Which streets are closed?

The list has been published since 30 September 2026, as a noticia at /web/noticias-y-agenda/noticias and not as an aviso. The core: the Avenida Marítima between the Callejón Bouza and the Plaza del Cabildo plus a stretch of the Avenida Francisco La Roche, on Friday 2 October from 20:00 to 22:15 and on Saturday 3 October from 19:30 to 23:59. Street by street, it is in our report on the drone show.

How do I get home at night?

On the reinforced lines on 2 and 3 October: 905 extra at 20:25 and 22:10, 908 at 22:40, 23:45 and 01:00, 974 at 22:40, 00:00 and 01:15, and 122 and 232 between 22:15 and 01:15. Lines 910, 945, 946, 947, 921, 917 and 916 run through the Avenida Marítima tunnel, with the Plaza de España stop cancelled. Taxis are not bound by their rest day over the weekend.

What does parking cost — and which Mencey rate applies on the Sunday?

Santa Rosalía, one free hour on 3 and 4 October; Weyler, €9.95 for 24 hours, but only with app entry and automatic plate recognition switched on; Ramón y Cajal, €0.01 a minute with the Telpark app’s “entrada express”. At the Mencey the page gives two rates at once for 4 October — €0.60 an hour as the “primer domingo de cada mes” and €0.70 an hour as a weekend day — and does not say which applies.

When does Plenilunio start?

The release of 28 September 2026 and the traffic order of 30 September 2026 both say Friday 2 October; the release of 1 October 2026 writes “este viernes 3 de octubre” — a date that does not exist, because 3 October 2026 is a Saturday. Check on the day itself, on the council’s noticias page and at pleniluniosantacruz.com.

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Plenilunio: five bus lines reinforced, free bus only on Saturday until 16:30

The road-closure list this article was missing on 28 September has been published — since 30 September 2026, in the council’s news stream and not under Avisos. For getting there, that means this: the Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife is reinforcing five bus lines on 2 and 3 October and rerouting seven, and the Plaza de España stop is cancelled on both evenings. The free bus remains what it was: the City Sightseeing tour bus, only on Saturday 3 October from 09:30 to 16:30 and only for people resident on the island of Tenerife — and it stops three hours before the Avenida Marítima closes on the Saturday. At the Mencey car park two published tariffs contradict each other on this very Sunday, and the council’s release of 1 October gives an opening day that does not exist.

28 September 2026 · By Lucía Medina Reyes · updated 1 October 2026 · 6 Min. · Editorial responsibility: Matthias Camenzind, Editor-in-Chief

Plaza de España in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (illustrative)

Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0 (illustrative image).

Getting to Plenilunio 2026: what is actually published

The closure list has been published since 30 September: as a noticia at /web/noticias-y-agenda/noticias, never as an aviso — when we checked at 19:03 UTC on 1 October 2026 the Avisos page still read “No hay registros disponibles” (press release of the Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 30 September 2026).
Free bus on Saturday 3 October only, 09:30 to 16:30: the City Sightseeing tour bus, only with residency on the island of Tenerife, proved at stop 1 on the Plaza de España (press release of the Ayuntamiento, 25 September 2026, and pleniluniosantacruz.com/movilidad).
Five lines reinforced, seven rerouted: 905, 908, 974, 122 and 232 on 2 and 3 October; 910, 945, 946, 947, 921, 917 and 916 rerouted, with the Plaza de España stop cancelled (press release of the Ayuntamiento, 30 September 2026).
Parking banned from 08:00 on Thursday 1 October: Calle La Marina at the Alameda del Duque de Santa Elena, Valentín Sanz beside the Plaza del Príncipe and Villalba Hervás, until 23:59 on Sunday 4 October (same release).
Four car parks with special rates: Mencey from €0.50 an hour, Ramón y Cajal €0.01 a minute (€0.60 an hour), Weyler €9.95 for 24 hours, Santa Rosalía one free hour on 3 and 4 October (pleniluniosantacruz.com/movilidad, retrieved 1 October 2026).
Mencey, a fourth tariff: “primer domingo de cada mes” €0.60 an hour against “fin de semana: sábado y domingo” €0.70 an hour, both for the first eight hours and €1.55 an hour after that — 4 October is both, and the page does not say which applies (same page).

