Centro de Visitantes El Portillo

About the museum

The El Portillo Visitor Centre is a discreet building, integrated into the landscape of Las Cañadas, at the eastern entrance to Teide National Park. Its exhibition explains the relationship between the park's living things and their physical environment: its geological history, how the landscape was formed, how plants and animals have adapted to the environment, and the characteristics of the climate at high altitude.

The centre has a screening room for 74 people, where an audiovisual about the park is shown on a continuous loop, and a video room with information about almost all the national parks in the network. The museum's resources include a recreation of the inside of a volcanic tube, interactive elements, backlit panels and a shop selling publications.

In 1986 the idea arose of interpreting the flora of Las Cañadas next to the centre, and so the Botanical Garden was created. It covers 2 hectares, where nursery-raised specimens have been planted to blend in with the existing vegetation. It displays species from the high mountains of the Canaries, many of them endemic to Tenerife. A 1,075 m trail runs through the garden, with capacity for 140 people, and about 500 m of it are adapted for people with reduced mobility.

Highlights

• Exhibition on the geology, flora and fauna of Teide National Park
• Recreation of the inside of a volcanic tube
• Screening room with a continuous audiovisual about the park
• 2-hectare Botanical Garden with a 1,075 m trail
• Free admission

Permanent exhibition

• Exposición del Centro de Visitantes El Portillo – Interpretation of the geology, flora, fauna and climate of Teide National Park, with panels, interactive elements and a recreation of a volcanic tube.

Operated by

Parque Nacional del Teide (Red de Parques Nacionales)

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission to the centre, the adjoining botanical garden and the free guided walks along the trail is free of charge.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

About 500 m of the botanical garden trail are adapted for people with reduced mobility.

Kids & families

• Hands-on stations

The exhibition includes interactive elements and a recreation of a volcanic tube.

Getting there & parking

Located next to the TF-21 road (La Orotava – Granadilla), at kilometre marker 32.1.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Shop with publications and small handicraft items.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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