Car hire from Tenerife North Airport to Costa Adeje

How long is the drive from Tenerife North Airport to Costa Adeje?

About sixty-one minutes and eighty-five kilometres without traffic. Tenerife South Airport is sixty-four minutes and seventy-two kilometres from the north terminal. Santa Cruz de Tenerife is thirteen minutes and twelve kilometres from the airport, and the TF-1 motorway, which runs south, meets the TF-5 there.

The TF-1 and the TF-5 carry fixed speed cameras, an average-speed pair among them, and fines are the renter's to pay along with fuel, parking and toll roads. Tenerife's motorways are toll-free. Rental cars may travel on paved public roads only, and the drive times on this page leave out traffic.

PCAN on the TF-152, the Carretera General del Norte, at kilometre 2.08, is about 0.44 kilometres from the terminal and open 24 hours. In the capital, the DISA at Ortega y Gasset 1, where the TF-1 and the TF-5 meet, is open 24 hours.

Where is the car handed over at Tenerife North Airport?

In the arrival area, which is the named handover place, as at Tenerife South Airport. After Tenerife South Airport, Tenerife North Airport has the widest choice of cars of any pick-up point on the island. Its traffic is mostly domestic, and close to half of it is inter-island connections; traffic at Tenerife South Airport is mostly international, with the United Kingdom and Germany accounting for more than half. Los Rodeos was the island's only airport until Tenerife South Airport opened on 23 October 1978.

The terminal sits at 633 metres above sea level. The general car park is a minute from the terminal, open 24 hours, with 2.1 metres of headroom. The long-stay car park P4 is four minutes from the terminal, allows 4.5 metres and requires prior booking.

Can I hand the car back at Tenerife South Airport instead?

Yes. Tenerife North Airport and Tenerife South Airport have the widest choice of one-way cars of any pairing on the island, several times more than any other, in both directions. In the search, choose Tenerife North Airport as the pick-up; the form moves to the drop-off tab, and choosing Tenerife South Airport from the list unticks the same-place option. A drop-off at the south airport is returned in its arrival area, and the one-way fee is shown with the price on each car.

From Costa Adeje, Tenerife South Airport is about thirty minutes and twenty-two kilometres without traffic. Near the terminal, the Repsol on the airport access road and the BP at Carretera Atogo km 0.5 on the TF-1 are both open 24 hours, for bringing the tank back to its pick-up level. Golf del Sur and Guía de Isora can be a pick-up but not a one-way drop-off.

The minimum chargeable period is 24 hours, so a car rented from Monday morning to Tuesday afternoon is charged as two full days. Extending the rental means telling the rental agent in advance.

Where do I park and fill up in Costa Adeje?

Parking in Costa Adeje follows the standard Spanish colours: blue lines mark metered bays with a time limit, unmarked white bays are free, and yellow means no parking. Parking charges and parking fines during the rental are the renter's to pay.

The BP at Siam Mall is open 24 hours, the DISA at San Eugenio is open from 08:00 to 17:30, and the TGAS Trebol station stands at the La Caleta and Adeje junction. Return the car with the same fuel level it had at pick-up. A lower level is charged at the rental company's rates, and a higher level is not compensated. A car returned so dirty that it cannot be inspected is washed at the renter's expense.

Do the same document rules apply at this airport?

Yes. You need the physical licence card, with details in Latin script and an expiry date no earlier than the end of the rental; copies and electronic licences are not accepted. If the licence is valid only in the country that issued it, an International Driving Permit is strongly recommended and should be provided on request. A physical embossed credit card in the main driver's name may be mandatory. Where a debit card is accepted, that is stated during booking and in the voucher, and the card must also be physical, personalised, embossed and in the main driver's name.

The deposit, how it is held and the refund timeline are shown during booking and in the voucher. The minimum driver age and driving experience are listed on each car's page and can differ between similar models, and the rental agent may refuse the rental if the driver does not meet them. The phone number given at booking, with the correct country code, must be reachable the day before pick-up and throughout the rental. At the standard level of cover, damage to the wheels, the undercarriage, the windscreen and the interior is excluded, and the higher levels offered for a car are listed on that car.

What is close to the north airport before heading south?

La Laguna is nine minutes and five kilometres from the terminal. Santa Cruz de Tenerife can be chosen for the drop into Santa Cruz at the end of a one-way booking or as a pick-up, with the car brought to an address in the city. Puerto de la Cruz is twenty-six minutes and thirty kilometres away, and the named points in Puerto de la Cruz are the only named pick-up points in a town on the island.

El Portillo, on the northern approach to Teide, is forty-six minutes and forty-three kilometres, and the Parador de Las Cañadas is sixty-one minutes and fifty-seven kilometres. There is no fuel station inside Teide National Park. The unpaved tracks in parts of Anaga are outside the paved-public-roads condition.