The Teide Summit Permit: Who Pays, and How Much
The Teide summit permit is not free for most visitors: EUR 15 for non-residents in the 9:00 to 17:00 slots since 19 January 2026, booked on Tenerife ON. The rules, dated.
You need a permit to walk the last stretch to Teide’s summit, trail PNT 10 Telesforo Bravo above the cable car’s upper station, and since 19 January 2026 it has not been free for most visitors. Tenerife ON, the Cabildo de Tenerife’s trails site where the permit is booked, charges EUR 15 for the slots between 9:00 and 17:00 unless you live in the Canary Islands (checked November 2026). The cable car company’s own page still describes the permit as free of charge; the Cabildo’s page is the one that sets the fee.
What it costs
| Who | Fee for the 9:00 to 17:00 slots |
|---|---|
| Residents of Tenerife | EUR 0 |
| Children under 14 | EUR 0 (the Spanish page and another section of the site say under 16) |
| Residents of the other Canary Islands | EUR 6 |
| Everyone else | EUR 15 |
Tenerife ON, page for PNT 10 Telesforo Bravo, and its news item on the fees from Monday 19 January 2026; read November 2026.
The 9:00 to 17:00 slots are the ones that line up with the cable car’s hours. We did not verify how far ahead bookings open, the daily quota or the slots outside those hours; Tenerife ON shows them when you book.
The rules that come with it
- One booking per person every 15 days, with none in the 7 days before or after a date you hold.
- The permit is valid only for the day and slot on it, “whether or not the cable car is operating that day”.
- It does not cover the cable car ride, or the walk up to the start of the trail.
- PNT 10 is a high-mountain trail and set equipment is compulsory. With snow or ice, crampons and an ice axe are added, and you must declare your mountaineering experience.
Winter conditions
On 10 November 2026 Tenerife ON carried a notice of restricted access to the Teide trails because of ice and snow, PNT 10 among them, with a declaration of responsibility and safety requirements obligatory. The cable car company says that when ice or snow close the trails from the upper station, you can go no further than the La Rambleta viewpoint, and a cable car ticket is not refunded because the trails are shut. A Teide tour in winter has the rest of what winter does to the day.
Time at the top with the cable car
The cable car company limits a stay at the upper station to one hour, or up to two hours with a permit for the crater trail when it is open. If you walk up instead of riding, it sells a descent-only ticket at EUR 23 for the ride down (checked November 2026).
Guided ascents
A guide does not remove the permit; the listings below either include it or tell you how to get it. They are linked as text, not as a recommendation.
| Ascent | How it goes | Permit and cable car | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natura Xtreme Tenerife's guided ascent to Teide Peak | 4 hours: the cable car up, then about an hour on trail 10 to the summit with a guide, and back down by cable car | Not in the price: bought through the operator’s link 72 hours before | US$152 |
| Tenerife: Guided Hike to the Peak of Mount Teide (Sana Senda) | 10 km on foot from the car park near the cable car, 1,500 m of climbing, normally 5 to 6 hours to the summit, in a group of up to 8 | Permit included; the cable car down is not, and if it is not running the group walks down, 20 km in all | US$212 |
From the GetYourGuide listings, November 2026.
A night hike to the summit includes the permits and a sunrise from 3,200 m; the transfer from the south and the cable car down cost extra. Its seller is 10X. Tenerife eXperience. Hiking Adventure. Both GetYourGuide ascents exclude people with heart problems and pregnant women, and Natura Xtreme’s is not for anyone over 70 or over 110 kg.
If the summit is not the point
The cable car alone reaches 3,555 m and the trails to the Pico Viejo and La Fortaleza viewpoints from the upper station; Teide cable car tickets covers buying it. A coach tour that crosses the park needs neither a permit nor the cable car.
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