14 of the best family hotels in Tenerife

For a enjoyable family vacation, Tenerife is tough to beat. This is an island that is aware of find out how to get pleasure from itself. Home to at least one of Europe’s best waterparks — the fabulous Siam Park — in addition to Loro Parque zoo and extra sandy seashores than you possibly can shake a spade at, Tenerife has sufficient occurring to maintain even the most energetic family entertained.

Come in February and also you’ll be handled to the largest and most vibrant carnival exterior of Rio, however go to anytime and also you’ll discover vacation enjoyable aplenty. Here, you possibly can spot whales and dolphins on boat journeys out from Puerto Colon, stroll by means of lava tubes at the Cueva del Viento and stand atop a volcano at Mount Teide. Even higher, sunshine is nearly assured.

Prefer to loosen up? Hotels in Tenerife have a tendency in direction of the laid-back, with joyous toddler screams met with a smile and kids’s swimming pools and children’ golf equipment commonplace. Book one of these family-focused hotels and you would select to do nothing very a lot in any respect.

Main picture: Hovima La Pinta, Costa Adeje (Booking.com)

1. Hovima La Pinta, Costa Adeje

Best for extroverts and fun-seekers
You couldn’t have simpler entry to the seashore than this — golden sands begin from the edge of the pool terrace and most of the bedrooms face the sea. The resort is decked out in jaunty nautical colors and there’s an emphasis on enjoyable, with an interactive digital aquarium, splash park and near-constant leisure. It’s not for these searching for peace and quiet, however that is the type of resort the place the youngsters make associates round the pool and the employees encourage you to hitch in. There’s free wi-fi all through too.

Spa N
Pool Y
Price ££

2. Gran Melia Palacio de Isora, Guia de Isora

Best for water infants
You received’t need to depart the huge saltwater pool at this five-star palace, and admittedly there’s little in the native space to tempt you to. This is a resort for the somnolent, those that search a palm underneath which to recline whereas the youngsters splash in the numerous out of doors swimming swimming pools, one of which even has a pirate ship. With a number of à la carte eating places, even the fussiest palates are catered for, although it’s price encouraging the youngsters to attempt the glorious teppanyaki at the resort’s Nami restaurant. The backyard villas characteristic non-public swimming pools.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price ££

3. Royal Hideaway Corales Suites, La Caleta

Best for seafood lunches
A gated, heated pool, babysitting service and big suites massive sufficient for an additional mattress or two make the Corales Suites one of the most interesting hotels in the Canary Islands for younger households. All rooms have a non-public deck with sea view for fogeys to retreat to return nap time; and for lunch, it’s a brief amble all the way down to La Caleta, an previous fishing village with a boatload of seafood eating places. Book a babysitter and head out for a night subsequent door, at its sister resort’s Maresia rooftop restaurant, the place native cooks the Padron brothers serve a connoisseur tasting menu.

Spa N
Pool Y
Price £££

4. Hard Rock Hotel, Costa Adeje

Best for rocking out
Forget mini discos, this music-obsessed resort has Fender guitars and amps in your room, plus video guitar classes and personalised playlists, so you possibly can celebration with the youngsters at any hour. There are common gigs and occasions round the Lago pool besides, and the Roxity youngsters’ golf equipment get youngsters of all ages rocking and rolling. Chill out in spite of everything that exercise by the family pool and go all-inclusive to save lots of the trouble of these infinite ice cream requests. Rooms are glam, with smooth decor and Atlantic views.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £

5. The Ritz Carlton Abama, Guia de Isora

Best for a hassle-free vacation
One of the most luxurious hotels in Tenerife, this five-star resort has thought of every little thing. Book all the gear — from buggies and automobile seats to sterilisers and potties — in advance and prepare to stretch out in palatial rooms, which include some of the largest balconies on the island and superb views throughout to La Gomera. Want a swimming pool? There are seven. A Michelin-starred dinner? Head to Abama Kabuki for Japanese (over-sixes solely). Golf and tennis services are shut by and there’s a seashore membership on the golden sands just under the resort.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

6. Bahia del Duque, Costa Adeje

Best for old-school fashion
Bang in the centre of the motion of Costa Adeje, this was Tenerife’s unique luxurious resort and it has by no means let its requirements slip. One of the island’s best white-sand seashores is reached by way of the attractive tiered gardens — and the pedestrianised promenade that passes the resort makes strolling wherever alongside the coast a breeze. It’ll take you about an hour to achieve Las Americas. All is traditional class right here, from the stylish rooms to the uniformed employees. There are 5 swimming pools and extra eating places and bars than you’ll handle to go to in per week.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

