# Two nights at the summit of Gran Canaria from Las Palmas: stars, the Roque Nublo at dawn and a spa An hour from Las Palmas: the Bentayga and a night of telescopes, the Roque Nublo before anyone arrives, the Pico de las Nieves, a spa with views and, on Monday, the guided climb from La Culata. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/canary-islands/tejeda-and-roque-nublo/itineraries/two-nights-stars-and-spa-tejeda-from-las-palmas · Revisado: 2026-11-13 Dónde: Tejeda and Roque Nublo The summit around Tejeda can be seen in a day from Las Palmas, but the best happens when everyone else has gone: the night sky over the Llanos de la Pez, the Roque Nublo first thing, with no booking and almost empty, and the caldera at sunset from a swimming pool. An hour from home, two nights change the plan completely. ## How to get there? By car along the GC-15, close to an hour to Cruz de Tejeda or Tejeda village. You need the car: stargazing is at night and there are no buses at the summit at that hour. Without a car, Global lines 303 and 305 reach Cruz de Tejeda and Tejeda, but they only give you the village and the Roque Nublo. ## What do you pay for and what is free? WhatPriceTime Stargazing with AstroEducaFrom €102 h Parador spa circuit€40; €35 for guests1 h 30 Guided route from La Culata, with Senda EcowayFrom €49Half a day Roque Nublo, Bentayga, Pico de las Nieves, Cruz de TejedaFreeA day ## Where to sleep In the village, the Fonda de La Tea: 11 rooms in a 19th-century house, with breakfast included and a terrace facing the rocks. In Cruz de Tejeda, the Parador, with its spa on site and free parking, or the Hotel Rural El Refugio, adults only, with dogs allowed and dinner in the same building. ## And if you change Monday Outside the guided route's season, or if you do not fancy another climb, sleep on Sunday and head back on Monday morning via Cruz de Tejeda and San Mateo, without rushing. The Tejeda museums close on Mondays, and so does the Bentayga. ## El plan ### Saturday · 10:00 · Cruz de Tejeda You arrive via the GC-15 at the stone cross, with the almond sweet stalls open in the morning and the caldera in front of you. ### Saturday · 11:30 · Roque Bentayga The interpretation centre, free, and the short trail to the almogarén of the ancient Canarians. Last admission at 16:00. ### Saturday · 14:00 · Lunch in Tejeda and the afternoon in the village Leave your bags at the Fonda de La Tea, in the old town, or at Cruz de Tejeda. Stroll around the village and visit one of its museums. ### Saturday · 18:30 · Early dinner at Tajinaste The dining room of Hotel Rural El Refugio, in Cruz de Tejeda, opens at 18:30 in winter. Book ahead. ### Saturday · 19:30 · Stars at the Llanos de la Pez Two hours with the AstroEduca astronomers and their telescopes. Wrap up warmer than you think. ### Sunday · 7:30 · The Roque Nublo before the crowds From Cruz de los Llanos, on foot, to enter via La Goleta before 9:00, when no booking is needed. Up at the top, the Tablón all to yourself. ### Sunday · 11:00 · Pico de las Nieves The viewpoint at the roof of the island, by car, with the Degollada de Becerra on the way. ### Sunday · 13:30 · Lunch at La Casa de la Almendra Open on Sunday from 11:00. Tejeda cheese, stone-grilled meat and almond dessert. ### Sunday · 17:00 · Parador spa The 90-minute circuit with the outdoor pool looking over the caldera, at sunset time. Book a slot. ### Monday · 9:00 · Guided route from La Culata From October to May, Senda Ecoway climbs the Roque Nublo from the bottom of the caldera: 8 km and 350 m of ascent. Back to Las Palmas after lunch. ## Un consejo más Book the three things that fill up beforehand: the night of stars, the spa slot and the table at Tajinaste. ## Cuándo no ir Nights with no date on the AstroEduca calendar: the stargazing does not run every day. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How long does it take from Las Palmas to Tejeda? Close to an hour by car along the GC-15. ### Do I need to book anything? The stargazing, the spa slot, dinner at Tajinaste and, if you climb the Roque Nublo after 9:00, access. ### Is it worth sleeping up there? Yes: you see the night sky, enter the Roque Nublo before anyone arrives and do not drive the GC-15 at night. ### Can I go with a dog? Yes, sleeping at El Refugio or at the Parador, which accept dogs with conditions. ## Dónde dormir if you're driving - **Hotel Rural Fonda de La Tea**: An inn in the middle of the village The Fonda de La Tea is a rural hotel of 11 rooms spread over four floors, in a refurbished 19th-century house in the heart of Tejeda, within