What applies at Pico del Inglés at the moment?

Visitors to Pico del Inglés pay nothing and need no booking on 7 November 2026. That follows from the plans of the Cabildo de Tenerife so far, which remain a draft.

The viewpoint lies at about 1,000 metres in the Parque Rural de Anaga, in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The TF-114 road climbs to it and rejoins the TF-12 after about a kilometre.

Traffic is the real problem: on 3 September the residents' group Unidos por Anaga showed cars in three rows and many pedestrians in the middle of the road. Visitors must still expect jams, and no new rules apply to them yet.

That includes guests from the southern resorts. According to the reports, there is no official visitor advice for Pico del Inglés.

What does the Cabildo plan for visitors?

A shuttle bus is the first measure, said Eulalia García, the island councillor for mobility. It is due to run from Las Canteras in La Laguna to Cruz del Carmen and Pico del Inglés before the end of the year.

A park-and-ride car park will come with it, where visitors leave their cars outside the park. Titsa will run the bus, residents ride free, and the Cabildo named no fare.

The shuttle is to be tied to advance registration for the trails from Cruz del Carmen, similar to the Masca model of booking plus a compulsory shuttle. García stressed that it is “not an eco-tax as such”.

In the longer term the Cabildo is considering blue and green parking zones and on-demand transport. This ride-on-request service is estimated to start in the first half of 2027, if the tenders allow.

What has La Laguna council decided?

La Laguna town council voted unanimously on 8 April 2026 for a motion by Drago Verdes Canarias. It restates decisions from May 2025.

The motion urges the Cabildo and the Canary government to limit hire cars, VTC private-hire cars, and quad and buggy tours in Anaga. It also calls for a daily cap on vehicles, but no figure is known.

Councillor Domingo Galván said the town hall is not responsible for the island road. It belongs to the Cabildo and the Canary government.

The municipal company Muvisa takes over management of the car park at Cruz del Carmen. It is examining a discount for short-stay parkers, plus green and blue zones and parking sensors.

Carmen Peña of Drago Verdes said the council had passed such a motion for the second time, “but we still see no progress”. The car rental trade admits an overcrowding problem and is open to solutions by consensus, while residents say nobody asked them.

Who lives at Pico del Inglés, and what about the building?

Two inhabited houses, numbers 62 and 63, stand at the entrance to the viewpoint, as a report of 7 November describes. A chain keeps drivers off the plot, and signs point to private property and a dangerous dog.

Further down the path, behind a metal fence, stands a derelict building where, according to the report, one person lives with a dog. The Cabildo had announced its demolition, but the house still stands, and whether the person lives there legally is unknown.

The name Pico del Inglés goes back to a foreigner who fell to their death there. The peak was originally called Pico de las Aguilillas.

According to Hispanopedia, a copy of Spanish Wikipedia, the man was Austrian. The source gives no date.

Hikers use the name Fairy Tunnel (Túnel de las hadas) for a sunken lane with moss-covered walls. No history or dates for it could be found.

What can visitors do in practice now?

Take the bus if you can, because the Cabildo explicitly relies on public transport. Titsa line 273 runs from La Laguna via Las Canteras to Cruz del Carmen, but current timetables are unconfirmed, so check them with Titsa.

The car park at Pico del Inglés is small. Bird and hiking sites advise arriving before 09:00, though these are not official recommendations.

In August Unidos por Anaga reported long queues at Cruz del Carmen that grow from 10:30. García's Cabildo announced access barriers for the car park there, with work due to start about two weeks after 2 October.

Whether the barriers now stand is unconfirmed. A travel guide also mentions a free access ticket via the Tenerife ON portal, but there is no official confirmation.

What is still open in the mobility plan?

The Anaga mobility plan was finished on 2 October 2026 but is still a draft. Nobody has published the shuttle's start date, fare, bus line, frequency, budget or booking system.

According to the Cabildo, some decisions will depend on the individual villages. García planned to visit every hamlet, but whether that happened could not be checked.

Residents of Afur, Roque Negro, Taborno, Las Carboneras and El Batán warn that jams could block essential services. Whether the Cabildo has reacted to the images of 3 September is not known.