The classic1 / 5
Bahía del Duque
The original Costa Adeje grande dame, still the best beachfront address for a family with taste.
Beach & pool centralLarge resortSee and be seen
€€€€From about €350 a night
Best beach hotels in Tenerife
5 of the ten hotels in our Tenerife edit qualify. They are in our order of preference for this, not a ranking of the hotels overall.
What we looked for: A beach you can actually use, or a pool that is the point of the stay.
The classic
The big resort2 / 5
Gran Meliá Palacio de Isora
A vast west-coast resort with an enormous saltwater pool and an adults-only wing that changes the experience.
Large resortBeach & pool centralSelf-containedStay at the hotel
€€€From about €250 a night
The complete resort3 / 5
The Ritz-Carlton Tenerife, Abama
A self-contained citadel on the west coast, with the island's best hotel food and its own beach.
Large resortSelf-containedStay at the hotelDestination dining
€€€€From about €450 a night
The private one4 / 5
Royal River Luxury Hotel
Adults-only villas with private heated pools, wrapped around a lazy-river pool complex.
CouplesContemporaryBeach & pool centralStay at the hotel
€€€From about €350 a night
The romantic one5 / 5
Royal Garden Villas & Spa
Twenty-eight villas, each with its own heated pool, for couples who want to be left alone.
IntimateQuietUnder the radarStay at the hotel
€€€From about €300 a night
Questions people ask
Good questions
Which is the best hotel in Tenerife?
Bahía del Duque. The original Costa Adeje grande dame, still the best beachfront address for a family with taste.
How did you choose these hotels?
Independently, through extensive research, trusted sources and increasingly first-hand visits. Hotels cannot pay to be included, and every one of the ten has to exist for a different reason.