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hot property
Just opened
TENERIFE
Iberostar has opened another hotel in
Tenerife, on the Costa Adeje. The five-star
Grand Hotel El Mirador is part of the
hotelier’s Grand Collection and has 126
rooms on six floors. There are three restau-
rants and a spa, and free-of-charge sports
facilities include table tennis, squash and a
gymnasium. A VIP area consists of 11 luxury
rooms with its own pool and terrace.
■ iberostar.com
Nivaria Hotel and Apartments, a three-star
property in Tenerife’s La Laguna, opened at
the end of last year. It is in the historical
quarter of San Cristobal, and has a
16th-century facade and stone staircase. Its
80 rooms have free wireless internet and
some have a sauna.
■ www.hotelnivaria.com
Upgraded
The five-star Hotel Eco Resort San Blas
has opened in the San Blas Environmental
MALAGA hotel’s 189 rooms have been restyled, Reserve in the south of Tenerife. The hotel
The Kempinski Hotel Bahia Estepona is including 43 luxury, “boutique-style” rooms. offers a “green” experience, including the
offering a selection of Harley-Davidson The hotel’s popular restaurant will reopen as chance to learn about the surrounding
motorcycles for hire, priced from €185 for Burladero, Tapas & Tintos by Dani Garcia, volcanic landscape.
two people, with a distance limit of 120 miles. led by the two-Michelin-starred Garcia. ■ sanblas.eu
■ kempinski-spain.com ■ gran-melia-colon.com
Forty new villas have opened at the Gran
GRAN CANARIA BARCELONA Hotel Bahia del Duque Resort in Adeje.
Palm Beach, a five-star Seaside Hotels The Gran Hotel Princesa Sofia in Barcelona The new villas have been decorated by the
property in Gran Canaria, has opened a new has launched de-stress packages for mums, interior designer Pascual Ortega, and each of
kids’ club (below). Pepe’s Club offers activities with two days of treatments, including a the villas has its own private swimming pool
for children up to 12 years old, with a club- Seaweed Body Wrap, a Cleopatra Milk and and Bang & Olufsen music system.
house playground, children’s pool and slide. Honey Bath and Breast Reaffirming Treat- ■ bahia-duque.com
■ seaside-hotels.com ment. From €412, excluding accommodation.
■ princesasofia.com The Hotel Resort Gran Melia Palacio de
SEVILLE Isora will be open for its first full summer
The Gran Melia Colon Hotel in Seville has MALLORCA season this year. The hotel, in Guia de Isora,
reopened after extensive remodelling. The The Hotel L’Avenida in Majorca has opened has more than 600 rooms and a selection of
a Wellness Room, offering spa and beauty private villas.
treatments. The boutique hotel has just ■ granmeliapalaciodeisora.com
eight rooms. A Greek product range, Korres
Natural Products, and a South American GRAN CANARIA
range, Isle de Aloe, are used in the spa. The Paradores group has opened a new
■ avenida-hotel.com property in Gran Canaria. The Parador de
Cruz de Tejeda is 20 miles from Las Palmas,
LANZAROTE 1500m above sea level. The parador has
ClubHotel Riu Paraiso Lanzarote Resort 43 rooms, many with views of the nearby
opened on March 1 following a €20 million crater. There is a restaurant, outdoor bar,
refurb. All the resort’s rooms and public self-service cafeteria, and spa and
areas have been overhauled. swimming pool.
■ riu.com ■ parador.es
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