Five products stop in the old town and 363 reviews stand behind them, from €20 for a guided walk to €75 for a half-day with Puerto de la Cruz. It is a modest shelf for a town that owns more of Tenerife than any other — including the summit of the volcano.
No product on this island is built around La Orotava alone except a ninety-minute walking route at €20. Everything else folds the town into a bigger circuit: Essence of Tenerife: Candelaria, Orotava, Garachico and Masca at €58 is the most reviewed of them at ★4.4 from 331 and takes in four towns in nine hours. If the old quarter is what you want, it is twenty minutes uphill from Puerto de la Cruz and free to walk.
One from each shape of day. The full table is below if you want to compare all of them side by side.
★4.8 from 21 reviews.
★3.7 from 5 reviews.
★3.5 from 5 reviews.
Ranked by whether a day spent on them is worth it, not by star rating alone — a high score from a handful of reviews is not a recommendation.
| Tour | Type | Hours | Rating | Reviews | Price | Verdict | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teide & Orotava Shore Excursion (special cruises) | Minivan | 7 H | ★ 4.8 | 21 | €72 | BUDGET PICK | Book |
| Discover North Tenerife: Puerto de la Cruz & Historic La Orotava (2 hours) | Minivan | 2 H | ★ 3.5 | 5 | €75 | SKIP | Book |
| La Orotava, Icod, and Garachico | Minivan | 7 H | — | 1 | €57 | SKIP | Book |
| Guided walking route in La Orotava 1 hr 30 min, Tenerife | Walk | 1.5 H | ★ 3.7 | 5 | €20 | SKIP | Book |
| Essence of Tenerife: Candelaria, Orotava, Garachico and Masca | Minivan | 9 H | ★ 4.4 | 331 | €58 | ONLY IF | Book |
| Walk up from Puerto de la Cruz and wander the grid | DIY | HALF DAY | — | — | free | DIY | Not sold here |
Figures checked against the sources named under the table.
| What | Figure | The detail behind it |
|---|---|---|
| The tapestry | 1 000 m² | The largest of its kind in the world, per Guinness |
| What it is made of | sand and earth | Taken from the Teide National Park itself |
| When | Corpus Christi, June | Built in the days before, swept away after |
| In 2026 | ready for 11 June | The date moves with the church calendar |
| The old town | protected since 1976 | Conjunto Histórico-Artístico |
| Altitude | 360 m | Which is why it is cooler than the coast below |
| Municipal area | 207.31 km² | The largest on Tenerife and in the province |
| Distance from Puerto | about 20 minutes | Uphill, by road or by bus |
The tapestry in front of the town hall is built for Corpus Christi in June and swept away days later. No tour can show it to you in October. If it is the reason you are going, check the date for the year you travel — it moves with the church calendar.
For an hour or two, yes — it is one of the best-preserved old towns on the island, protected as a historic ensemble since 1976, and it sits twenty minutes above Puerto de la Cruz. It is not a full day on its own.
A tapestry of about a thousand square metres laid in front of the town hall for Corpus Christi each June, made from natural sands and earth taken from the Teide National Park. Guinness records it as the largest of its kind in the world.
In June — the exact date moves with the church calendar, and in 2026 the tapestry was completed for 11 June. It stands for a matter of days and is then swept away.
Essence of Tenerife: Candelaria, Orotava, Garachico and Masca at €58 has by far the largest sample, ★4.4 from 331 reviews, though the town is one stop of four. For the town itself, the €20 guided walk is the only product that gives it ninety minutes.
From Puerto de la Cruz it is a twenty-minute bus ride or a steep walk uphill. From the southern resorts it is an hour and a half each way, which is why nobody sells it alone.
Yes — the municipality runs from the coast to 3 715 metres and covers 207 square kilometres, the largest on Tenerife. It makes no practical difference to a visit: the cable car and the park roads are approached from elsewhere.
The protected old quarter itself: the balconied houses on Calle San Francisco, the church of La Concepción, the gardens and the view down the valley to the sea. The pleasure is the streets rather than any single monument.
Usually, by a few degrees — the town sits at 360 metres on the windward side, and cloud often sits on the valley above Puerto de la Cruz in the afternoon.
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