Tui Blue Los Gigantes 22.12.22
The sole intention of this trip is not to be at home at Christmas so we headed out to Tenerife to Los Gigantes in the north west corner of the island. Being here means we can rest in the warm and avoid most of the television.
The hotel is now part of Tui Blue. It was the first hotel in the area and when it opened there were no roads – so all of the early visitors were brought in by boat once they had flown to the island. It is a lot easier these days and a taxi brings us into the place fairly rapidly. It is some years since our last visit to Tenerife and passing the areas we have previously visited it is notable how much more construction there has been. As an example when we stayed at the Costa Adeje Palace the road past it reached a roundabout going nowhere – now it is a major through road.
After taking a few photos of the surroundings area on a walk out of the hotel both of us are unwell during the holiday. We do make one trip out which takes us to see parts of Tenerife we have not previously visited.
Banana Plantation 28.12.22
So one of the stops is at a banana plantation and I can confirm that freshly picked bananas are excellent.
We visit the original capital which is attractive and the proceed around the top of the island which we have not previously visited. The residents inform us that they will be glad when the new motorway opens and given some of the twists and turns we encounter I am not at all surprised.
Tenerife bends
I actually liked being here most of the time. Summoning a doctor was not welcome – but given that at home it would have been A&E as it would not have been possible to get a doctor come to the hotel. issue a prescription and for treatment to have commenced within three hours struck me as an excellent advertisement for the health service in the island.
Entertainment in the hotel was a little repetitive – covering Motown most evenings – however most evenings we joined it at least for a while and it was all a lot warmer than it would have been at home.