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Anaga Mountains
The island's oldest mountains, wrapped in misty laurel forest, with trails down to black-sand beaches.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Cruz del Carmen visitor center, TF-12, La LagunaDirections
- Getting There
- About 25 minutes by car from La Laguna.
Why Go
Anaga is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve with one of the highest counts of endemic species in Europe. Its laurel forests are a survival of the woods that covered southern Europe millions of years ago. Trails from the Cruz del Carmen viewpoint wind through moss-hung trees, and the road ends at the hamlets of Taganana and the beach of Benijo.
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