Tenerife - Advise please

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wolfy1988

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1,426 posts

169 months

Monday 6th May 2013
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Hi guys

We want to go to Tenerife for 5 day 30th May - 4 June, but where??

We have never been before and this is our criteria:

- Pretty
- Not lager lout territorie, we are both in our 20s but just not into it.
- Plenty to see and do, we will be hiring a car though smile

Basically, where would PH go?

Thanks in advance.

5MUG

734 posts

270 months

Monday 6th May 2013
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Havn't been for a while but we stayed on Costa Adeje. It's away from the noisy part.

karona

1,924 posts

192 months

Monday 6th May 2013
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Costa Del Silencio: French and German timeshare hell, Las Americas: the touristy bit, Golf del Sur & San Blas: much quieter from a tourist point of view, but a plane spotter's delight, if ever you read about a plane crashing into a block of flats in Tenerife, it'll be in San Blas. Bus travel is easy, with prepaid tickets available just about everywhere, stay in an apartment the 'Golf' (Green Park, Winter Gardens) or San Blas (Golf Plaza, Las Adelfas)and bus out to the touristy bits and save yourself a fortune.

ATTAK Z

12,681 posts

195 months

Monday 6th May 2013
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wolfy1988 said:
Hi guys

Basically, where would PH go?
Not Tenerife ... Try Lanzarote or Gran Canaria or better still, La Gomera or La Palma

Edited by ATTAK Z on Monday 6th May 20:28

Mark.

11,104 posts

282 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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If it is Tenerife then Costa Adeje is a nice place and reasonably quiet with bars/restaurants down by the sea, we stay at Royal Garden Villas just up from it but easily walkable.

Also agree La Gomera is a great place to visit - try Tecina Hotel there - smashing place.

chris7676

2,685 posts

226 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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Make sure you go for a drive to the north-west mountainous bit of the island - it's spectacularly different from the rest, which is quite diverse anyway.

Btw, I found Las Americas very nice - and yes it was built for the tourists.

Dave200

5,671 posts

226 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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MrsD200 and I are going diving later in the year (some of the underwater wildlife and scenery is breathtaking), and have picked Los Gigantes (high up the West Coast) on the advice of wanting somewhere quiet and away from the rabble.

jogon

2,971 posts

164 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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Los Cristianos is worth a look if on a budget, not very larger loutish and cheaper than Costa Adeje but a short walk to hooters if tempted, plus a good sea fishing spot.

One place worth visiting is Otelo up in Adeje, small town up in the mountains not Costa Adeje, go mid morning and do the Barranco del Infierno (Hell's Gorge) loop trail and then to Otelo's for lunch. Amazing chicken, mojo spuds, house wine and a pretty spectacular view.

wolfy1988

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1,426 posts

169 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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chris7676 said:
Make sure you go for a drive to the north-west mountainous bit of the island - it's spectacularly different from the rest, which is quite diverse anyway.

Btw, I found Las Americas very nice - and yes it was built for the tourists.
yes I have a little route planned out already that goes from San Andres to Cruz del Carmen: http://goo.gl/maps/SoOIG I CANT WAIT!

chris7676

2,685 posts

226 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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wolfy1988 said:
chris7676 said:
Make sure you go for a drive to the north-west mountainous bit of the island - it's spectacularly different from the rest, which is quite diverse anyway.

Btw, I found Las Americas very nice - and yes it was built for the tourists.
yes I have a little route planned out already that goes from San Andres to Cruz del Carmen: http://goo.gl/maps/SoOIG I CANT WAIT!
I did mean the other end - north west wink

wolfy1988

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1,426 posts

169 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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chris7676 said:
I did mean the other end - north west wink
oh.. getmecoat

Can you give me a town name as a reference point?

wolfy1988

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1,426 posts

169 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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ATTAK Z said:
Not Tenerife ... Try Lanzarote or Gran Canaria or better still, La Gomera or La Palma

Edited by ATTAK Z on Monday 6th May 20:28
I cant remember now why we have picked Tenerife over Gran Canaria.

La Gomera or La Palma would be perfect but alas budget will not stretch, we are saving for a blow out holiday to Tokyo at the end of the year.

chris7676

2,685 posts

226 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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wolfy1988 said:
oh.. getmecoat

Can you give me a town name as a reference point?
Just by google (that has been known to make mistakes) - you have Masca, Teno, El Palmar.

wolfy1988

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1,426 posts

169 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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chris7676 said:
Just by google (that has been known to make mistakes) - you have Masca, Teno, El Palmar.
Ah that does look nice, I love Street View!

Thanks Chris, will do that trip as well

mu0n

2,348 posts

139 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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My advise? Avoid the place. Ugh.

TonyHetherington

32,091 posts

256 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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I like Tenerife. Stayed in Costa Adeje a few times, Los Cristianos a few also. Fairly similar (Americas is ok too!).

Cheap, sunny, and enjoyable.

BarryP

586 posts

150 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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If you want a reasonably quiet area of Tenerife with lots of local character and charm have a look at Puerto de la Cruz. The area is full of original Canarian buildings and restaurants, there is very little crime and the locals are very friendly. We've been here many times over the past 15 years, usually stay at the Casablanca Appts. There is a nice beach just out of town at Punta Brava, only downside is it's about an hour drive from the airport.

ATTAK Z

12,681 posts

195 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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BarryP said:
If you want a reasonably quiet area of Tenerife with lots of local character and charm have a look at Puerto de la Cruz. ...... only downside is it's about an hour drive from the airport.
and the weather isn't always as good as in the south

Oi U

211 posts

152 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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Had a week in Los Gigantes in April last year. We found it good for eating and watching the sun set over the Atlantic. It has a small harbour with boat trips available and an uncrowned black beach. Overall, it exceeded my expectations, so it gets my vote.


Edited by Oi U on Tuesday 7th May 18:05

LuS1fer

41,668 posts

251 months

Tuesday 7th May 2013
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There's nothing wrong with Tenerife. I can only assume some people go to a resort and never venture outside it.

It's better than Gran Canaria, to my mind, which is an island full of mountains fringed with some crappy Spanish towns filled with Germans.

I would concur with Costa Adeje but get a hire car and drive up through the Mount Teide national park which is truly spectacular in terms of landscape and native birdlife including canaries.
Continue on to Loro Parque for a good day out at a nice zoo replete with Killer Whales. Also, take time to follow the winding road to Masca and Buenavista.

Wasn't fussed on Los Gigantes, TBH, though it was coloured by a sea trip that would make the most hardened mariner chunder their guts up.

By contrast, Fuerteventura is very rural indeed and Lanzarote, while I do see the attraction, gets samey quite quickly, if you like to explore.