Here is my review of Los Gigantes in Tenerife - as you can see, I quite like it!!!

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 mid July (03)! It is apparently the hottest time of the year to visit the island (so we found out afterwards!) It reached about 40 degrees when we were there and there was no pool to fall into to cool down. Air conditioning is an absolute must at that time of the year. Unfortunately our accommodation didn't boast such a luxury, and high temperatures even at night made for difficult sleeping! But we did get the most amazing sun tans during the day!!!! The locals tend to be up quite early, simply to get done what they can during the cooler hours of the day.

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!

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 the entire north-western corner of Tenerife.
The cliffs are visible from the Archipenque Mirador or viewpoint, but are best experienced from a boat where they loom over you and you can distinguish the different colours and textures of the volcanic strata.
You can also go diving off Los Gigantes harbour, although I personally have not done this yet, but believe it's an amazing experience. As you dive under the cliffs, there's a shear drop.

In the town of Los Gigantes, there is a good array of shops and yet more bars and restaurants. In this part of Tenerife, for some reason, there seems to be an abundance of 'fake' Burberry goods! But you really would not know it was fake.
You can get a handbag for (converted badly!) about £25 rather than about £200 for the real thing.

Of course no one can come home from Tenerife and not have at least a small tube/bottle of the local Aloe Vera with them! It is grown on the island and is 100% natural. And is great for sun-burn (is it a coincidence its grown on the island?!?)

Playa de la Arena does boast the finest beach in this region and it has been awarded the European blue flag for many years in succession which makes it a great beach to visit.

The beach is situated centrally along the main coast road, the Avenida Maritima, which has free parking right next to the beach although it is quite a challenge to find a space at times! There is also a choice of bars, restaurants and shops opposite the beach. But you do have to cross the very busy main coast road! Not very child friendly!!

Puerto de Santiago:-

Getting there:-

To get to Tenerife South airport from England, you can fly from most of the airports including even little Exeter airport and not so little Bristol airport! Also, you can go from Manchester, and as far as I am aware, all of the London airports, but don't hold me to it!!

We hired a car which I would recommend as it's a little boring without, but there is a good selection of taxis if you don't what the hassle of a hire car.
At the airport there are numerous car hire companies including Avis, Autos Reisen, Cicar, Europcar, Betacar, Hertz, and Record. We used Auto Reisen the first time and Avis the second as the Auto Reisen car was a bit of a joke! Having said that, the Avis one was not much better, so we gather it's just the standard of the island, not the company you hire from.
The people at the airport are generally very helpful and ..well…Spanish! a happy, pleasant culture.

There is a massive selection of Apartments in Los Gigantes itself along with villas and town houses and then there are all the hotels, and that's just in this small little town. Then there is Playa de la Arena which also has a huge selection of places to stay along with the 'the' most exclusive hotel in the area. Again there are a lot of apartments and villas up for rent to suit all pockets and holiday requirements.

There is a wide selection of restaurants all around the area, posh and casual, then there are all the bars that serve food pretty much right through the day.
It's not hard to find a bar or restaurant here as most of them line the road and side roads and are quite impossible to miss!

If you head out of the towns, there isn't very much apart from spectacular scenery and dramatic drops at the side of the road!

I hope this review of Los Gigantes and the surrounding towns in Tenerife has helped you if you are planning a holiday there.