the Nublo Rural Park. According to its website, botanists, artists, novelists and poets passed through it. It has an inner patio with wooden balconies, a lounge with a fireplace for the cold nights on the ridge and a terrace from which you see the Roque Nublo, the Roque Bentayga, the Roque Nariz and the Mesa de Acusa. In 2025 it received the ASETUR award for the best rural hotel in Spain. The rooms They have air conditioning, satellite television, minibar, safe, hairdryer and free internet. The buffet breakfast is included in the price. There is a lift, a relaxation area with showers and hammocks, and massages by booking. Dinners are served at the Cueva de La Tea restaurant, Canarian cooking, in the same village. The house also manages apartments and country houses in Tejeda, such as La Casa de la Esquina, opposite the church. Getting there and getting around By car, from Las Palmas, nearly an hour along the GC-15 and Cruz de Tejeda. The hotel has free covered public parking. Without a car, bus 305 from San Mateo reaches the Tejeda station, a few steps away, and line 18 leaves from there for the Roque Nublo. The inn organises walks with or without a guide, bicycle hire and airport transfers with advance booking. For a summer swim there is the municipal pool. Who it is for For anyone who wants to sleep inside the village, dine and breakfast without taking the car and set off walking from the door. If you are travelling with a dog, the website does not mention it: ask before booking. - **Hotel Rural El Refugio**: A refuge at the crossroads El Refugio is an adults-only rural hotel at Cruz de Tejeda, ten metres from the GC-15 along the GC-150, surrounded by garden and by the royal roads that leave the cross for the whole island. Its motto is "centre of all roads": from the door you have routes to Tejeda, Artenara, the Roque Nublo or the ridge. It has lounges, large terraces and a seasonal pool, from June to September, which the website now announces as heated. The rooms Doubles with a double bed or two beds, superior doubles with more space, a sofa, fridge and coffee maker, a suite with its own entrance on the ground floor and a kitchen, and attic rooms also intended for groups or walkers on the Camino de Santiago of Gran Canaria. All have free wifi, television, heating, a ceiling fan and a private bathroom. Check-in is from 14:00 to 17:00 at reception; later, online. Check-out is at 11:00. Eating Breakfast and dinner are served in the Tajinaste del Refugio dining room, also open to the public. At midday there is no service, only 24-hour food and drink machines; for lunch, go down to Tejeda. With a dog It presents itself as a dog-friendly hotel: it admits dogs on request, at €10 per night, and limits how many stay at the same time. Cats and other animals are not admitted. Getting there From Las Palmas, take the GC-15 to km 24.5, at Cruz de Tejeda; you turn left onto the GC-150. Bus 305 has a stop at Cruz de Tejeda. The hotel offers private transfers. - **Parador de Cruz de Tejeda**: Sleeping above the clouds The Parador is at Cruz de Tejeda, at 1,560 metres, between the Nublo Rural Park and the Cumbres Protected Landscape, 34 km from Las Palmas along the GC-15 and San Mateo. From its terraces you see the landscape of Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountain Places, a World Heritage Site since 2019: the Tejeda caldera with the Roque Nublo and the Bentayga. On many afternoons the sea of clouds stays below. Rooms and spa It has standard and superior doubles, junior suites and adapted rooms. Among its services: free wifi, free outdoor parking, charging for electric cars, gym, garden, restaurant and room service. The spa is what sets it apart: a 90-minute circuit with an outdoor pool facing the caldera, sauna, Turkish bath and hydromassage pool; €35 for guests. Paradores has discounts for Canarian residents. Eating The restaurant serves regional Canarian cooking: watercress potaje, papas arrugadas with their mojos, baifo (kid) and fish from the island's coast. It is convenient for dining without moving after a day on the ridge. With a pet The Parador admits pets, with conditions that are worth checking before booking. Getting there By car, about 50 minutes from Las Palmas along the GC-15. Without a car, bus 303 to San Mateo and 305 to the Cruz de Tejeda stop, at the door. A few steps away are the stone cross, the sweet stalls and the Hotel Rural El Refugio. ## Dónde dormir without a car - **Hotel Rural Fonda de La Tea**: An inn in the middle of the village The Fonda de La Tea is a rural hotel of 11 rooms spread over