Mirador de La Tarta del Teide

The Mirador de La Tarta is located next to the TF-24 road, on the section that ascends from La Laguna towards El Portillo and the Teide National Park. In front of it rises La Tarta del Teide, a pyroclastic rock formation that constitutes an ancient lava river resulting from successive volcanic eruptions. Its striking colored stripes give it its name: the white layer is made up of pumice stone fragments, the black layers of basaltic scoria from low-emission eruptions, and the reddish ones from the same scoria oxidized by contact with groundwater.