El Teide is a volcano located on the island of Tenerife.

It has an altitude of 3718 meters above sea level and 7500 meters above the ocean floor, it is the highest peak in the country, that of any land that emerged from the Atlantic Ocean and the third largest volcano on Earth from its base on the seabed. oceanic, after Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, both in Hawaii.

The altitude of Teide also makes the island of Tenerife the tenth highest island in the world.

It is a great tourist attraction that attracts millions of people every year; in fact, the Teide National Park is the most visited national park in Spain.

In 2010 it was ranked as the most visited national park in the European Union and the second most visited national park in the world.

Over the centuries Teide has been mentioned and admired by various cultures and at different times as a centralizing and symbolic element of the island of Tenerife and the rest of the archipelago.