The Roques de García are a group of volcanic rock formations inside the Las Cañadas caldera, about three kilometres south of the Teide cable car station. They are the most dramatic of the many strange landforms in the national park: jagged lava pinnacles, some towering 100 metres, rising from the flat floor of the caldera with Teide as backdrop. The most famous is the Roque Cinchado, a balancing rock that looks like it should have fallen centuries ago.
A well-marked circular walk (about 90 minutes at a comfortable pace) loops around the main group of rocks. The path is mostly flat, at an altitude of around 2,100 metres, and gives excellent views of both the formations and the caldera. This is the most accessible and most visited trail in the national park. The colours of the rock — deep reds, blacks, and ochres — change with the light throughout the day.