Laid out in the style of a Canarian mansion, surrounded by terracotta-roofed villas and buildings, you’d be forgiven for thinking you were staying in a small village, and a rundown of the hotel statistics reads like a rollcall of the perfect hotel checklist: five pools, 386 rooms, 10 restaurants, two tennis courts, direct access to the beach… the list goes on.
The 14 best hotels in Tenerife for 2025 holidays, handpicked by experts The best hotels in Tenerife, whether you’re after a fantasy-filled resort for kids or a chic adults-only hotel break.
Garachico on Tenerife’s north coast was the island’s first ever port and was incredibly important in establishing the trade links between Tenerife and Europe, but disaster struck in 1706 when a volcanic eruption completely destroyed the town and port.
The hotel also has one of the largest kids’ clubs on the island and the family will also love to take the resort’s own funicular railway down to the beach.
The Tenerife capital often gets overlooked by visitors outside of carnival time in February, but it’s packed full of interesting museums and art galleries, an opera house to rival Sydney’s in the architecture stakes, quaint plazas with intimate restaurants and cafes, and a beautiful manmade beach, Las Teresitas.