Cabeza de Zapata Trail – Cruz del Carmen Viewpoint loop from Degollada de las Escaleras

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Cabeza de Zapata Trail – Cruz del Carmen Viewpoint loop from Degollada de las Escaleras

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Cabeza de Zapata Trail – Cruz del Carmen Viewpoint loop from Degollada de las Escaleras

03:09

10.1km

380m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Tips

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Parque Rural de Anaga

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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77 m

View of Roque Taborno and the Atlantic Ocean

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Great view over the rocky mountain ridges to the endless expanse of the Atlantic.

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2.54 km

View of the Anaga Mountains and Coast

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Beautiful path between the mountains and hills of the Anaga complex.

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5.61 km

Enchanted Forest Trail, Anaga Rural Park

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Wonderful shady paths through the jungle.

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6.39 km

Cabeza de Zapata Trail

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Pleasant stretch of trail next to Cabeza de Zapata that alternates heavily wooded areas and clearings located very close to the bus stops and parking lots of Cruz del Carmen

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6.96 km

Enchanted Forest Trail in Parque Rural de Anaga

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Here is a nice little tour through the magic forest:
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7.41 km

Cruz del Carmen Viewpoint

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A beautiful view of the Teide. The place you see from there must be La Mercedes.

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7.43 km

View of Teide and La Laguna from Cruz del Carmen

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A wonderful walk in the nice-smelling forest🌲🌲 Of course, it's a matter of taste with the laurel scent😉

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8.43 km

Camino de las Hiedras Steps, Parque Rural de Anaga

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path of ivy

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10.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.48 km

3.18 km

136 m

131 m

128 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.10 km

2.51 km

1.30 km

652 m

368 m

131 m

Elevation

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Highest point (950 m)

Lowest point (740 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

22°C

16°C

16 %

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Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

March 10, 2025,Cruz del Carmen Aussichtspunkt – Zauberhafter Urwald Runde von Las Montañas

Realy not a nice hike, 80% was just super boring path with car traces. Maybe the most boring trail i ever walked, sorry :(

September 12, 2022,kleine Runde von Cruz del Carmen

Short, unspectacular hiking trail. Two and a half hours through the forest. But only forest. When the trade winds are calm and there is no fog, little happens. It doesn't matter, it's still healthy.

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April 7, 2025,🇪🇸Mirador de Cruz del Carmen- Zauberhafte Urwaldrunde

We spent the morning exploring La Laguna, and to finish off, we had this mystical walk through the laurel forest. I really like forests like this and wasn't disappointed, even though there was no scent of laurel. Best wishes

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January 13, 2024,Teneriffa Anaga-Gebirge 🇪🇸 Mirador de Cruz del Carmen ⛪️ und wilde Natur 🌳

The Anaga Mountains are a mountain range in the northeast of Tenerife and were formed by volcanic activity around 7 to 9 million years ago. It is 20 km long in the west-east direction and extends from north to south with a width of 5 to 10 km.

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February 21, 2022,TF: Cruz del Carmen Cruz de Taborno (34)

A nice tour in the Anaga Mountains... luckily it hadn't started raining until we got back to the parking lot.... And in Puerto de la Cruz we could see a rainbow....

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October 10, 2022,Pista de Las Hiedras_ im Mercedeswald

The hardest part of this round was getting a parking space.
Hike through the Mercedes Forest WITHOUT a permit. Beautiful wide path. very easy

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December 28, 2021,211228 Kanaren: Teneriffa: Anaga - Cruz del Carmen

Titsa 103 to Laguna -> 271 to Jardin back directly from Cruz del Carmen with 76 to Laguna and 102 to PdlC.

We seem to have caught the family day out. Full of cars and children on the Cruz ...

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September 15, 2024,Mirador de Cruz del Carmen – Mystischer Urwald

Today we went to the north, which looks so different from the south. I was totally fascinated by the mystical, damp forests. We went on a rather short route with little elevation gain and took the wonderful path of the senses.

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