Holiday in a luxury hotel in Tenerife with Small Luxury Hotels of the World to enjoy a microclimate of year-round sunshine. You’ll soak up the rays on glittering beaches, explore the island’s wild volcanic interior and feast on sea bream flavoured with coriander and chili at boutique restaurants.
Luxury beaches on Tenerife
Join the surfers and divers who congregate on Playa de la Troya, most southerly of Costa Adeje's beaches. From the deck of your boutique yacht, you’ll glimpse dolphins and colonies of short-finned pilot whales swimming in crystal-clear waters. Explore the volcanic sands of secluded Diego Hernandez Beach. A deep-sea fishing trip will win you a catch of bluefin tuna, wahoo and marlin.
Luxury things to do on Tenerife
A cable car whisks visitors to the top of volcanic El Teide, the highest mountain in Spain. You can see the entire island from its snow-capped summit. Hike pine-clad slopes to spot monk parakeets, geckos and enormous red-orange monarch butterflies. In Chacona, you’ll be awed by the mysterious rectangular-shaped Pyramids of Guimar. They were built from local lava stone by the indigenous Guanche.
Gourmet Tenerife
On a terrace overlooking the Atlantic you’ll dine on octopus and traditional caldereta de pescado soup. Sample local mojo dipping sauces made from olive oil mixed with garlic and paprika. Tenerife is famed for indulgent desserts like marzipan praline and alcoholic bienmesabe sweetened with honey. Sip rich red wines like Tacoronte-Acentejo and Ycoden-Daute-Isora produced from local grapes that thrive on the island’s volcanic soil.
Holiday in a luxury hotel in Tenerife with Small Luxury Hotels of the World to luxuriate on the private rooftop terrace of your elegant colonial villa. You can enjoy rounds of golf on courses lined with palms and banana trees or simply relax with pampering spa treatments.