Tenerife Airport Transfers

There are two airports in Tenerife: Tenerife North (TFN) and Tenerife South (TFS), also known as Reina Sofia Airport. Wherever your flight arrives, the most comfortable and fastest way to get to your accommodation is by shared or private transfer.

In this guide you will find the best value for money options and some very useful tips you should know before flying to Tenerife.

To start enjoying your vacation on the island as soon as possible without added worries, the best thing to do is to book a private transfer from Tenerife North airport to your accommodation. Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, this is the option I recommend if you want to avoid overpaying for a cab or private driver and if you do not want to carry your luggage up and down a bus.

In addition, the same transfer is available for the return, so that your last day in Tenerife is worth remembering for that feeling that mixes the sadness of leaving and the joy of having experienced something beautiful, and not for the stress of arriving at the airport. With this transfer you will go to the flight on time and in the most comfortable way.

If you are traveling to Tenerife North in a group of 3, 8 or 16 people, I recommend you to choose the private transfer from Tenerife North airport to your accommodation or vice versa (with choice of vehicle), as you can choose between sedan, minivan or minibus so that the transfer is best suited to the size of your group.

If you fly to Tenerife South airport, close to Costa Adeje and the beaches of Los Cristianos and Las Galletas, you will have to choose the transfer depending on your destination. All these transfers have the same characteristics as those departing from Tenerife North airport.

If your accommodation is in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the best option is to book the private transfer from Tenerife South airport to Santa Cruz de Tenerife. If your flight arrives in Tenerife South and your accommodation is near Costa Adeje, the private transfer from Tenerife South airport to Costa Adeje is the most suitable to reach your destination quickly.

And, if your hotel or accommodation is near the beach area of Los Cristianos, you have a private transfer from Tenerife South airport to Los Cristianos.

Finally, the private transfer from Tenerife South airport to Playa Las Americas will take you to your hotel or other accommodation located on the beach of Las Americas located in the southwest of the island.

And for the transfer back to the airport? From any of the areas on the island of Tenerife you can request a door to door transfer from your hotel to Tenerife South airport.

As soon as you know your flight details, you can book online one of these transfers to get to your hotel from the airport. You will have to indicate the day of the transfer and the number of people sharing the vehicle.

You will also be asked for the flight identification number, the name of the airline and, logically, the destination address. Why so much data? Because this way, the operator has real time information about your flight and is aware of any delays or problems, so he can inform the driver so that he can wait for you at the corresponding departure gate.

Once you have landed and picked up your luggage, your driver will meet you and your group and will place your luggage in the trunk, and you can head to your hotel or accommodation in an air-conditioned vehicle with Wi-Fi.

In the case of departure transfers you will need to provide similar details, and by default the driver will pick you up at your accommodation in time for you to be at least three hours beforehand at the airport. In case you do not consider it necessary to arrive at the airport so early, you can always change the pick-up time.

For me, the main advantage is the convenience of landing at the airport and not having to worry about how to get to the hotel, for a price quite better than any cab, Uber or private driver.

Another advantage is not having to carry luggage, especially for trips of a week or more, is something you are going to appreciate for sure.

And also, if you are arriving in Tenerife in the wee hours of the morning, this is your safest option to arrive comfortably at your destination, and sometimes perhaps the only one as other types of transportation will have less availability at certain times of the night.

It depends greatly on where your hotel is and which airport your flight arrives (or departs from). To give you an idea, the journey time between Tenerife North airport and the south of the island is about 50 minutes.

To get to Santa Cruz de Tenerife from Tenerife North airport (located in San Cristobal de la Laguna), it takes about 20 minutes.

And to get to the beaches of Costa Adeje, Playa de las Americas, Los Cristianos or Las Galletas from Tenerife South, it takes no more than 15 minutes.

If, for whatever reason, you are not completely seduced by the idea of booking a private transfer, the only option you have left to get to your accommodation is to take a cab or an Uber (which will be considerably more expensive for a worse service) or take public transport. Here you have specific information about transportation from each of Tenerife's airports:

Tenerife North Airport Public Transport

All these bus routes will take you from the airport to various points of the island. The stop is on floor -1 of the airport, with schedules operating from 7-8 am to 22-23 pm, depending on the line.

The bus stop at Tenerife South is on floor 0, in the arrivals area.