Hotel Aguamarina Golf

Shallow pool separate nearest to pool bar. Lifeguard on duty all day. Food is buffet style with a wide variety of hot and cold, great selection of fruit and nice desrts but can't understand greens at breakfast but not with main meal ?.. no wow factor but no need to go hungry either. House wines decent, tea and coffee machines at breakfast time only but can get at the bars anytime. Olivier, Miguel, Johana and Nelson served us most of the time in the restaurant and were friendly and we had a lot of laughs with them but they were always prompt and efficient too. Pool towels can be hired at reception requiring a Cash deposit. Free wifi in reception area where there are soft chairs and small tables. Would recommend a room away from lifs/stairs if you like an early night as tiled hallways means clip clop of shoes past your door. Not much in the immediate are but there is a walkway from hotel down along the sea front with bars, restaurants etc. This can be used to start a stroll to los abrigos (less than 40mins leisurely) where there's a small harbour, cafes, restaurants but a proper small town with character. A supermarket and more touristy shops all 2 mins walk from hotel and of course an Irish bar with plenty of banter and a lively vibe. Another stroll from the marina takes you along between sea and golf course. All the little coves in this area are stony so avoid slip -on shoes unless you want bruised toes or a sprained ankle! Swimming in sea on this coast is not recommended as currents are strong and waves push you against the rocks. Hotel provides a curtesy bus to playa de americas and los christianos which are both busy and overly touristy without much character. Ok if you like bars shops and hassle from touts. No nice beaches but can swim in sea there as they have stone defences and some sand . Pleasant winter break destination but not much of interest on this stretch of coast other than touristy shops and golf. At least this hotel is (currently) on the end of a string of coast hotels.

The rooms are spacious and comfortable and on the whole, very quiet, apart from one night, when some dunken yobs woke up most of the hotel. I should add that this was atypical. Most of the guests were very pleasant. Food was fine, A wide selection on the buffet. We were however a little disappointed by the "special" meals in the Argentinian and Canarian restaurants. We found the only major snag is the situation of the hotel. Very remote from the centres of activity on Tenerife. There is a shuttle bus to Los Cristianos, but that involves an outing involving most of the day and we did not think it worth-while, particularly as the hotel was so pleasant.