The closure list is out — as a news item, not as an aviso

When this article was published on 28 September 2026, not a single closure had been issued for Plenilunio. That is out of date. The Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife published its traffic order on 30 September 2026 under the heading “Santa Cruz reorganiza el tráfico con motivo de la celebración de Plenilunio”, and a second release on the programme followed on 1 October 2026. Both sit at /web/noticias-y-agenda/noticias. The order never appeared as an aviso: the official section meant for exactly this — “Cortes programados de tráfico, de suministros, incidencias, otros, etc” at /web/noticias-y-agenda/avisos — still read “No hay registros disponibles” when we checked at 19:03 UTC on 1 October 2026. Santa Cruz publishes traffic restrictions as news, not as avisos. An empty Avisos page is therefore no evidence that nothing has been ordered — and that is precisely what made our own reporting of 28 September look right and leave it incomplete.

In short: the Avenida Marítima is closed between the Callejón Bouza and the Plaza del Cabildo, together with a stretch of the Avenida Francisco La Roche — on Friday 2 October from 20:00 to 22:15 and on Saturday 3 October from 19:30 to 23:59. Traffic off the Avenida Francisco La Roche is sent through the Vía Litoral tunnel, the Plaza de España car park can be reached only from the north, and turning right into the Avenida Marítima is banned from the Calle La Marina and from the Avenida Bravo Murillo. The whole reorganisation runs from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 October. Street by street, it is set out in our report on the drone show and the closures. This piece stays with the bus, the parking and the question of how to get in and back out again at night.

The free bus is a sightseeing bus — Saturday only, residents only

The wording from the Sociedad de Desarrollo, the city’s development company, is unambiguous: “City Sightseeing ofrecerá el servicio de bus turístico a las personas residentes en Tenerife de manera gratuita el sábado 3 de octubre.” This is the sightseeing tour bus, not the municipal guagua, not TITSA and not the tram. It is free on Saturday 3 October from 09:30 to 16:30, and residency must be proved at stop 1 on the Plaza de España with a DNI, an NIE, a certificado de empadronamiento or a valid travel document. The organiser’s mobility page adds two points: what counts is residency on the island of Tenerife, not in the Canaries as a whole, and City Sightseeing is running the offer voluntarily. It does not apply on the Friday with the drones, nor on the Sunday. Holidaymakers pay the normal fare.

The timing is what matters for planning: the free bus stops at 16:30 — three hours before the Avenida Marítima closes at 19:30 on the Saturday. So it takes nobody to the evening programme and nobody home at night. And stop 1 is on the Plaza de España, exactly the stop that is cancelled for the seven rerouted city lines on the Friday evening and the Saturday evening. If you are coming in the evening, you need the reinforced lines, a taxi or a parking space.

Five lines reinforced, seven rerouted — and the times are now in the text

On 2 and 3 October the council is adding services on lines 905, 908, 974, 122 and 232. Line 905 (Muelle Norte–Ofra) runs extra at 20:25 and 22:10, line 908 (Intercambiador–Ofra–Juan XXIII–Intercambiador) at 22:40, 23:45 and 01:00, and line 974 (Intercambiador–Taco–Añaza–Santa María del Mar) at 22:40, 00:00 and 01:15. Lines 122 (Intercambiador–Caletillas–Candelaria) and 232 (Intercambiador–Taco–El Cardonal–La Gallega) get extra runs within their normal timetable between 22:15 and 01:15. These times have been in the text of the council release since 30 September 2026. They could not be cross-checked with the operator on 1 October 2026: titsa.com/index.php/ultima-hora answered HTTP 404. Every bus figure in this article therefore comes from the council release, not from TITSA.

