Minas de San José

Las Minas de San José are former aggregate quarries in the northern sector of Teide National Park, in the municipality of La Orotava, next to the TF-21 road between La Orotava and Vilaflor. Its landscape of white, ochre, and golden tones comes from deposits of pumice stone and ash from the eruptions of Montaña Blanca, giving it that characteristic lunar appearance that is often photographed and used as a filming location. Mining, active until the 20th century, ceased when this activity was banned within the national park.