Tenerife - The Good The Bad and The Ugly

Advantages: Spectacular and unusual scenery. Duty-free
Disadvantages: Large resorts are lager-lout territory.

...We went to Puerto de Santiago/Los Gigantes, which is northwest of the two most ?popular? resorts, Playa de las Americas & Los Cristianos - muchos Ingleses! These two, in my view, are awful, and visitors going there for the first time expecting something with a foreign feel will be disappointed by the usual rash of "See Leeds v Barcelona live tonite on Sky" cafes and bars. What they do have is beaches. It?s not just us either. The Germans are catered for in a similar way. I suppose Tenerife is like the best and the worst of southern Spain in that respect. Los Christianos does have one saving grace - it?s the ferry port to La Gomera, one of the other islands, which makes for a fascinating day out in itself. Puerto de Santiago hasn't got much of a beach but the pools in the hotels & apartments are usually fine. It has a good...

BNibbles 16.12.2000 · Read review
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A Taster about Tenerife Pearl Centre

Advantages: Nice Loos!
Disadvantages: An oyster must die to gain the pearl.

...I am a Vegetarian but one place that I love to visit on the Island of Tenerife is Tenerife Pearl. I rarely buy pearls due to how they are obtained but I love to look around Tenerife Pearl. There are many fascinating facts to learn about pearls as well as some extremely beautiful sites to see. The centre also sells semi-precious gems, watches, chains and other souvenirs. In addition to the beautiful hand crafted masterpieces (The carnival costumes for instance) that you would expect from this internationally valued company, Tenerife Pearl also produce a whole range of cheaper costume jewellery, to fit even the smallest of budgets budget. Many of these pieces make spectacular and yet also affordable gifts for friends and other family members. With prices well under those of the 'High Street Jewellers' even by Tenerife standards, there are...

wulise 25.05.2002 · Read review
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Tenerife..Paradise Found

Advantages: Plenty of shops, bars and restaurants near by.
Disadvantages: Can be a little noisy if you are near the Varonicas centre.

...Tenerife..Paradise Found,Well that's my opinion anyway. I believe Tenerife is one of those places, that you either love or you hate. I have heard many varied opinions from friends and family, some good and some bad. I would now like to give you my own opinion on Tenerife. Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands and its's location, just off the north coast of Africa, gives it a fabulous year round climate. Tenerife is very much an Island of contrasts. In the south, which is known as the sunny side you will find the more well known resorts which include Playa de las Americas and Los Cristianos, the landscape is very baron and dry. Plants mainly consist of cacti and palm trees, except around the hotels and apartments, where you will find a more varied variety of flowering plants, due to the easy access to water...

xanadu 24.02.2001 (17.03.2001) · Read review
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Tenerife - not on my short list

Advantages: Cheap car hire and petrol
Disadvantages: Unpredictable weather, expensive food, lots of time-share touts

...the local red-light district, and a mecca for prostitutes throughout the night. The hotel has been on 'Holidays from Hell' twice and I have also seen some very bad write-ups about it. The area of the resort we stayed in was compact, with a wide abundance of food restaurants of unfortunately, not brilliant quality and generally overpriced. At breakfast time, we saw food advertised at around £1.95 a head, trouble is the drinks prices were not publicised and we ended up paying around £5 each for an orange juice. We ended up eating in the pizza hut/kentucky fried chicken cafe. I had heard that Tenerife was the island of warm weather all year around, whilst we were there we had a few sandstorms, rain, a hurricane, and could not visit half the places we wanted to, as they were out of bounds and had been sealed off by the police for safety...

sue.51 25.03.2001 · Read review
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Los Americas,Tenerife has it all

Advantages: Hot, Sunny, Reasonably Priced
Disadvantages: Busy, Hectic Night life

...Just want to give as much info in a total package about Tenerife. I have done the Portugal, Spain Mainland, Yugoslavia, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Gran Canaria, Lanzarotte thing, but to be honest have settled every year for Tenerife. I have three kids and it basicaly suits without forking out money on trying a different experience. There are plenty of flights available to the island leaving mainly Fridays and have never suffered any issues getting there. The Reina Sophia Airport is around a 30 minuite drive from Los Americas where you will witness some of the finest Hotels imaginable. Yes.......and that is exactly what i said, some of the 5* hotels take some beating. Usually, i opt to stay at one of the 4* hotels such as The Conquistador or Noelia Sur where i have stayed on numerous occasions and every time been a winner. The problem...

