Travel to Tenerife

Flying to Tenerife

Spain's national airline is Iberia (www.iberia.com), which provides frequent flights to Tenerife from mainland Spain and destinations across Europe. Budget airlines including EasyJet (www.easyjet.com) and Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) have frequent flights to Tenerife from across the UK.

Flights are cheaper and more frequent during the winter high season from September/October to March/Easter.

Flight times:

From London to Tenerife is approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.

Departure tax:

None

Airport guides

Airport Code: TFS. Location: Tenerife Sur Airport is situated 62km (38 miles) south of Santa Cruz, on the island of Tenerife. Money: There is a bank on the ground floor of the terminal building – ATMs are also available at various... Read more

Other airports in Tenerife

Tenerife North Airport

Airport Code: TFN. Location: The airport is 11km (7 miles) west of Santa Cruz. Website: http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es. Public transport description: Bus services depart to the city regularly. Taxi service is available.

Travel by rail

Getting to Tenerife by boat

Tenerife has a major port in its capital city of Santa Cruz (www.puertosdetenerife.org) which is currently the only port of entry for goods ships and passenger liners. Plans for a second port, in Granadilla in the south east of the island, met strong local opposition on ecological grounds but should be completed by 2018.

Cruise ships:

Tenerife is a popular stopover for transatlantic cruise liners, including the QM2, with more than 500,000 passengers disembarking into Santa Cruz in 2015.

Ferry operators:

Trasmediterranea (tel: +34 902 454 645; www.trasmediterranea.es) operates a weekly service between Lanzarote, Las Palmas and Tenerife and Cadiz in mainland Spain. Armas (tel: 0034 928 33 600; www.navieraarmas.com) sails weekly to Lanzarote, Las Palmas and Tenerife from Huelva.




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