The best kept secret in Tenerife

Advantages: Quiet, picturesque and relatively unspoiled. Year round sunshine.
Disadvantages: Very hilly. Parking can be a problem. Maybe too quiet for some. Small beach.

...a little bit of sunshine, then the south of Tenerife is still your best bet. However, please don't let the brashness of Playa de las Americas and Los Cristianos put you off a trip to the south of the island. Quieter resorts can be found a little further up the coast. Los Gigantes (as well as neighbouring Playa de la Arena and Puerto Santiago) are all very nice and offer almost year round sunshine. We discovered the resort of Los Gigantes over 15 years ago now, and we pop back every few years or so, and invariably find that nothing has very much changed there at all. There is still a total lack of nightclubs, very little noise (or light) pollution, and it's still as pretty and charming as ever. ~*~ GETTING THERE AND GETTING AROUND ~*~ Flights from the UK to Tenerife take around 4 to 4½ hours. You can fly to Tenerife from most...

Bollinger28 15.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Los Gigantes

Into the bowels of the earth

Advantages: Impressive rock formations, very memorable attraction
Disadvantages: Not suitable for young children or people with limited mobility, not as good as other nearby caves

...Hey ho, another review - another cave. Recently I reviewed the magnificent karst caves at Postojna in Slovenia; this time it's another karst cave not far away in Italy, just outside the city of Trieste. The Grotta Gigante is billed as the "biggest tourist cave in the world" which, having been to Postojna I have to take issue with. I can only imagine that this must be referring to the central cavern in Trieste because Postojna is a huge complex of caves of which the visitor sees only 5 Kilometres of the twenty-odd that have been explored. The Grotta's vital statistics - 107m high, 65m wide and 260m long. I've dug up some statistics that might enable readers to put these facts into perspective - the Eiffel Tower is 324 Metres high, the Tower of "Big Ben" is 96.3 Metres tall and the Angel of the North is 20 Metres high. WHERE IS...

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"Now I Don't Have to Draw on Mummy's Walls"

Advantages: Great fun activity that has many educational benefits.
Disadvantages: The pages are not perforated so they are not easily removeable from the book.

...control them, this is an important skill as it will aid in teaching them how to use other writing instruments later in life. Once my son reached 12 months of age I wasted no time in buying him some chunky wax crayons and I couldn?t wait to play and make wonderful art. My son like all other children loved to draw and scribble on a blank canvas and I would often draw large bold outlines of an animal or a face for him to colour over, a few months later I decided to look for a colouring book as these offer a range of pictures for a little one to colour and many hours of fun to be had. I performed a search on Amazon and I came across the Gigantic Crayola colouring book, Crayola are a recognisable and respected brand name so I knew it would be of good quality. Crayola produce high quality products that are nontoxic safe and reliable...

Autarkis 20.10.2009 · Read review
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The Giants of the Canaries

Advantages: Beautiful, well kept resort
Disadvantages: Not for clubbers or those with mobility diffculties

...WHERE? Los Gigantes is situated on the sunny West coast of Tenerife. It has a fantastic all year round sunny climate owing to the island's close proximity to the West coast of Africa. During the British summer time, it's very hot! I've known it reach almost 40 degree Celsius in August. During the British winter I've experienced temperatures in Los Gigantes of anything between 18 and 25. Los Gigantes gets its name (The Giants) from the stunning cliffs which rise vertically from the sea to a huge 300m height. The cliffs attract visitors from everywhere and can be seen from miles away! GETTING THERE Los Gigantes is about 40 kilometres from the airport in the South of the island, Reina Sofia. Charter flights fly on Tuesdays and Fridays from most UK airports and you can take a Monarch Scheduled flight from Manchester and Heathrow...

staceycav 03.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Los Gigantes

......here comes the summer sun

Advantages: year round sun
Disadvantages: nope, cant think of any!

...Here is my review of Los Gigantes in Tenerife - as you can see, I quite like it!!! My Experience:- I have been here on holiday twice now. The first time we stayed in an apartment in Los Gigantes (below, what was, The Royal Sun Apartments for those who know Los Gigantes) itself and the second time we rented a villa just up the road in Playa De La Arena (both of the properties have now been sold - sorry!) The first holiday in the apartment it was mid July (03)! It is apparently the hottest time of the year to visit the island (so we found out afterwards!) It reached about 40 degrees when we were there and there was no pool to fall into to cool down. Air conditioning is an absolute must at that time of the year. Unfortunately our accommodation didn't boast such a luxury, and high temperatures even at night made for difficult...

sazy 24.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Los Gigantes

The "giant" of the town

Advantages: Good location, 4*, adequate choice of food, clean, comfortable, friendly
Disadvantages: Buffet style meals, other guests(!)

...I'll do this review in two sections, firstly concentrating on the Hotel Los Gigantes, and then the resort. HOTEL LOS GIGANTES: This hotel is a Thomson 'Gold' hotel, and the awards are proudly displayed on the walls next to the reception (successive awards have been won for the past ten years). The brochure lists the hotel as being 4 star, so I was expecting a lot, having stayed in many 4 star hotels on business here in the UK. We arrived early evening, and checked in but wasn't given our room key, instead being told to go through to the restaurant to get dinner. We opted to stay in our room and asked for the key instead, which they duly obliged to. I'm glad we didn't go in that night, as nothing prepares you for the restaurant, as we found out the next morning. All the meals are served buffet style, which inevitably...

indiegirl 08.09.2003 · Read review
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Review of Hotel Los gigantes Tenerife

How Big?

Advantages: Lovely rhythmical traditional tale
Disadvantages: None

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danielalong 25.03.2006 · Read review
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Review of The Gigantic Turnip - Niamh Sharkey

His Pipes Were Gigantic, And So was His schlong!

Advantages: Some good versions of traditional tracks, excellent fast pace
Disadvantages: Won't be to everyones tastes

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Andy.mack 10.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Sing Loud Sing Proud - Dropkick Murphys

Lost in a gigantic hobby

Advantages: Huge scope for a hobby, something new every month.
Disadvantages: Not cheap

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Nikalin 18.05.2003 · Read review
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Review of Warhammer

GIGANTIC CLAY MAN QUESTIONED IN MURDER MYSTERY

Advantages: hilarious, great characters, very clever
Disadvantages: a bit of a slow starter

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KarenUK 05.09.2001 · Read review
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