Make it a trip · Tenerife, Spain
What Tenerife costs
once you land
Real prices, from the airport ride to a room for the night, each with where we found it. Checked October 2026, around Costa Adeje and Los Cristianos.
Prices as the source quoted them.
Private room, a cheap lunch, dinner out (your half), a coffee, two beers, two rides and the top sight.
Arriving
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Bus from Tenerife South to the southern resorts, from Range
Usually 3.2 to 4.5 EUR. TITSA buses. To the north of the island costs €9.30 to 15.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
€3.20 Book an airport pickup -
Visa free for 90 days in Schengen Fixed
For AU, NZ, GB, US, CA, SG passports.
No fee yet; the €20 ETIAS has no start date.
Sources: Deep Arrival, ETIAS 2026 (2026-10), Schengen Traveler, ETIAS launch date (2026)
Free -
EU citizens, ID card is enough Fixed
For IE, NL, DE, FR passports.
Free movement within the EU.
Source: Deep Arrival, ETIAS 2026 (2026-10)
Free
Getting around
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TITSA bus ride, from Range
Usually 1.5 to 2.5 EUR.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
€1.50 -
Economy car hire, per day, from Range
Usually 14 to 60 EUR. €14 to 28 in low season, €35 to 60 in high season. Worth it to reach Teide and the north.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
€14 Compare cars
Eating and drinking
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Menú del día, from Range
Usually 9 to 13 EUR. A fixed-price lunch at a local bar.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
€9 -
Dinner for two, three courses, from Range
Usually 50 to 90 EUR. €25 to 45 a head at a mid-range restaurant.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
€50 -
Cortado or café con leche, from Range
Usually 1.5 to 2.5 EUR.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
€1.50 -
Beer at a restaurant, half a litre, from Range
Usually 2.5 to 4.5 EUR. A small caña at a local bar costs €1 to 1.50.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
€2.50
At the supermarket
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Water, 1.5 litres, from Range
Usually 0.6 to 0.9 EUR. Drink bottled; tap water is often desalinated.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
€0.60
Doing
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Teide cable car, return Fixed
Adult. Going to the summit itself needs a free permit booked far ahead.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
€42 Get tickets -
Whale and dolphin watching trip, from Range
Usually 30 to 75 EUR. From Los Cristianos or Puerto Colón.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
€30 Book the tour
Sleeping, per night
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Budget hotel, south coast, from Range
Usually 40 to 100 EUR. Low to high season.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
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Four-star hotel, south coast, from Range
Usually 110 to 300 EUR. Low season from €110; high season €180 to 300.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
€110 Find a hotel -
Studio or one-bedroom apartment, from Range
Usually 55 to 140 EUR. Low to high season.
Source: Radical Storage, is Tenerife expensive (2026-07)
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