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The national park, Parque Nacional del Teide, has for many years used its own method to mark a splendid network of routes, generally using metal plaques fixed to rocks. These plaques bear the word sendero followed by a number that can be checked against map-boards and route maps produced by the national park authority.

Maps

The Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), www.cnig.es, publishes maps of the Canary Islands at scales of 1:50,000 and 1:25,000. These are part of the Mapa Topográfico Nacional (MTN) series. To avoid disappointment, please check the style and quality of these maps before making a purchase, since they generally do not show the sort of details that walkers require.

On Tenerife, good maps suitable for exploring are rather limited. There is the excellent 1:25,000 ‘Teide Parque Nacional’ map, stretching well beyond the national park in the middle of the island. For complete coverage of Tenerife on one sheet, the next best map is the 1:50,000 Kompass map of Tenerife, and this is available in Britain with an Automobile Association cover, as the AA Island Series 11 – Tenerife. The evolving trail network does not yet feature on maps, though routes are usually outlined on map-boards around the island, from which details can be copied and transferred to other maps.