How to Get to Teide from Costa Adeje
From Costa Adeje to Teide: 52 km by road to the cable car, bus line 342 by way of Vilaflor, free parking at the base station, and when a tour with pickup saves you something.
Costa Adeje is 52 km by road from the Teide cable car, about 53 minutes without traffic by our routing. You can drive and park free at the base station, take TITSA bus line 342, which runs every day from Costa Adeje bus station by way of Los Cristianos and Vilaflor to the Parador, the cable car and El Portillo, or book a tour that collects you from your hotel. A tour earns its price when you have no car and want the cable car: Volcano Teide’s Tenerife: Mount Teide Tour with Cable Car Ticket & Transfer, from US$103 a person (checked November 2026), picks up across Costa Adeje, Las Américas and Los Cristianos and includes the cable car ticket.
Pick the option “Cable Car & Transfer from Costa Adeje, Americas & Cristianos”: 21 pickup locations and an 8:15 AM start on the dates we read, US$103.26 a person. Free cancellation runs until 24 hours before.
The three ways, side by side
| By car | By bus | By tour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting there | 52 km by road to the base station | TITSA line 342 from Costa Adeje bus station, every day | Pickup at your hotel or a nearby point |
| The cable car | Book a session on the cable car company’s site; free parking at the base station | Get off at the cable car stop and use a ticket you booked | Ticket included on Volcano Teide’s tour; not on the coach days |
| What you arrange | The car, the session, the timing | The bus times on the day, the session | Nothing beyond the booking |
| When it suits | You want your own pace and stops | You have no car and a free day | You have no car and want it all in one booking |
By car
The drive is 52 km to the base station, about 53 minutes without traffic by our routing, climbing from the coast into the park. From Playa de las Américas it is 49.6 km and from Los Cristianos 49.2 km, about the same time. The cable car company says parking at the base station is free. Its tickets are sold online for a set session, and it asks you to arrive 20 minutes before it.
One thing to plan for: the company notifies ticket holders at about 8:30 when the cable car cannot run, so if your session is early you may already be on the road when the message comes. If the delay reaches 90 minutes you can ask for a full refund of unused tickets (checked November 2026).
By bus
TITSA, the island’s bus company, runs line 342 every day on the route Costa Adeje bus station, Los Cristianos, Arona, La Escalona, Vilaflor, the Parador, Las Cañadas del Teide, El Portillo, with a stop at the cable car. Inside the park, TITSA points to line 341. We could not read the timetable or the fare, which TITSA’s site loads separately, so check both on its page the day before, and plan the day around the return bus.
By tour
A tour saves the driving and the planning, and the cable car tour also saves buying the ticket separately. Volcano Teide’s cable car tour is the one that includes the ride. The coach days from Costa Adeje, such as Atlántico Excursiones' day with Masca and its half day to the park, do not include the cable car and leave no time for it. Teide tours from south Tenerife compares every pickup from the south.
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Prices from the GetYourGuide listings, checked November 2026.
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From Costa Adeje to the Cable Car, Ticket Included
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