Beach HotelAll Inclusive3.4Average3485 reviews
BLUESEA Puerto Resort
Puerto de la Cruz, TenerifeClose to the beach
- Flights included
- 15 Nov 2026 – 7 Nights
- All Inclusive
£169pp
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Mount Teide, at 3,715 metres, gives the interior a raw volcanic landscape of craters, cones and colour-streaked rock that you simply will not find anywhere else in Europe.
Temperatures rarely drop below 20°C on the south coast in winter, which makes the island one of the very few places in Europe where a January beach day, followed by dinner outside on a warm terrace, is treated as entirely normal rather than remarkable.
English is widely spoken across the resorts and menus rarely need translating, yet authentic island culture, from village fiestas to family-run eateries, is only ever a short and scenic drive away in almost any direction you pick.
Genuinely distinct coasts mean you can choose lively resort energy and near-guaranteed sunshine in the south, or lush valleys, historic towns and traditional Canarian life in the slower, greener north.
The deep waters off the west coast hold year-round populations of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins, so sightings on a half-day boat trip are close to routine rather than a matter of luck.
Meals, drinks and days out generally cost less than in comparable mainland Spanish resorts, so a family or couple's holiday budget noticeably stretches further here than most first-time visitors expect.
Six bases and sights shape most first visits, and plenty of return trips follow the same trusted shortlist.
Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje: The island's main southern hub is anchored by the Siam Park waterpark that opened in 2008 and a beachfront promenade that runs for several unbroken kilometres; the majority of package holidays to Tenerife are based along this well-connected stretch of coast.
Los Cristianos: Once a small fishing harbour, this working town still runs daily ferries to La Gomera and keeps its prices gentler than its glossier neighbours, which makes it a natural base for cheap holidays to Tenerife that never feel cut off from the beaches, bars and boat trips next door.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife: The capital pairs the sail-shaped Auditorio concert hall completed in 2003 with pedestrianised shopping streets, shaded plazas, the palm-filled García Sanabria park and a tram line linking the old quarters, giving the island a genuine and often overlooked option for city breaks.
Puerto de la Cruz: The north's main town pairs the 1977 César Manrique-designed Lago Martiánez seawater lido with the palm-backed volcanic sands of Playa Jardín, one of the most distinctive beaches in Tenerife, and an old town that still feels Canarian first.
Teide National Park: A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007, the park surrounds Spain's highest volcano with ochre lava fields, twisted rock formations and crater-rim trails that feel closer to another planet than to a beach island, despite sitting barely an hour above the southern resorts by road.
La Orotava: Ten minutes uphill from Puerto de la Cruz, this historic town keeps some of the best-preserved seventeenth-century mansions in the Canaries along its steep cobbled streets, including the carved wooden balconies of the Casa de los Balcones and gardens laid out in terraces down the hillside.
Beach days are only the start here, and the island generously rewards anyone willing to explore beyond the sun lounger for even one day of the trip.
Teide cable car: Ride up to 3,555 metres for views across the whole archipelago, then walk the final stretch to the summit crater with a free permit that needs booking weeks or even months in advance.
Whale watching: Join a catamaran from Los Gigantes or Puerto Colón, because the deep channel between Tenerife and La Gomera is one of the most reliable cetacean-spotting stretches of water anywhere in Europe, with sightings on the clear majority of sailings, and most skippers refund or rebook on the rare blank day.
Masca gorge: Hike down from the improbably perched village down to the sea, a demanding descent of around three hours through towering rock walls that finishes with a boat transfer along the coast back to Los Gigantes; places are limited and pre-booking is essential.
Siam Park: Spend a full day at the park regularly rated among the best in the world, where the Tower of Power slide drops 28 metres before shooting riders through a shark-filled aquarium tunnel.
Stargazing: Book an evening tour in Teide National Park, one of the finest dark-sky locations on the planet, home to a working international observatory and skies so clear that professional astronomers chose this mountain decades ago and have never left.
Anaga Rural Park: Walk the ancient laurel forests of this UNESCO Biosphere Reserve where mist-fed trails thread between knife-edge ridges, hidden beaches and hamlets that still feel a century away from the resorts.
Loro Parque: Visit the Puerto de la Cruz institution founded in 1972 and now as well known for its conservation foundation's global work as for its parrot collection, orca displays and walk-through penguin house.
There is no genuinely bad month. December to March brings the warmest winter sun in Europe alongside the highest prices, while May, June and October offer the same beaches with fewer crowds and gentler rates and warm seas left over from summer. The north is at its greenest in spring, when the valleys fill with blossom and the waterfalls run strongest. Only the mountain summit sees truly cold weather, and Teide even carries snow in some winters while people swim on the coast far below.
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