Tenerife Buses - TITSA - Transport
Most Tenerife buses (called guaguas pronounced 'wah wahs' by the locals) on Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain are run by TITSA. These Tenerife
buses are very cheap, more comfy than many UK public buses.The Tenerife buses run frequently over the island's main roads. The bus service can be infrequent
off the main roads.
Bus routes are called Lineas in Spanish.Buying a pre paid
Bono Bus ticket
approximately €12 euro for several trips saves between 30 to 50% of the fare, a great money saver.
A Tenerife bus route map and timetable is available. Check at the bus station near to the
San Marino apartment complex
in Los Cristianos see
Map
www.titsa.com
On the titsa site select the Union flag.
Maps and timetables discount details are available on the website. Files can be downloaded.
A different Time table is available from Tourist information centres. The one for the Arona area has Maps showing the location of Tenerife bus stops in:
- Los Cristianos, Playa de las Americana, San Eugenio (use for Puerto Colon), Torviscas, Playa del Duque
- Las Galletas and Costa Del Silencio
Thebus services information on the 2 different sheets is displayed in different ways. You may find it easier to use one over the other.
Tenerife Information - Bono Bus - Save money
Bono Bus is a pre paid ticket that allows you to have
discount fares on Tenerife buses, the Green TITSA Tenerife buses on Tenerife, as follows:
- Long journeys over 20 km 50% Discount
- Short journeys under 20 km 30% Discount
The Bono Bus ticket is a card, slightly smaller than a credit card. You place the Bono Bus card into a small green machine near the bus driver, and tell
the driver your destination. The Bono Bus card is printed with the discounted fare and the balance that is still available to be used on the card.
You can purchase Bono Bus Tickets from bus stations, bus terminals, and various retail outlets,
often newsagents, look for the Bono Bus sign above right
Bono Bus Cost
Bono Bus Cards cost either €12.00 or €30.00.
Bono Bus Rules
The Bono Bus card can be used by more than one person
Valid until either the remaining balance is used up, the card becomes full (room for about 18 journeys) or valid for 1 year.
You can pay cash for the amount not covered by the Bono Bus card when the balance left on the card is small.
Buy the Bono Bus card from
Bus stations, and other outlets. A list is available on the Tourist information centre leaflets
Or ask locals they nearly all use the Bono bus card. You can't buy them on Tenerife buses.
Tenerife Information - Tenerife buses Tips on the bus routes
- Each bus route (Lineas) has a number such as 473. The same number is used for Tenerife buses running in both directions on the route.
- Because of one way streets or the layout of the bus routes, you can find that buses for both directions may use the same bus stops, or you may have bus
stops several metres appart but on the same side of the road. Can be confusing so double check the bus destination on the front of the bus.
- The route number and route is displayed on the front of the bus. The route includes where the bus came from and the destination. The lower name is the
destination and on some Tenerife buses the lettering is larger for the destination. If you get on the wrong bus the driver will tell you.
- The English of some drivers is not very good. Spanish pronunciations of destination names can be very different from English ones. Tip write down the
destination name before hand and show to driver.
Tenerife Information - Bus Routes Tenerife , Canary Islands
How to use this information
For the Southern Tenerife tourist the following table contains bus routes to all the southern coastal town with bus routes.
The second table contains routes to the Airport Reina Sofia.
- Look for your departure stop in the left column of the table. Bold names are town names.
- Names that are not in bold are the bus stop names in towns such as Playa de las Americas that has several stops. The bus stop name is usually the name
of the building or beach next to the stop. H. in the name indicates Hotel.
- These stops are given a number which is shown on the Tourist Office map
- Where you get 2 names separated by / such as H. Esmeralda / H. Torviscas indicates that there are different names depending on the direction of travel.
- The first name is used if the direction of travel up the table. The second one direction of travel is down the table.
- Note some of these stops can be some distance apart
- Look for your destination stop.
- Check to see which bus routes number go to both departure and destination bus stops.
