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The white chapel of Tindaya with palms and mountains behind, Fuerteventura.

Fuerteventura · North Fuerteventura (La Oliva)

Tindaya

The mountain the first islanders held sacred

Tindaya rises alone, about 400 metres, out of the flat, dry north, and the island's first inhabitants left more than 300 foot-shaped engravings at its base. Line 7 stops in the small village at its southern foot, where the mountain fills the view and the signed paths are the only ones to walk.

How to get there 7

Photo: Jarek Prokop, CC BY 3.0, cropped

Come for
Seeing the sacred mountain from its village, on the way north
Make time for
A short stop on a line 7 journey
By bus
Reached by a published TIADHE line
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The journey is part of the day

Getting to Tindaya

Timetable

Bus times for Tindaya

Every published departure to and from here, by day. The next bus is marked in Canary time.

Tindaya · To Tindaya · Mon–Fri

First 07:00 · last 20:00 · 7 buses

  1. 7 07:00 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo Monday to Friday, not holidays
  2. 7 10:00 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo
  3. 7 14:15 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo Via Corralejo
  4. 7 15:45 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo Calls at the Parque Tecnológico
  5. 7 17:00 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo
  6. 7 19:15 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo Monday to Friday, not holidays
  7. 7 20:00 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo

Tindaya · To Tindaya · Saturday

First 10:00 · last 20:00 · 6 buses

  1. 7 10:00 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo
  2. 7 14:15 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo Via Corralejo
  3. 7 15:45 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo Calls at the Parque Tecnológico
  4. 7 17:00 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo
  5. 7 19:00 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo Saturdays, Sundays and holidays only
  6. 7 20:00 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo

Tindaya · To Tindaya · Sun & holidays

First 10:00 · last 20:00 · 6 buses

  1. 7 10:00 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo
  2. 7 14:15 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo Via Corralejo
  3. 7 15:45 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo Calls at the Parque Tecnológico
  4. 7 17:00 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo
  5. 7 19:00 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo Saturdays, Sundays and holidays only
  6. 7 20:00 Puerto del Rosario towards El Cotillo

Tindaya · From Tindaya · Mon–Fri

TIADHE prints departure times only at the ends of each line and none for Tindaya: each row is the printed departure from the far end, and the bus passes Tindaya some time later. No countdown is claimed for Tindaya.

First 06:25 · last 21:10 · 8 buses

  1. 7 06:25 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Monday to Friday, not holidays · via Corralejo, leaving Corralejo for Puerto del Rosario at 07:00 · Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  2. 7 07:55 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Monday to Friday, not holidays · Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  3. 7 09:25 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  4. 7 11:55 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  5. 7 16:55 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  6. 7 17:25 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  7. 7 18:25 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  8. 7 21:10 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Calls at the Parque Tecnológico · Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time

Tindaya · From Tindaya · Saturday

TIADHE prints departure times only at the ends of each line and none for Tindaya: each row is the printed departure from the far end, and the bus passes Tindaya some time later. No countdown is claimed for Tindaya.

First 06:40 · last 21:10 · 7 buses

  1. 7 06:40 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Saturdays, Sundays and holidays only · via Corralejo · Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  2. 7 09:25 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  3. 7 11:55 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  4. 7 16:55 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  5. 7 17:25 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  6. 7 18:25 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  7. 7 21:10 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Calls at the Parque Tecnológico · Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time

Tindaya · From Tindaya · Sun & holidays

TIADHE prints departure times only at the ends of each line and none for Tindaya: each row is the printed departure from the far end, and the bus passes Tindaya some time later. No countdown is claimed for Tindaya.

First 06:40 · last 21:10 · 7 buses

  1. 7 06:40 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Saturdays, Sundays and holidays only · via Corralejo · Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  2. 7 09:25 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  3. 7 11:55 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  4. 7 16:55 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  5. 7 17:25 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  6. 7 18:25 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time
  7. 7 21:10 leaves Plaza de la Ermita (El Cotillo) towards Puerto del Rosario · passes Tindaya later; TIADHE prints no Tindaya time Calls at the Parque Tecnológico · Leaves the Plaza de la Ermita stop five minutes before the printed time

Times read from the operator’s line pages on 12 Oct 2026; shown until 26 Nov 2026. On a public holiday TIADHE runs its "Domingos, Festivos" table, the Sun & holidays tab. The Canary public holidays in this timetable's window are 12 October and 2 November 2026 (Gobierno de Canarias calendar), and the next bus follows that tab on those days; municipal holidays vary and are not mapped here, so on a local holiday read Sun & holidays yourself. Trips keyed "no festivos" are already left off it. TIADHE prints departure times only; the bus reaches intermediate stops later. Times are Canary Islands time, the island’s own clock (one hour behind mainland Spain).

TIADHE line 7 runs between Puerto del Rosario bus station and El Cotillo, and its route maps include the stops Tindaya +400, Iglesia -TIN and Tindaya Inpesca in both directions. Its timetable is one table for every day, with some trips keyed for certain days only; the departures for your day are on the board on this page.