jacksback40 01.03.2007 · Read review
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GO TO TENERIFE

Advantages: Excellent island
Disadvantages: No real beach

...Tenerife, situated in the Canary Islands, near Ibiza and in the Mediterranean. Paradise! But Tenerife hardly displays the tacky, sex driven ambience of Ibiza. Some areas of Tenerife (Las Americas)are geered towards the British Tourist with pubs, clubs, strip joints and every restaurant serving ham and chips! I am not saying that this is bad. If you want to go on holiday and then end up at home again but with a sunburn then go to Las Americas.If you want to interact with the Spanish Culture, learn a bit about about the Spanish way of Life and maybe change your philosophy on Life then steer clear of Las Americas. Tenerife is only a 3 hour flight from Luton and can cost from £38 depending which airline you take. Leaving the UK is the highlight of the flight until you reach Tenerife when you fly relatively low and can see...

geelayz 14.03.2002 · Read review
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one fantastic week in tenerife please read on

Advantages: see opinion
Disadvantages: none that i can tell you

...Club currently has resorts in England,Scotland, France, Italy,Austria,Germany,Portugal and mainland spain. Majorca,Menorca,Tenerife and lanzarote,United States of America and the Caribbean. Also if you book a late holiday 59 days before you go you only use half of your points which is 20 and the you can carry over the remaining 20 to the following year and have 60 points to go to for a longer holiday or go somewhere like the caribbean. Points you use and where you go will depend on low, mid and high season of course spain you would not use as mant points as the usa. Well there is so much to say about this fantastic holiday club if you want to know more dont hesitate to contact me.I joined the GVC club and i will be returning to Tenerife in April at the Santa Barbara, then im off to the Caribbean is September. You can visit their wesite which...

jayl 19.01.2003 (20.01.2003) · Read review
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Ole Ole to quality Tenerife

Advantages: Stunning scenery, wonderful cuisine, luxurious hotels
Disadvantages: Rough image of lager louts in the south

...Flicking through mountains of cheap holiday brochures, you may be forgiven for thinking that Tenerife is only for lager louts in the club 18-30 category; how wrong you are. Many top end travel firms such as elegant resorts, and seasons in style now offer holidays in Tenerife. It appears that it is slowly coming out of its stereotype. Like in many place, a strong north-south divide exists. The south has very few quality establishments and is exclusively the preserve of tourists; the scenery is uninspiring; many people just go there for twenty four hour clubbing and drinking. The south has one hotel that stands out from the rest of low grade establishments - the Gran Meliá Bahia Del Duque. This hotel is a very pleasant resort comprising many buildings in traditional Canarian style; the services, accomodations, and cuisine is...

m_kingdom 14.08.2002 · Read review
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TENERIFE, PLAYA DE LAS AMERICAS

Advantages: GREAT FOR ALL AGES, BIGGEST CLUB ON CANARY ISLAND, LOTS TO DO
Disadvantages: NONE

...~*~TENERIFE~*~ My friend took me to Tenerife, playa de las Americas after she went on holiday there and ended up spending the summer of 2005 there. We stayed for 1 week in june2006. Then june2007 i packed my bags and off i went to work in tenerife until augest2007. Tenerife is a Spanish island it's the largest of the canary islands, it sits just off the coast of North Africa which means it can get very hot, Tenerife has great weather all year round so you can visit any time which makes Tenerife very popular. Most of the beaches in Tenerife are man made beaches with golden sand which came all the way from Africa there are still a few black sand beaches around the coastline due to Tenerife being a volcanic island although they look great they will burn your feet so stick to the man made ones For any information on whats going...

sarahjayne87 30.03.2007 (29.08.2007) · Read review
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Tenerife a Winter Sun Destination

Advantages: Escape some of the winter weather
Disadvantages: 4 1/2 hours flight from Manchester Airport

...place we are both looking forward to visiting in the Mount Taedi National Park, this is a nature park built around a dormant volcano, so should provide us both with some excellent photography oppertunities. When we return from our trip I will be updating with reports on my holiday, so please check again mid Febuary upon our return.. Can't wait to tell you all about the trip. One thing I know though is that we are trully looking forward to finding a little sunshine to get away from the doom and gloom of the winter! Travel Choice that made out booking have a website at www.travelcoice.com and can take bookings on line too besides helping you to locate your nearest Travel Choice shop. ****The Trip***** Just arrived back from Southern Tenerife this morning, so I will start filling in now on my experience of this wonderful...

Pictoria 13.12.2003 (15.02.2004) · Read review
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