four floors, in a refurbished 19th-century house in the heart of Tejeda, within the Nublo Rural Park. According to its website, botanists, artists, novelists and poets passed through it. It has an inner patio with wooden balconies, a lounge with a fireplace for the cold nights on the ridge and a terrace from which you see the Roque Nublo, the Roque Bentayga, the Roque Nariz and the Mesa de Acusa. In 2025 it received the ASETUR award for the best rural hotel in Spain. The rooms They have air conditioning, satellite television, minibar, safe, hairdryer and free internet. The buffet breakfast is included in the price. There is a lift, a relaxation area with showers and hammocks, and massages by booking. Dinners are served at the Cueva de La Tea restaurant, Canarian cooking, in the same village. The house also manages apartments and country houses in Tejeda, such as La Casa de la Esquina, opposite the church. Getting there and getting around By car, from Las Palmas, nearly an hour along the GC-15 and Cruz de Tejeda. The hotel has free covered public parking. Without a car, bus 305 from San Mateo reaches the Tejeda station, a few steps away, and line 18 leaves from there for the Roque Nublo. The inn organises walks with or without a guide, bicycle hire and airport transfers with advance booking. For a summer swim there is the municipal pool. Who it is for For anyone who wants to sleep inside the village, dine and breakfast without taking the car and set off walking from the door. If you are travelling with a dog, the website does not mention it: ask before booking. - **Hotel Rural El Refugio**: A refuge at the crossroads El Refugio is an adults-only rural hotel at Cruz de Tejeda, ten metres from the GC-15 along the GC-150, surrounded by garden and by the royal roads that leave the cross for the whole island. Its motto is "centre of all roads": from the door you have routes to Tejeda, Artenara, the Roque Nublo or the ridge. It has lounges, large terraces and a seasonal pool, from June to September, which the website now announces as heated. The rooms Doubles with a double bed or two beds, superior doubles with more space, a sofa, fridge and coffee maker, a suite with its own entrance on the ground floor and a kitchen, and attic rooms also intended for groups or walkers on the Camino de Santiago of Gran Canaria. All have free wifi, television, heating, a ceiling fan and a private bathroom. Check-in is from 14:00 to 17:00 at reception; later, online. Check-out is at 11:00. Eating Breakfast and dinner are served in the Tajinaste del Refugio dining room, also open to the public. At midday there is no service, only 24-hour food and drink machines; for lunch, go down to Tejeda. With a dog It presents itself as a dog-friendly hotel: it admits dogs on request, at €10 per night, and limits how many stay at the same time. Cats and other animals are not admitted. Getting there From Las Palmas, take the GC-15 to km 24.5, at Cruz de Tejeda; you turn left onto the GC-150. Bus 305 has a stop at Cruz de Tejeda. The hotel offers private transfers. - **Parador de Cruz de Tejeda**: Sleeping above the clouds The Parador is at Cruz de Tejeda, at 1,560 metres, between the Nublo Rural Park and the Cumbres Protected Landscape, 34 km from Las Palmas along the GC-15 and San Mateo. From its terraces you see the landscape of Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountain Places, a World Heritage Site since 2019: the Tejeda caldera with the Roque Nublo and the Bentayga. On many afternoons the sea of clouds stays below. Rooms and spa It has standard and superior doubles, junior suites and adapted rooms. Among its services: free wifi, free outdoor parking, charging for electric cars, gym, garden, restaurant and room service. The spa is what sets it apart: a 90-minute circuit with an outdoor pool facing the caldera, sauna, Turkish bath and hydromassage pool; €35 for guests. Paradores has discounts for Canarian residents. Eating The restaurant serves regional Canarian cooking: watercress potaje, papas arrugadas with their mojos, baifo (kid) and fish from the island's coast. It is convenient for dining without moving after a day on the ridge. With a pet The Parador admits pets, with conditions that are worth checking before booking. Getting there By car, about 50 minutes from Las Palmas along the GC-15. Without a car, bus 303 to San Mateo and 305 to the Cruz de Tejeda stop, at the door. A few steps away are the stone cross, the sweet stalls and the Hotel Rural El Refugio. ## Dónde dormir if you're flying - **Hotel Rural Fonda de La Tea**: An inn in the