subject: Tenerife Hotels Win Awards [print this page] The best award to win is one that comes about as a direct result of your customers saying you provide great service - and that's what's happened for twenty of Tenerife's hotels.
Organised by Thomas Cook Holidays, the awards recognise excellence, and it's judged by actual guests at hotels who share their experience with the company via a Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire.
As well as awarding the best hotels it allows the company to keep on top of which hotels they use are perhaps not performing as well as others, and being able to make sure the hotels in Tenerife they offer are the best in the travel industry.
Some of the hotels that won awards are already well known to tourists, and in Playa de las Americas for example include the Bitacora and the Hotel Sol.
Los Cristianos is another well known resort popular for Tenerife holidays, and winners include the Paradise Park, Arona Gran and the Los Alisios apartments, while the Barcelo Santiago picked up honours from their hotel in Puerto de Santiago.
The Iberostar's two hotels in Tenerife's Costa Adeje both were among the winners, along with the Gran, ensuring all the popular areas for tourists from the UK and further afield were well represented and showing that the island is capable of providing great accommodation in different locations.
Thomas Cook Holidays whose clients made the nominations are one of the UK's best known travel companies, along with First Choice and Thomson.
For those who haven't been before, the Tenerife weather is often near perfect on the southern half of the island for a holiday, while the northern half offers lush greenery and beautiful vistas. The cities are always full of life, and the glorious view of Mount Tiede, Spain's highest point, is one many tourists remember from past visits.
For specific areas, Thomas Cook Holidays offer good information on their travel site about each one, but some of the less known areas are:
Icod de los Vinos (just Icod to the locals) is Tenerife's premier wine-growing region. Daily life in Icod moves at a more relaxed pace than some other places on the island. If you visit Icod, be sure to visit the Dragon Tree that the locals say is thousands of years old. The beautiful Playa San Marcos with its inviting black sand can be found nearby.
La Laguna is a good place to stay if you enjoy art and architecture, and is more suited for adults than family holidays. The Cathedral dates back to 1515, and there are many interesting churches to explore. The city was once the capital of the island and still bears the regal air of an important place.
Los Gigantes is a city at the foot of massive cliffs which bears the same name. The picturesque marina offers boat trips for dolphin and whale watching, while the town has a good choice of bars, restaurants and shops.
Wherever you choose to stay, you can be sure that the Tenerife hotels are as good as anywhere in Europe.
