Double check Titsa in time, as late could mean sorry...

Titsa Tenerife public transport with its green buses is a fantastic institution. However, take it with a pinch of salt.

Don't get me wrong. The people who are employed there are extremely willing to help you. However, mind the following:

Titsa has updates, but doesn't announce them on posters at bus stops or at tourist information centers.

Your Tenerife transport precautions

• Always get the latest timetable by this transport company.
• Always double check bus numbers and departure times before you travel.
• Don't rely on its saying that there is a 24 hour information;
  it says so on one of my bus timetable information,
  while a later announcement in the day may contradict this.
• Call Tel: 922 53 13 00.
• An answering machine even tells you in English to kindly hold on
  when it's occupied.
• Never call late in the afternoon, but best in the morning.
• Do so, just in case that something unexptected may have happened
  at Tenerife's public bus offices.

I was relying on a former Puerto de la Cruz aiport South bus. Meantime its number had been changed from 341 to 343. I never found the 341, which was done away with by the way. Therefore, no chance to verify in a hurry... Also, its bus information people had gone home early.

Airport bus 343 from Puerto de la Cruz December 2011

Travel time: about 90 minutes to South airport Reina Sofia
Travel time: about 31 minutes to North airport Los Rodeos,
while the bus 102 does it with 12 stops.
(Traffic jams are possible)

workdays Mondays to Fridays

• 6.20 a.m. first early morning bus
• 7.30 a.m.
• 9.00 a.m.
• 10.30 a.m.
• 11.55 a.m.
• 14.30 p.m.
• 15.25 p.m.
• 17.00 p.m.
• 18.40 p.m.
• 21.20 p.m. last night bus

Make the best of odd bus times

Last time when I travelled Tenerife to Maastricht direct in August 2011, I took a break at the cheap Airport hotel Aeropuerto Sur because of the inconvenient Ryanair flight time in summer and the last bus at 21.20. I also wanted to see El Medano with its kitesurfing, which I didn't regret, while down in Tenerife South.

Weekend and holidays' bus times

• 6.20 a.m. early morning bus
• 9.00 a.m.
• 10.30 a.m.
• 15.25 p.m.
• 17.00 p.m.
• 21.20 p.m. Last night bus

Find your Tenerife bus route

Go to www.titsa.com
There is a button which click...

It says in English: 'Find here best route to get to your destination'

1. Insert from where you travel first, such as Tenerife Reina Sofia airport.
2. Then type in the next line the name of your hotel or holiday home in Tenerife address.
3. click OK or alike.

Bonobus discount cards

Unfortunately, they are not sold at the airport.

Buy one at any terminal bus station in a bigger town.

The bonobus card is transferrable.

But, always use the same until finished. Even a 20cent balance on it entitles you to continue to travel cheap by topping up with cash. You get extra discounts which considers zones which you used on the previous journey within a time limit. Learn as you go. Titsa is a bargain, indeed.

However, car rental Tenerife is always the better option than Titsa when you want to make the most of a short holiday.

Generally, time is money, you know...

General getting around from Puerto de la Cruz

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