Cueva del Viento, Tenerife

Name: Cueva del Viento
Address: Tenerife, Spain

#30 among attractions in Tenerife

Natural attraction, Nature, Cave

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Cueva del Viento is the largest lava tube system in Europe, and the sixth largest in the world, behind a series of lava tubes in Hawaii. It is also considered the most complex volcanic tube in the world, due to its morphology of several levels and passages. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 28°20'48"N, 16°43'20"W

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Cueva del Viento – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: El Caletón, Church of Santa Ana, Museo Guanche, Castillo de San Miguel.

3.3 miNW
Watersports, Beach, Outdoor activities
El Caletón, Garachico
83 min walk • El Caletón is a bathing area, consisting of several pools of natural origin, located in the municipality of Garachico on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Next to the pools is the Castillo de San Miguel.
3.2 miNW
Church
Church of Santa Ana, Garachico
81 min walk • The Church of Santa Ana is the main church in Garachico, Tenerife. It is located next to the Plaza de la Libertad. Originally constructed around 1520, it was rebuilt after the volcanic eruption of 1706.
1.5 miN
Specialty museum, Children's museum, History museum
Museo Guanche, Icod de los Vinos
40 min walk • Museo Guanche is an ethnographic museum in Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife. It is focused on the Guanches, the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands. It is located in the 'La Magalona' shopping centre. It contains life-sized scenes of Guanche culture, and recreations of paintings and petroglyphs from various parts of the islands.
3.2 miNW
28°22'24"N • 16°45'58"W
Castillo de San Miguel, Garachico
83 min walk • Historical place, Forts and castles
1.4 miN
Church
Iglesia de San Marcos, Icod de los Vinos
37 min walk • The Parroquia Matriz de San Marcos Evangelista located in the municipality of Icod de los Vinos, island of Tenerife is the most important religious construction of Icod and its region, tracing its origins to the small hermitage, subsidiary of the...
6 miW
28°22'47"N • 16°48'49"W
Piscina Municipal de Los Silos, Tenerife
154 min walk • Watersports, Water park, Amusement park
2.1 miN
Archaeological site
Cave of the Guanches, Icod de los Vinos
54 min walk • The Cave of the Guanches, or Archaeological area of the Cave of the Guanches, is an important archaeological site located in the north of the island of Tenerife.
7.7 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Pico de Tenerife, Teide National Park
197 min walk • The Pico de Tenerife is 1,253 meters, the second highest altitude of the island of El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain, after the Pico de Malpaso with 1,501 meters in height.
1.4 miN
Tree
Drago Milenario, Icod de los Vinos
36 min walk • El Drago, also known as Drago Milenario and Drago de Icod de los Vinos, is the oldest and largest living specimen of Dracaena draco, or dragon tree, in Parque del Drago, Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife, Spain.
1.5 miN
Archaeological site
Caves of Don Gaspar, Icod de los Vinos
39 min walk • The Caves of Don Gaspar is an important archaeological site located in the north of the island of Tenerife. The cueva is located in the municipality of Icod de los Vinos.
3.3 miNW
Island
Roque de Garachico, Garachico
86 min walk • Roque de Garachico is a small island or roque located 300 metres off the north coast of the island of Tenerife belonging to the municipality of Garachico. It stretches 284 metres north-south, and is up to 169 metres wide, with an area of five hectares.