DESTINATIONS WINTER SUN | TENERIFE
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BEST FOR FAMILIES Kids will love the Cinderella-style castle that dominates the pool area at the Fantasia Bahia Principe Tenerife, while parents will be delighted with the kids’ clubs. From £171 per night all-inclusive.
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BEST FOR ROMANCE The Hotel Botanico is surrounded by tropical gardens and has plush rooms plus the island’s best spa (complete with massages alfresco). There are good dining options too, including The Oriental, which serves Asian haute cuisine. From £161 per night B&B.
hotelbotanico.com
BEST FOR FUN WITH FRIENDS Hotels don’t get more rock ‘n’ roll than the Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife (below), with live music at the Beach Club, poolside DJs and even the chance to borrow a guitar for an in-room party. From £158 per night B&B.
hardrockhoteltenerife.com
From the upper cable car station it’s just an hour’s walk to the crater and you’ll be rewarded with sweeping views across the Atlantic to neighbouring islands La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma. No matter how you get to the top, you can descend on the cable car and be back at the beach in time for sundowners. Don’t fancy standing atop a steaming volcano? Strike out among the Roques de García on an easy two-hour hike around a weirdly wonderful landscape of twisted, cooled lava. Here the Finger of God reaches up to pierce the sky and the vast cathedral stands alone in the badlands. This is the sort of landscape you imagine might appear on the moon, and a myth persists that Star Wars was filmed here (it wasn’t). Alternatively, delve into that storybook rainforest on a
walk from Cruz de Carmen towards Llano de los Loros, a viewpoint reached in about 15 minutes; or continue to Las Carboneras village before looping back through the trees on a four-hour rainforest exploration.
WATER: BEACH BREAKS Rather be in the water? Tenerife’s sandy beaches and perpetually warm waters make the island an enticing playground for watersports enthusiasts. Head to Playa de la Tejita, near the town of El Médano, and you’ll
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Teide National Park; Las Carboneras; La Tejita beach PICTURES:
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Cueva del Viento is like
nothing I’d seen before and, I can safely say, it was worth getting off my sunlounger for
find reliable waves and wind for surfing and kitesurfing. The schools strung along the sands offer lessons for beginners and the beach is ideal for those first stumbling forays out to sea – the bottom is sandy, making the inevitable falls far less fearsome. There are also reliable surf breaks for beginners
offshore from Playa de las Americas at El Conquistador, while the experienced should head to the north and northwest coasts for more powerful waves at spots such as El Socorro and Baja de Martiánez. Tenerife’s waters are also home to spectacular marine life, especially between the west coast and La Gomera. Several operators lead kayaking tours in these waters – if you’re lucky you might see dolphins cruising along beside you – while Los Cristianos is the jumping- off point for whale-watching cruises in search of pilot
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