Rerouted on Friday 2 October from 20:00 to 22:15 and on Saturday 3 October from 19:30 to 23:59 are lines 910, 945, 946, 947, 921, 917 and 916. The Plaza de España stop is cancelled; buses run from the Avenida Francisco La Roche through the Avenida Marítima tunnel and come out near the Hacienda building. For taxis, the rest-day rota is lifted for the festival weekend — on the organiser’s mobility page, drivers are not bound by their “día de parada”. In addition the rank in the Calle Doctor José Naveiras by the Hotel Taburiente stays open longer from midnight on the Saturday into the Sunday, and the rank in the Calle Prolongación Ramón y Cajal opens at 14:00 on the Saturday and stays open until the event ends. Nobody has published any extra tram services or a free TITSA fare for Plenilunio 2026.

Parking: bans from Thursday, four special rates — and a clash on the Sunday

The parking bans start before the festival does. From 08:00 on Thursday 1 October until 23:59 on Sunday 4 October, parking is banned in three streets: the Calle La Marina at the Alameda del Duque de Santa Elena, the Calle Valentín Sanz beside the Plaza del Príncipe and the Calle Villalba Hervás. Everything else is added only on the Friday: the Avenida Francisco La Roche opposite number 5 from 08:00 until 07:00 on the Sunday; from 08:00 on Friday to 23:59 on Sunday the Calle La Marina between the Plaza de España and the Plaza de la Candelaria, the Avenida Marítima opposite the Alameda, the Calle Imeldo Serís at the Plaza Víctimas del Terrorismo and the Calle José María de Villa at the main gate of the San Rafael y San Roque cemetery; from 15:00 on Friday the Calle Numancia and the Calle Doctor José Naveiras; and on the Saturday from 07:00 to 16:00 the Calle Comandante Sánchez Pinto.

Four car parks have published special rates. Santa Rosalía gives one free hour on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October. Weyler charges €9.95 for 24 hours — but only if you enter through the “Aparcados” app with automatic plate recognition switched on; leave the option off, or take a ticket at the barrier, and you pay the standard rate. Ramón y Cajal costs €0.01 a minute, that is €0.60 an hour, using the Telpark app’s “entrada express”, from 18:00 on Friday to 23:59 on Sunday. At the Mencey, run by Sinpromi at Calle Doctor José Naveiras 42, four lines sit one under the other: Thursdays and Fridays at night from 20:00 to 03:00, €0.50 an hour; “primer domingo de cada mes”, €0.60 an hour for the first eight hours; “fin de semana: sábado y domingo”, €0.70 an hour for the first eight hours; and beyond eight hours, €1.55 an hour. 4 October is the first Sunday of the month and a weekend day. Which of the two rates then applies, the page does not say. The council release of 25 September 2026, incidentally, gives the €0.50 night rate for the Friday only, while the organiser’s page gives it for Thursday and Friday — that too is left unreconciled.

The council dates its own festival opening to a day that does not exist

The release of 1 October 2026 states that the 18th edition of Plenilunio Santa Cruz “arranca este viernes 3 de octubre”. That day does not exist: 3 October 2026 is a Saturday, and Friday is the 2nd. Which of the two it meant, the release does not say, and we do not assert it.

The evidence points to Friday 2 October. The same council’s release of 28 September 2026 said “este viernes 2 de octubre”. The traffic order of 30 September 2026 sets the closure for Friday 2 October from 20:00 to 22:15 and justifies it expressly by the “espectáculo de drones Night Show”. All three texts were still live, unchanged, on www.santacruzdetenerife.es at 19:03 UTC on 1 October 2026. For travel, that means this: if you are coming for the drones, check the opening day on the day itself, on the council’s noticias page and at pleniluniosantacruz.com. The closure windows and the extra buses are not affected — they are ordered with dates and times attached.

Practical: for the Friday evening, use the reinforced lines — the 905 at 20:25 and 22:10 to get in, and the 908 at 22:40, 23:45 and 01:00 or the 974 at 22:40, 00:00 and 01:15 to get back. By car, the Mencey is cheapest on the Friday from 20:00 at €0.50 an hour; the Plaza de España car park stays open, but only from the north. The free City Sightseeing bus runs only on the Saturday from 09:30 to 16:30, in daylight. And when looking things up: always use www.santacruzdetenerife.es with the “www”, and search under Noticias, not under Avisos.

