Isla de Tenerife Travel Forum

We - a couple (50/60's) have planned to spend 2 weeks in Teneriffe starting the first week in april 2008.
Never been there, we looked at the area of "Las Americas" but after reading reviews in Travel-forum it sounds like a hang-out for younger people who enjoy loud discos and other all-night activity until breakfast time, making sleeping a nightmare to others.

We are far from even feeling like "seniors", but at the least like to enjoy a somewhat quiet time to get sleep. If there are places worth checking out that fill the need for clean accomodations, decent food and still offer a variety of things to do other than just (often overprized) tourist traps, please let us know as brochures can be most misleading with true info. This being our first time to that area, we are not sure if any of the other islands would be more suitable.

Just spent a night here in the Algarve in what looked like a phantastic place on the website, but was most disappointing.
How bad is the situation at the begin of april in regards to Mosquitos and / or other critters? Please steer us away from any place where "Attractions" means Disco bars or screaming kids around the pool.

This VT'er here would love and REALLY appreciate to hear about it.
Cheers, Norbert

Looking to travel to tenerife next week for four days.
Can anyone advise lively place near beach and good value hotel I am a 21 yr old
male.thanks

We want to book a ferry from Los Cristianos to La Gomera, using the Naviera Armas ferry. I have been on their website but do not seem to be able to book online from the UK. Is it necessary to book in advance (we have a one day window when we can go and don't want to miss out)? Any advice welcome. Thanks.

Am planning an early May vacay to Spain & we are heading for the Canaries for a weekend, but haven't decided which island to visit yet! We are vets, & heard Tenerife has lots of wildlife (zoo, park with avian/penguins or something??), but other islands are supposed to be pretty amazing too. Any advice? :D

Can anyone give me the correct address for the camera shop trading under the name Foto Arena? We are in dispute with this shop over the purchase of a digital camera, which we bought while on holiday in Los Gigantes during December last year. A recent letter of complaint sent registered post has been returned to us as unrecognised address. We are quite certain this business is on the Avenida Maritima in Puerto Santiago, Tenerife, which was where we addressed it. Unfortunately we do not have an official receipt to refer to. It is more or less opposite the Neptune cafe and apartments on the main road through Puerto Santiago.

Hi there

Is this the same bar that that Abi used to or still does manage, where Scott Bradley comperes and Mel and John used to work behind the bar.
I'masking this as I used to be a worker in tenerife but i had to go home and I'm desperately trying to get back in touch.
I worked in Tenerife in 2003, I loved coming to princess Di's after work and hogging the karaoke machine all night with my rock anthems, please if ou could help me find my friends i would really appreciate it

Many Thanks Helen

Hi everyone, hope someone can put me right on a couple of things.

1st: I read on Wikipedia that to climb the last 200 metres of Mount Teide a free permit must be obtained from the park office in Santa Cruz? Is this so?
I was last in Tenerife in 1984 and climbed to the top without having to obtain a ticket.
I will be taking my children 16 and 12 with me on the last 200 mtr climb, can the tickets not be obtained at Teide or from an office in Playa Las Americas?

2nd: Will the snow on Teide in the 1st 2 weeks of April make the 1st question pointless?
Will there still be limited access via the cable car then?

thanks for any help eyedot uk

Hi
I am going to Los Christianos next week and I wondered will it be cool in the evenings? Also is there a greek restaurant in that area or nearby.(not the touristy plate smashing type!)

Hi,
Does anybody have a contact phone number for St.Eugenes bar in Tenerife please?Thanks
Linda

Hi everyone, I'd like a holiday in the Canaries and wonder if anyone can recommend a good resort and/or accommodation for a woman travelling alone. I want a peaceful and relaxing holiday but not to be isolated or the only single among loads of couples/families/singles groups. Am in my 40s. Just want to escape the dark days of N European winter for a week or so! Thanks for your ideas.

Will be in tenerife at the end of jan staying in sauzal can anyone give us any info on the area

Is it possible to buy a Bono card in the airport on arrival ?

