Owners Direct Tenerife Los Cristianos: Resort Guide and Deals

Los Cristianos is a coastal resort town with the sea at its centre. Playa de Los Cristianos, Playa de las Vistas and Honda Beach are all within the resort itself, and Playa Los Callados is about half a mile further on. The town also has its own ferry port, which gives it a working harbour feel alongside the beach life.

What surrounds it is just as useful for a holiday. Golf Las Américas and the bird park Loros del Sur are each well under a mile away. The water parks Siam Park and Aqualand Costa Adeje and the small zoo at Monkey Park are around 2 miles off. For something wilder, the Reserva Natural Especial del Malpaís de la Rasca, with the Punta Rasca Lighthouse beyond, lies 3 to 4 miles along the coast. Readers asking about the best things to do in Los Cristianos will find most of their answers within that short radius.

The resort's closest companion is Playa de las Américas, about a mile away and effectively joined to it along the shore. Many of the sights listed around Los Cristianos, from Siam Park to the Castillo de La Rasca, are reached as easily from one as from the other, so staying in either puts you within reach of both.

Further along the Costa Adeje coast, roughly 2 to 3 miles away, Playa del Duque offers another beach option, while La Arenita sits around 4 miles out. Los Cristianos tends to suit travellers who want a town with its own beaches and harbour, with the livelier strip next door within easy walking distance.

The weather here is gentle all year, which is why almost every month counts as a good time to visit. Figures from the Adeje station show daytime highs of 21°C in January, rising to 26°C in July and 28°C in August, with nights rarely dropping below 13°C. July records no rain days at all, and April and May see just two each.

February is the shoulder month, at around 20°C with six rain days, and March brings the year's highest rainfall at 39mm. December stays at 21°C by day and 15°C at night, which is why Christmas in Los Cristianos appeals to travellers escaping a British winter. The same mild evenings make a New Year's Eve trip a comfortable choice too. Expect school holidays at Christmas, Easter and in summer to be the busiest and most expensive weeks to travel.

Tenerife South (TFS) is the airport to aim for. It has direct flights from the United Kingdom and is a 14-minute drive from Playa de las Américas, with Los Cristianos about a mile further along. That makes for one of the shortest airport transfers you will find on a Spanish holiday.

Tenerife North (TFN) is about 53 minutes' drive from Playa de las Américas and has no direct flights from the UK, so it is only worth considering on a connecting route. The Los Cristianos ferry port is about a mile from the centre, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife's port is around 40 miles away by road.

Most British travellers book Los Cristianos as a package holiday: a flight to Tenerife South, a hotel, and the short transfer included. You choose your board basis, from self-catering or bed and breakfast to half board or all inclusive. Prices generally climb during school holidays. On this page you can compare package deals from Jet2holidays, TUI, loveholidays and On the Beach side by side.

If you would rather arrange things yourself, you can also check hotel prices, browse tours and tickets for places such as Siam Park, and compare car hire for trips beyond the resort. All of it can be compared here before you commit.