Careful: the free bus is not a city bus. It is the City Sightseeing tour bus, free only on Saturday 3 October from 09:30 to 16:30 and only for people resident on the island of Tenerife, proved at stop 1 on the Plaza de España with a DNI, an NIE, a certificado de empadronamiento or a valid travel document. It does not run in the evening or at night. No free fare has been published for TITSA or the tram for Plenilunio 2026, and titsa.com/index.php/ultima-hora answered HTTP 404 on 1 October 2026 — the bus figures are in the council release of 30 September 2026.

FAQ

Is the bus really free?: Only the City Sightseeing tour bus, only on Saturday 3 October from 09:30 to 16:30 and only with residency on the island of Tenerife, proved at stop 1 on the Plaza de España with a DNI, an NIE, a certificado de empadronamiento or a valid travel document. Everyone else pays the normal fare (council release of 25 September 2026).
Which streets are closed?: The list has been published since 30 September 2026, as a noticia at /web/noticias-y-agenda/noticias and not as an aviso. The core: the Avenida Marítima between the Callejón Bouza and the Plaza del Cabildo plus a stretch of the Avenida Francisco La Roche, on Friday 2 October from 20:00 to 22:15 and on Saturday 3 October from 19:30 to 23:59. Street by street, it is in our report on the drone show.
How do I get home at night?: On the reinforced lines on 2 and 3 October: 905 extra at 20:25 and 22:10, 908 at 22:40, 23:45 and 01:00, 974 at 22:40, 00:00 and 01:15, and 122 and 232 between 22:15 and 01:15. Lines 910, 945, 946, 947, 921, 917 and 916 run through the Avenida Marítima tunnel, with the Plaza de España stop cancelled. Taxis are not bound by their rest day over the weekend.
What does parking cost — and which Mencey rate applies on the Sunday?: Santa Rosalía, one free hour on 3 and 4 October; Weyler, €9.95 for 24 hours, but only with app entry and automatic plate recognition switched on; Ramón y Cajal, €0.01 a minute with the Telpark app’s “entrada express”. At the Mencey the page gives two rates at once for 4 October — €0.60 an hour as the “primer domingo de cada mes” and €0.70 an hour as a weekend day — and does not say which applies.
When does Plenilunio start?: The release of 28 September 2026 and the traffic order of 30 September 2026 both say Friday 2 October; the release of 1 October 2026 writes “este viernes 3 de octubre” — a date that does not exist, because 3 October 2026 is a Saturday. Check on the day itself, on the council’s noticias page and at pleniluniosantacruz.com.

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Correction, 1 October 2026: An earlier version of this article, published on 28 September 2026, reported that four days before Plenilunio opened the road-closure list was missing; the headline, the lead and the fact box spoke of “no closure list”. That is out of date. The Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife published its traffic order on 30 September 2026 in its news stream (“Santa Cruz reorganiza el tráfico con motivo de la celebración de Plenilunio”), and a second release followed on 1 October 2026. It never appeared as an aviso: the city’s Avisos page still read “No hay registros disponibles” at 19:03 UTC on 1 October 2026. The headline, the lead, the fact box, every section and the FAQ now give the published closure windows, parking bans and bus changes; street by street, the closures are in our report on the drone show, to which this article links. Added: the departure times of the reinforced lines 905, 908, 974, 122 and 232, the seven rerouted lines with the Plaza de España stop cancelled, the taxi arrangements, the fourth Mencey tariff (“primer domingo de cada mes” €0.60 against “fin de semana” €0.70, 4 October being both, and €1.55 beyond eight hours), and the fact that the release of 1 October 2026 gives the opening day as “este viernes 3 de octubre” although 3 October 2026 is a Saturday. Corrected: the Mencey night rate of €0.50 an hour applies on Thursdays and Fridays according to the organiser’s mobility page, while the council release of 25 September 2026 gives the Friday only; the Santa Rosalía free hour applies on 3 and 4 October; and the Weyler offer requires automatic plate recognition to be switched on. Removed: the statement that no extra services had been published for TITSA or the tram as of 28 September — the reinforcement has been ordered since 30 September — and the wording that taxis ran “without restrictions” at the weekend; what is correct is that their rest day is lifted and two ranks have extended hours. The address of this article is unchanged.