7. GF Gran Costa Adeje, Costa Adeje

Best for worth
The rooms right here could not win any fashion awards, however there’s house and lightweight aplenty and the best have views throughout the palm-fringed pool to the Atlantic. Most visitors go for all-inclusive, and the buffet at La Finca is beneficiant, nevertheless it’s price upgrading to have no less than one dinner at poolside La Laja, the place dishes are artistic and make full use of the island’s glorious produce. You received’t get bored right here: there’s a play space for the youngsters, reveals each night and quite a few actions from mini golf to billiards.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £

8. Roca Nivaria Gran Hotel, Costa Adeje

Best for protecting the youngsters busy
Everything right here is child-focused. There’s a pool with waterslides and flumes, a playground with climbing and clambering areas and a buffet restaurant the place the meals is served from a pirate ship. Everything is brightly colored and considerably in your face, however the mini membership takes little ones from as younger as ten months and costs are all-inclusive, so who’s complaining? Adults can slope off to the spa, dwelling to a thalassotherapy circuit, lounge by the infinity pool, or take benefit of a reduction at Las Americas golf course in Playa de las Americas.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price ££

9. Bahia Principe Fantasia Tenerife, Golf del Sur

Best for all-out leisure
Few family hotels present leisure as distinctive as you’ll discover right here, with performances reminiscent of Cirque du Soleil in the theatre and a nightly gentle present round the pool. At the resort’s centre is one of Tenerife’s best splash swimming pools, full with miniature waterpark and neglected by a citadel match for Cinderella. Food is copious quite than haute delicacies, so take the brief stroll to neighbouring Los Abrigos for harbourside eating places serving native seafood. The complete resort is designed to be buggy-friendly and bedrooms are large, with hundreds of house for further beds.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

10. Hotel Botanico, Puerto de la Cruz

Best for tropical lounging
Perhaps Tenerife’s most instantly attractive resort, the Botanico is ready in blooming tropical gardens with views from its balconies of Teide’s volcanic cone. Service is exemplary and the spa backyard, with its thermal circuit and alfresco massages, is the good retreat for frazzled dad and mom. Families are provided connecting rooms and all the eating places, from Brunelli’s steakhouse to the Oriental Thai restaurant, have dishes designed for kids. There’s additionally a youngsters’ membership in the college holidays.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £

11. Hotel Tivoli La Caleta, Costa Adeje

Best for a car-free vacation
Lagoon-style swimming pools and mature gardens kind the coronary heart of this resort, pulling you out out of your room and down in direction of the Atlantic. The pedestrian promenade runs between the resort and the seashore, making for a pleasing stroll to the eating places of La Caleta or into the resort centre of Costa Adeje — and you may take a straightforward hike to the prime of Mirador Palomas for views alongside the coast. Several sandy seashores are inside strolling distance and there’s a heated youngsters’s pool and children’ membership for little ones.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price ££

12. Royal Garden Villas, Costa Adeje

Best for seclusion and serenity
Set in lush gardens and providing villas with non-public swimming pools, that is one of Tenerife’s most luxurious choices for households. Compared with a lot of the surrounding Costa Adeje, this can be a quiet space, and what you lose in proximity to the seashore you acquire in tranquillity. Up to 6 can share a villa right here, with both two or three bedrooms, and you may order room service in any respect hours, maybe consuming dinner alfresco whereas the youngsters sleep soundly inside.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

13. Iberostar Selection Anthelia, Costa Adeje

Best for location
Children’s pool full with slides and pirate ship? Check. Direct entry to the Costa Adeje promenade? Check. Huge gardens, youngsters’ membership, spa? Check, examine, examine. This is the resort you e book in order for you all of it, with white-sand Fanabe seashore instantly exterior. It’s only a five-minute stroll to Puerto Colon harbour for dolphin-spotting boat journeys and fewer than that to Plaza del Duque for buying, however put together to seek out it very laborious to go away the resort’s tranquil grounds — we guess you’ll hold discovering yourselves having only one extra afternoon by the pool(s) as an alternative.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price ££

14. Hotel Suite Villa Maria, Costa Adeje

Best for infants and toddlers
When you’ve bought little ones in tow, it’s mighty reassuring to suppose everybody else has too, which is why this chilled resort focuses firmly on the younger family market. You’ll get a villa quite than a room, with kitchen services and baggage of house for protecting your distance come nap time. But you’ll even have the companies of a resort, together with buffet breakfast, youngsters’ membership and the all-important every day housekeeping. For a spot of luxurious, e book a villa with a non-public pool or perhaps a scorching tub.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £

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