Tenerife South Coast Bus Route Table
A table to check which bus to catch.
| Stop No. |
Bus Routes Number |
110 |
111 |
115 |
343 |
441 |
467 |
470 |
471 |
472 |
473 |
487 |
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Bus Stops |
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Santa Cruz |
110 |
111 |
115 |
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Puerto de la Cruz |
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343 |
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Granadilla Bus Station |
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470 |
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San Isidro |
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470 |
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El Medano
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470 |
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Los Abrigos |
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470 |
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Aeropuerto (Reina Sofia) |
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487 |
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Golf del Sur |
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470 |
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Las Chafiras |
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? |
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487 |
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Costa del Silencio
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115 |
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467 |
470 |
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473 |
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Las Galletas
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115 |
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467 |
470 |
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473 |
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Villa Isabel |
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467 |
470 |
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473 |
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Guaza |
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467 |
470 |
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473 |
487 |
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Los Cristianos
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110 |
111 |
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343 |
441 |
467 |
470 |
471 |
472 |
473 |
487 |
| 2 |
Los Cristianos harbour (only a few 487 buses) |
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487 |
| 3 |
3B Mar ola Park / 3A El Camison ( Playa de las Viscas
) |
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441 |
467 |
470 |
471 |
472 |
473 |
487 |
| 4 |
4B Super 2000 / 4A Zentral Centre |
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441 |
467 |
470 |
471 |
472 |
473 |
487 |
| 5 |
5B El Dorado / 5A Columbus |
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441 |
467 |
470 |
471 |
472 |
473 |
487 |
| 6 |
C.C. Presidente ( Nightlife
) |
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441 |
467 |
470 |
471 |
472 |
473 |
487 |
| 7 |
7B Playa de Troya / 7 AH. Troya ( Nightlife
) |
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441 |
467 |
470 |
471 |
472 |
473 |
487 |
| 8 9 |
8 Bus Station Las Americas
/ 9 Pueblo Canario |
110 |
111 |
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343 |
441 |
467 |
470 |
471 |
472 |
473 |
487 |
| 10 |
10A C.C. San Eugenio / 10B Villaflor ( Puerto Colon
) |
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441 |
467 |
470 |
471 |
472 |
473 |
487 |
| 11 |
Flamingo ( Puerto Colon
) |
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111 |
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343 |
441 |
467 |
470 |
471 |
472 |
473 |
487 |
| 12 |
12A H. Esmeralda / 12B H. Torviscas Playa ( Torviscas
) |
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111 |
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343 |
441 |
467 |
470 |
471 |
472 |
473 |
487 |
| 13 |
Playa Olid (
Torviscas
) |
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441 |
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? |
? |
473 |
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| 14 |
Abinque ( Fanabe / Torviscas
) |
? |
111 |
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343 |
441 |
467 |
470 |
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487 |
| 15 |
Riu Palace ( Playa del Duque
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441 |
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| 16 |
16A Hotel Jardin Caleta 16B
La Caleta
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441 |
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Callao Salvaje |
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472 |
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Playa Pariso
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471 |
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Adeje |
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473 |
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Playa San Juan |
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473 |
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Playa La Arena
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473 |
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Puerto Santiago
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473 |
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Los Gigantes
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473 |
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110 Playa de las Americas - Santa Cruz Direct Hourly Service.
111 Playa de las Americas - Santa Cruz Every half hour
115 Las Galletas - Santa Cruz Less than 1 per hour. Very infrequent at weekends
343 Playa de las Americas - Puerto de la Cruz Only stops at Los Cristianos.
Infrequent 4 a day
441 Los Cristianos - La Caleta Less than 1 per hour.
467 Playa de las Americas - Costa del Silencio
470 Playa de las Americas - El Medano - Granadilla. Hourly service.
Beware of some buses only going as far as Golf del Sur
470 Playa de las Americas - Golf del Sur
471 Los Cristianos - Playa Pariso Infrequent 6 buses a day
471 Los Cristianos - Callao Salvaje Infrequent 6 buses a day
473 Los Gigantes - Las Galletas. This is the main bus route for the
South West and South Coast, will 3 buses per hour.
Reina Sofia Airport Buses and Bus routes
340 Aeropuerto Norte
Aeropuerto Sur (Reina Sofia Airport) - Puerto de la Cruz - Aeropuerto Norte (Los Rodeos Airport)
4 a day. Or use Bus route 341 and change buses at Santa Cruz
341 Puerto de la Cruz
Aeropuerto Sur (Reina Sofia Airport) - Puerto de la Cruz
21 a day
487 Playa de las Americas . (Torviscas)
Aeropuerto Sur (Reina Sofia) - Los Cristianos - Playa de las Americas - . 7 days a week
Leaves Torviscas 07:20 then approximately hourly until 21:20.
Exceptions 11:25, 12:25, 19:25, 11:25. The 14:20 does not run on Sat and Sun
Leaves Reina Sofia 08:10 then approximately hourly until 22:00
Exceptions 10:25, 11:25, 18:25, 19:25, 21:00, 22:00. The 15:10 does not run on Sat and Sun
Journey time approximately 45 min's to Torviscas, 30 min's to Los Cristianos
Times vary slightly because some buses do a longer journey to include the port of Los Cristianos for ferry connections.
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