Tim

Hi All - I am going to Tenerife in early March and was wondering since the islands are so close to Morocco, is there any kind of ferry or day trips that take you to Marrakesh and if so is it worth going to? I would love to visit if it is a possibility, even if I have to stay for one night. Any and all information is most welcome. Thanks

Hi

I'm going to Tenerife on the 8th of Jan for a week, can anyone tell me what the weather will be like and if the nightlife will still be good, are there any bars still open? I'm saying at Paraiso Del Sol in Las Americas, anyone stayed there before???

Cheers
Leanne

does anyone know if it is posible to get to these aprtments on a local bus from the airport. Many thanks

i am going to santa barbara golf ocean club at christmas which is in san miquel tenerife how far in miles is it to los cristianos tenerife

Hi

We are going to Tenerife 1st week of November and I'm a bit worried it is going to be dead! We like lively nightlife and I don't want to go there and find all the pubs and clubs shut. I know it wont be like it is in June/July but will places still be open and busy?

We're staying at the Play Paraiso Floral - weve been told its about a twenty minute taxi ride from the Americas but i still dont know anything about where the hotel is actually based! ANybody any ideas?

Thanks for all your help guys

Vicky

PS - will I need my suncream in November?!!

Hello everyone, does someone know how the weather will be in November? Will it be still sunny and warm or is it the rainy season if there is one? Thanks for your help!

Thanks to some good feedback from my Lanzarote post, I decided to post a sequel and see if I could get some help planning our 1 day on Tenerife. This winter we're taking a cruise to the Canary Islands with some friends, and we're trying to figure out what to do on our short port days at the different islands. This is our first trip to the Canaries, and we know we won't be able to do any of the islands justice, but we can always go back!

So, if you had one day (8:00-17:00) to explore from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where would you go and what would you do?

Hi everyone!

After reading some pretty negative reviews of hotel Jardin Tropical, we are thinking about changing to hotel "Plantacion del sur", also in Costa Adeje. Its a very new hotel and seems to have very good reviews. Has anyone experiences or information about it? Any information on the food, cause i heard thats not so impressive...Thank you!

Veerke, Belgium

Hi, we are going to Tenerife tomorrow staying at Santa Maria and want some recommendations of good places to go for breakfast please!

When you say busses in Tenerife are cheap? How cheap? I mean if I'm staying at Playa de Las Americas and I want to go to Puerto De La Cruz... how much will it cost me?

Hi!

We will be having our honeymoon in the hotel Jardin Tropical the first week of october. Does anyone has good or bad experiences with this hotel. I heard from some people that it is not as good anymore as it used to be, but it still looks great on the web...
What is the weather like early october? Still hot enough to wear shorts, tops,...? Thank you! x

Taking a "girl trip" in November and will be headquarted in Puerto de LaCruz. One member of our party is staying with friends at the Interpalace. The other three of us are looking for accomodations. The 223 steps from the beach to the Interpalace sounds like it could be rough on our knees. Any other suggestions?

My son goes to L.C. in 3 weeks time - are there currently any problems in that resort following the spate of fires that the island is suffering? What about at the airport or the transfer journeys?
They will have a 4-year-old with them so I am hoping they won't be too affected.

Can anyone tell me the cost of a taxi from Terife Airport South to Santa Maria Del Mar please
Steve

Am planning to visit tenerife on 10th to aprox 20th august. i was wondering what is the weather usually like around that time. also i will be staying in La Laguna(town name) and as i understood there is no beaches in the walking distance so i was wondering what is the public transportasion like and is it expencive?
Thank u!!!!

Looking forward to my holiday in Tenerife which starts a week today.

What would the taxi fare from Tenerife south airport to Puerto de la Cruz be?

Thanks in advance,

Jim

Hoping to hit Tenerife with some friends for some surfing in late August.

Where is the best place to stay to get good surf and yet still have a good night out?

I have been informed Playas de las Americas is full to the brink with the scourge of Eng-er-Lish and Oirish society. Is this the case and should it be avoided?

Cheers

Will

We are going on a holiday in the begining of july in Hotel Gala in Tenerife.
Has anyone to say something about this hotel.
I have read some comments on Trip Advisor, so if anyone has been there, please write down something.

We would like to see also some other things in Tenerife.
We are plning to rent a car, so if someone suggest the cheapest company, please also write down!