Albergue Montes de Anaga, at El Bailadero

Sleeping inside the park

The Albergue Montes de Anaga is the way to spend the night in the heart of the Rural Park, at El Bailadero, the pass where the roads to Taganana and Chamorga part. It is 800 metres from the TF-12 junction along the TF-123, about 35 minutes by car from Santa Cruz and 45 from La Laguna. It has nine rooms for two, four or six people, named after hamlets of the area: Afur, Taganana, Las Carboneras, Chamorga, Chinamada, Los Batanes, Roque Bermejo, Taborno and Almáciga. There is heating, which is welcome up here, a television room and a dining room with glass walls. It is adapted for people with disabilities.

Prices and how it works

The published rate is €20 per person per night, IGIC (Canary Islands tax) included, and €40 for the Afur room, a double with its own bathroom; residents of the Canary Islands pay less and there is a group price. Sheets are included and towels can be hired. It no longer serves meals: instead, you can use the kitchen for €2 per person and hire the terrace barbecue for €30. Bring your shopping from Santa Cruz or San Andrés, because there are no shops up here. The booking is paid in full when you make it. You must give notice of your arrival time, between 14:00 and 18:00, and leave the room between 8:00 and 10:00. Pets are not allowed.

Getting there

By car, from Santa Cruz towards San Andrés, the El Bailadero roundabout and Taganana, the TF-12 and the TF-123 turn-off; parking is free. Without a car, TITSA buses 946 and 947 from the Santa Cruz interchange, or the 077 from La Laguna via Las Mercedes and Cruz del Carmen, which at weekends leaves at 10:00. From the door you can walk down to Taganana along the Azanos path, and by car you are ten minutes from La Ensillada, where El Pijaral begins.