middle of the village The Fonda de La Tea is a rural hotel of 11 rooms spread over four floors, in a refurbished 19th-century house in the heart of Tejeda, within the Nublo Rural Park. According to its website, botanists, artists, novelists and poets passed through it. It has an inner patio with wooden balconies, a lounge with a fireplace for the cold nights on the ridge and a terrace from which you see the Roque Nublo, the Roque Bentayga, the Roque Nariz and the Mesa de Acusa. In 2025 it received the ASETUR award for the best rural hotel in Spain. The rooms They have air conditioning, satellite television, minibar, safe, hairdryer and free internet. The buffet breakfast is included in the price. There is a lift, a relaxation area with showers and hammocks, and massages by booking. Dinners are served at the Cueva de La Tea restaurant, Canarian cooking, in the same village. The house also manages apartments and country houses in Tejeda, such as La Casa de la Esquina, opposite the church. Getting there and getting around By car, from Las Palmas, nearly an hour along the GC-15 and Cruz de Tejeda. The hotel has free covered public parking. Without a car, bus 305 from San Mateo reaches the Tejeda station, a few steps away, and line 18 leaves from there for the Roque Nublo. The inn organises walks with or without a guide, bicycle hire and airport transfers with advance booking. For a summer swim there is the municipal pool. Who it is for For anyone who wants to sleep inside the village, dine and breakfast without taking the car and set off walking from the door. If you are travelling with a dog, the website does not mention it: ask before booking. - **Hotel Rural El Refugio**: A refuge at the crossroads El Refugio is an adults-only rural hotel at Cruz de Tejeda, ten metres from the GC-15 along the GC-150, surrounded by garden and by the royal roads that leave the cross for the whole island. Its motto is "centre of all roads": from the door you have routes to Tejeda, Artenara, the Roque Nublo or the ridge. It has lounges, large terraces and a seasonal pool, from June to September, which the website now announces as heated. The rooms Doubles with a double bed or two beds, superior doubles with more space, a sofa, fridge and coffee maker, a suite with its own entrance on the ground floor and a kitchen, and attic rooms also intended for groups or walkers on the Camino de Santiago of Gran Canaria. All have free wifi, television, heating, a ceiling fan and a private bathroom. Check-in is from 14:00 to 17:00 at reception; later, online. Check-out is at 11:00. Eating Breakfast and dinner are served in the Tajinaste del Refugio dining room, also open to the public. At midday there is no service, only 24-hour food and drink machines; for lunch, go down to Tejeda. With a dog It presents itself as a dog-friendly hotel: it admits dogs on request, at €10 per night, and limits how many stay at the same time. Cats and other animals are not admitted. Getting there From Las Palmas, take the GC-15 to km 24.5, at Cruz de Tejeda; you turn left onto the GC-150. Bus 305 has a stop at Cruz de Tejeda. The hotel offers private transfers. - **Parador de Cruz de Tejeda**: Sleeping above the clouds The Parador is at Cruz de Tejeda, at 1,560 metres, between the Nublo Rural Park and the Cumbres Protected Landscape, 34 km from Las Palmas along the GC-15 and San Mateo. From its terraces you see the landscape of Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountain Places, a World Heritage Site since 2019: the Tejeda caldera with the Roque Nublo and the Bentayga. On many afternoons the sea of clouds stays below. Rooms and spa It has standard and superior doubles, junior suites and adapted rooms. Among its services: free wifi, free outdoor parking, charging for electric cars, gym, garden, restaurant and room service. The spa is what sets it apart: a 90-minute circuit with an outdoor pool facing the caldera, sauna, Turkish bath and hydromassage pool; €35 for guests. Paradores has discounts for Canarian residents. Eating The restaurant serves regional Canarian cooking: watercress potaje, papas arrugadas with their mojos, baifo (kid) and fish from the island's coast. It is convenient for dining without moving after a day on the ridge. With a pet The Parador admits pets, with conditions that are worth checking before booking. Getting there By car, about 50 minutes from Las Palmas along the GC-15. Without a car, bus 303 to San Mateo and 305 to the Cruz de Tejeda stop, at the door. A few steps away are the stone cross, the sweet stalls and the Hotel Rural El Refugio.