Travel Information

The island of Tenerife has two airports: one on the north side (Tenerife Norte, TFN, also known as "Aeropuerto de Los Rodeos"), another on the south of the island (Tenerife Sur, TFS, also known as "Aeropuerto Reina Sofía"). Both airports are at about 2.5 hours flying time from Madrid, and about 3 hours from Barcelona.

TFS is in fact a bit far (91 km) from Puerto de la Cruz. You can take a taxi/shuttle to Vallemar (~100 €) or an "express bus" from the airport and ending in Puerto de la Cruz. It is line 343 and it takes about 1 hour and 30 mins (by car it would take ~1 h). To find the time table of the line 343 click here. The bus station in Puerto de la Cruz is then about 1.2 Km from the Hotel Vallemar. From there you can take a taxi to the hotel which should cost about 3 euro. Alternatively one can rent a car.

TFN is close to Puerto de la Cruz. You can take a cab which will cost ~30 €. You can also take the bus 343 which stops in TFN in its way to Puerto de la Cruz.

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Contact:
Jorge Martin Camalich
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
e-mail: hc2np2019@iac.es​​​​​​​​​​​​​​