Hotels in Playa de las Américas: Where to Stay and Book

Playa de las Américas is a single compact resort rather than a string of separate villages, so the real choice is which end of it suits your plans. If beach days come first, look towards the Los Cristianos side, where Playa de las Vistas, Playa de Los Cristianos and Honda Beach all lie about 1.2 miles from the centre, and the ferry port at Los Cristianos is barely more than a mile away for island-hopping.

Families tend to weigh up the attractions instead. Siam Park and the Loros del Sur parrot park are roughly half a mile out, Aqualand Costa Adeje about 1.2 miles, and Monkey Park around 2.5 miles. Golfers will want to be close to Golf Las Américas, also around half a mile away.

Heading the other way along the Costa Adeje coast brings you to Playa del Duque and Playa Los Callados, both about 2 miles off. For quieter walks, the Malpaís de la Rasca nature reserve and Punta Rasca Lighthouse are around 4 to 5 miles away, best reached with car hire, which you can also compare here.

British travellers searching this resort tend to look for three things: full-service hotels, all-inclusive options and self catering. For self catering in Playa de las Américas, an apartment works well if you plan to spend your days at the water parks or on the beaches and eat out in the evening, while all-inclusive suits families who would rather not budget meal by meal.

Rather than chase a single best hotel in Las Américas, Tenerife, decide which board basis and which end of the resort you want, then filter the live hotel prices on this page by those criteria. Room only, half board and all inclusive can all be compared side by side, so you can see what each option means for your fortnight before you commit.

Most UK visitors book a package: flight, hotel and transfer together. Tenerife South has direct flights from the UK and sits about 14 minutes from the resort, so transfers are short. Tenerife North is around 53 minutes away and has no direct UK service, so it is rarely the better choice. You can compare package deals from Jet2holidays, TUI, loveholidays and On the Beach on this page.

Timing matters. Almost every month is a good one here, with February the only shoulder month and the wettest spell around March. July and August are the warmest, with highs of 26 to 28°C and almost no rain, and UK school holidays push demand up, so booking early pays off. Anyone after cheap hotels in Tenerife, with Playa de las Américas as the base, will usually find more choice outside school-holiday weeks. Compare hotel prices, tours and tickets here before you settle on dates.