Checked Sources: TIADHE

Bus guides

  1. Puerto del Rosario to El Cotillo Line 7 Direct
  2. Tickets

Lines from this site’s guides. Times are in this page’s timetable.

Before you settle in

Keep the way home in mind.

Check the line 7 trip back to Puerto del Rosario, or on to La Oliva and El Cotillo, before you get off. Trips keyed “Pasa por Corralejo” run by way of Corralejo.

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Tindaya on Fuerteventura’s bus map

A little introduction

Get to know Tindaya.

Tindaya Mountain stands alone in the north-east of Fuerteventura, close to La Oliva: about 400 metres high, it rises out of the island’s dry, flat landscape. The island’s first inhabitants held it to be sacred, and more than 300 foot-shaped engravings at its base are of great archaeological value. A small village with some shops and restaurants lies at its foot, to the south.

Why go

  1. Footprints carved in stone

    More than 300 engravings in the shape of a foot, of great archaeological value, sit at its base: the evidence that the island's original people saw it as sacred, a mountain with magical properties.

  2. A stillness around it

    The land around the mountain is flat, dry and quiet; the tourism board's phrase for it is peace and mystery, and from the village you can see why.

  3. A stop on the way to El Cotillo

    Line 7 between Puerto del Rosario and El Cotillo stops here in both directions, so Tindaya fits into a northern day.

Checked  –  Oct 2026 Sources: Visit Fuerteventura, TIADHE

Make a day of it

What to do in Tindaya

  • Sight Don’t miss

    The mountain from the village

    Visit Fuerteventura describes the landscape around the mountain as one of peace and mystery. The village at its southern foot is the place to take it in.

  • Walk Don’t miss

    Keep to the permitted paths

    Visit Fuerteventura asks visitors not to walk where it is not allowed and to follow the signs on trails: leaving the set paths damages the environment and can be dangerous.

  • Sight Don’t miss

    A small village at the foot

    The village on the mountain’s southern side has some shops and restaurants.

  • Walk

    Keep to the permitted paths

    Visit Fuerteventura asks visitors not to walk where it is not allowed and to follow the signs: leaving the paths damages the environment and can be dangerous.

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  • Food & drink

    The village's shops and restaurants

    A small village with some shops and restaurants lies at the mountain's southern foot.

  • Sight

    A Natural Monument, 400 metres high

    Tindaya is a protected Natural Monument: a solitary mountain about 400 metres high, shaped by time, standing out from the island's flat, dry landscape. Look from the village and the signed paths, and leave the engravings at its base undisturbed.

  • Food & drink

    La Oliva's cafés, two stops on

    If Tindaya's few shops and restaurants are shut, line 7 continues to La Oliva, which Visit Fuerteventura credits with the most cafés, restaurants and sweet shops per head on the island; the two villages make one line 7 day with lunch guaranteed.

Checked  –  Oct 2026 Sources: Visit Fuerteventura

A day here

How a day in Tindaya feels

A plan built on the buses this guide already names. The departure times are in the board on this page; choose your bus back before you set out.

  1. Morning

    Line 7 to the village stops

    Line 7's maps have the stops Tindaya +400, Iglesia -TIN and Tindaya Inpesca in both directions; it is one timetable every day with some trips keyed for certain days.

  2. Middle of the day

    The mountain from the village, lunch in it

    Take the view from the village, respect the signs, and eat in one of its restaurants.

  3. Afternoon

    On to La Oliva or El Cotillo

    The same line continues to La Oliva and El Cotillo; trips keyed “Pasa por Corralejo” go by way of Corralejo, so read the note on the departure.

Checked Sources: TIADHE, Visit Fuerteventura

Asked and answered

Questions people ask about Tindaya

Can you climb Tindaya mountain?

No source this site uses says you can. Visit Fuerteventura asks visitors to keep to the permitted, signed paths and not to walk where it is forbidden; it says nothing about the summit, so neither do we.

Checked Sources: Visit Fuerteventura

Good to know

Small details. Better days.

  • La Oliva is on the same line

    Line 7 continues from Tindaya to La Oliva: its maps include the stop Farmacia - LO, and Visit Fuerteventura places the mountain close to La Oliva.

  • Ask ahead about step-free travel

    TIADHE’s reduced-mobility timetable lists ramp-equipped departures for lines 1, 3, 6, 8 and 10, not line 7. Other departures can be requested by phone: 24 hours ahead from Monday to Thursday, or 48 hours ahead for a Friday, weekend or public holiday.

Checked Sources: TIADHE, Visit Fuerteventura

Photos and film

  • Foot-shaped engravings, the podomorphs, on the rock of Tindaya mountain
    Line 7 between Puerto del Rosario and El Cotillo stops in the village at the mountain’s foot, in both directions. Photo: Tamara Kulikova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
  • The view north from Tindaya mountain over the flat plain to the coast
    Line 7 between Puerto del Rosario and El Cotillo stops in the village at the mountain’s foot, in both directions. Photo: Tamara Kulikova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
  • Tindaya mountain rising alone out of the plain
    Line 7 between Puerto del Rosario and El Cotillo stops in the village at the mountain’s foot, in both directions. Photo: Jumilla (https://www.flickr.com/people/jumilla/), CC BY 2.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

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