{
  "name": "Masca Road",
  "slug": "masca-road-tf436",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/masca-road-tf436/",
  "summary": "Tenerife's knife-edge climb through the Teno massif to a lost cliff village.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "TF-436"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "Spain",
    "region": "Teno, Tenerife",
    "start": {
      "name": "Santiago del Teide",
      "lat": 28.297315,
      "lon": -16.816074
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Buenavista del Norte",
      "lat": 28.369934,
      "lon": -16.849827
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 12.3,
    "lengthKm": 19.8,
    "driveMinutes": 55,
    "corners": 50,
    "hairpins": 10,
    "maxGradientPercent": 18,
    "summitMetres": 1055,
    "difficulty": "expert",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 10
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "spring",
      "summer",
      "autumn",
      "winter"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Extremely narrow carriageway with single-lane stretches and blind hairpins, reversing to passing bays is routine",
    "Gradients to about 18 per cent with big unguarded drops toward the gorge",
    "Chronic congestion late morning to late afternoon in season",
    "Passenger-transport vehicles over 10 m banned from the whole road",
    "Rockfall-prone slopes with occasional short daytime closures"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "gorge",
    "coast"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Mirador de Cherfe",
    "Masca village",
    "Mirador Altos de Baracán"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "gpx": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/masca-road-tf436/route.gpx",
    "pointCount": 207
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Routes - bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line, not copied from other lists.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-07-12"
}