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Red Cave

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Location: Santa Cruz De Ténérife, Sur De Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

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1. Cueva Roja y Sendero de las lecheras — circular desde Las Mesas

6.88km

02:29

350m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. Plaza del Príncipe de Asturias – Calle del Castillo loop from Santa Cruz de Tenerife

12.5km

04:08

500m

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3. View from Lomo Colorado – Red Cave loop from Salamanca

8.66km

03:08

430m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Andreas Bikefan

February 12, 2025

The Red Cave is a historic enclave. A section of the famous "Camino de Las Lecheras" passes through here. This route was used by the old dairy farms of La Laguna to transport their goods and exchange food in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The road began at the Cruz de los Álamos in Las Mercedes and ended at the Recova Vieja, next to the current site of the Guimerá Theater in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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Javi Jaavii

August 21, 2023

This curious point is formed by two openings in a large cave of a beautiful reddish color that is part of a buried pyroclastic volcano. It is located in the Santa Cruz neighborhood of the same name.

Also, more than seventy years ago, it served as a quarry, since many of the surrounding buildings are built with stones extracted from this point.

You can walk through the openings of the cave and there is currently an information panel very close, right where the Sendero de las lecheras begins.

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Claudia Aguilar González

May 1, 2023

This beautiful cave with reddish tones is located very close to the town of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. There is currently a project to enhance and recover it, since unfortunately not all its visitors respect it. The cave is a crossing point for the path marked Camino de Las Lecheras, and has an upper viewpoint that is accessed by stairs.

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Location: Santa Cruz De Ténérife, Sur De Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Red Cave

1. Cueva Roja y Sendero de las lecheras — circular desde Las Mesas

2. Plaza del Príncipe de Asturias – Calle del Castillo loop from Santa Cruz de Tenerife

3. View from Lomo Colorado – Red Cave loop from Salamanca

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