Los Gigantes

Advantages: Quiet, picturesque and relatively unspoiled. Year round sunshine.
Disadvantages: Very hilly. Parking can be a problem. Maybe too quiet for some. Small beach.

...Playa de las Americas and Los Cristianos, both of which are fairly teaming with nightclubs, high rise hotels, neon signage and fast food eateries. To be frank, Playa de la Americas is rather dirty and seedy looking in places - it's really seen better days. Los Cristianos (once a quiet and sleepy fishing village) is a little newer and shinier. However, both resorts are loud, brash and overcrowded. Yet if you are after a little bit of sunshine, then ...
...Playa de las Americas and Los Cristianos put you off a trip to the south of the island. Quieter resorts can be found a little further up the coast. Los Gigantes (as well as neighbouring Playa de la Arena and Puerto Santiago) are all very nice and offer almost year round sunshine. We discovered the resort of Los Gigantes over 15 years ago now, and we pop back every few years or so, and invariably find that nothing has very much changed there at all. ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful, well kept resort
Disadvantages: Not for clubbers or those with mobility diffculties

WHERE? Los Gigantes is situated on the sunny West coast of Tenerife. It has a fantastic all year round sunny climate owing to the island's close proximity to the West coast of Africa. During the British summer time, it's very hot! I've known it reach almost 40 degree Celsius in August. During the British winter I've experienced temperatures in Los Gigantes of anything between 18 and 25. Los Gigantes gets its name (The Giants) from the stunning cliffs ...
...GETTING THERE Los Gigantes is about 40 kilometres from the airport in the South of the island, Reina Sofia. Charter flights fly on Tuesdays and Fridays from most UK airports and you can take a Monarch Scheduled flight from Manchester and Heathrow on any day of the week. Flights, of course, vary in price depending on how far in advance you book and the time of year. I've taken flights that have only cost £70 for a two week return and others have ... Read review

Advantages: year round sun
Disadvantages: nope, cant think of any!

Here is my review of Los Gigantes in Tenerife - as you can see, I quite like it!!! My Experience:- I have been here on holiday twice now. The first time we stayed in an apartment in Los Gigantes (below, what was, The Royal Sun Apartments for those who know Los Gigantes) itself and the second time we rented a villa just up the road in Playa De La Arena (both of the properties have now been sold - sorry!) The first holiday in the apartment it was ...
...- just simply amazing. Los Gigantes is just a very little town in Tenerife and is by no means big! Its closest neighbours are Playa de la Arena and Puerto de Santiago which all seem to role into one if you didn't know! Los Gigantes:- The town of Los Gigantes is named after the imposing cliffs, of which the town lies at the foot of, which have the same name. The cliffs also mark the southern boundary of the beautiful Teno mountains, which cover ... Read review

Advantages: Year Round Sunshine
Disadvantages: North South Divide

...My husband and I (both in our thirties) have just returned from a week in the beautiful resort of Los Gigantes (Western Coast of Tenerife), so named because of the magnificent cliffs dominating the coastline. The cliffs were actually formed 170,000 years ago by a seam opening in the sea floor and forcing a wall of lava up vertically and Los Gigantes is an exquisite little village that is almost carved out of the rockface. We stayed at the Hotel Los Gigantes; a very good 4* hotel - Thomson Gold's flagship, we were told. And it was truly representative of it's type; marble everywhere, clean, well appointed rooms, superb service & absolutely excellent food in terms of quality and variety. I would certainly recommend the hotel & resort as the kind of place you can go to for a spot of unwinding. The downside? OAPs everywhere (which... Read review

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Advantages: Family friendly resort with a lovely Blue Flag beach
Disadvantages: Not suited for those looking for all night clubbing!

...'t find many English people there, but as long as you can order a drink in Spanish (or at least have a go) you'll be made very welcome and have a fabulous time. Anyway, back onto Playa de la Arena. The resort is located on the ever sunny West Coast of Tenerife, around a half hour walk from the better known resort of Los Gigantes and around a fifteen minute walk from Puerto Santiago (which will become more relevant when I elaborate on some of the day trips etc). The first thing you'll notice as your tour bus pulls into Playa de la Arena is the stunning and quite sizeable beach. A lot of beaches on the island are man made, to cater for those who prefer white sand beaches. This one, however, is perfectly natural, which is why it is a black sand beach. This is a result of the island being a volcanic island and is a stunning beach. I have... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful, scenic village
Disadvantages: Not the easiest place to get to

...Masca Village is an absolute must see for any visitor to Tenerife. Admittedly, it is some distance from Las Americas and Los Cristianos, the two biggest tourist resorts. But it is a trip worth making. For those of you staying in Los Gigantes, Puerto de Santiago or Playa de la Arena, you have a much shorter journey. THE FORGOTTEN VILLAGE I'll start by telling you a little about Masca itself. The village of Masca is often referred to by locals as "The Forgotten Village," which is due to the fact that until 1991, there wasn't even a road to get there. The village is located in a gorge in the North West of the Island. Before the road was built, inhabitants would navigate their way down steep mountain footpaths leading to the bay at the bottom and use their boats to go to nearby Los Gigantes for any shopping etc. The village... Read review

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