Costa Adeje Holidays

This stretch of Tenerife’s shoreline’s like an extension of popular Playa de las Americas, with an extra sprinkle of style added to the hotels, harbour and restaurants. Volcanic pockets of sand create a horseshoe effect along the waterfront, and biscuit-coloured Playa del Duque beach looks more tropical than Canarian. Elsewhere, a selection of shopping malls, watersports centres and tapas bars complete the picture.

Thrill-seekers flock to Costa Adeje for the slides of Siam Park – one of the world’s top-rated waterparks. It’s latched on to the outskirts, so a five-minute minute cab ride gets you there from the town centre. Once you’re inside, it’s like being whisked to the Far East – lazy rivers weave through Thai-inspired grounds, and the Tower of Power sends you hurtling through a shark-filled aquarium in an underwater tube.

Size-wise, the sights around Costa Adeje are on a sliding scale. To the north, sleepy villages like La Caleta and Playa Paraiso hug the coastline. Fix your gaze south, and the popular beaches in Playa de las Americas and Los Cristianos ramp things up a notch. And at the gargantuan end of things you’ll find mighty Mount Teide – a volcano that clocks in as the highest point in Spain.