; they cannot open for more than four months a year and must close once the wine is sold; they are also not allowed to offer more than three main menu options and the ingredients must be mostly home-grown or produced.
Eating at one of these guachinches is a unique and authentic experience and you’re likely to try dishes here that you wouldn’t see on menus elsewhere on the island. There is rarely a written menu but common dishes include gofio (similar to polenta), meaty goat stews and chickpeas with smoked meats, all washed down with some fabulous local wine.
Note the restaurant closes at 7pm on Tuesday and is closed on Wednesday.