The romantic one1 / 4
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
Best quiet hotels in Tenerife
4 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: Places where the evening is yours: no scene, no bass, no crowds.
The romantic one
The escape2 / 4
Hacienda del Conde
An adults-only hideout on the far north-west tip, between a clifftop golf course and the Teno mountains.
Remote escapeCouplesQuietSelf-contained
€€From about €180 a night
The boutique one3 / 4
Hotel San Roque
A 18th-century manor house in Tenerife's prettiest old town, with twenty rooms and no resort in sight.
IntimateStrong sense of placeWellness minimalCharacterful
€€From about €180 a night
The spa one4 / 4
Hotel Botánico & The Oriental Spa Garden
The north's established five-star, with a serious spa and gardens that justify the cloudier skies.
Wellness focusClassicFunctional
€€€From about €200 a night
Questions people ask
Good questions
Which is the best hotel in Tenerife?
Royal Garden Villas & Spa. Twenty-eight villas, each with its own heated pool, for couples who want to be left alone.
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.