Melia Jardines del Teide

The most amazing hotel, service and staff. We stayed in the level but even so top Marks, even though this is not. Top grade Hotel for them the standards are excellent, if there was one criticism to eat only In the buffet restaurant when there are two other restaurants which ate mostly empty most Of the time and pay for the privilege is a downer for us this is the only reason we would not come back here. But 10/10 otherwise.small tip pay for level half board and you get free soft drinks tea, coffee champagne wine beers, al day, plus premium drinks 4-6.

Arrived at the Melia after a flight delay getting in after 11pm. Check in was quick and we were left to negiotate getting to our room by ourselves. We seen many guests being escorted to their rooms with drinks on arrival so unsure whether this is just if you arrive during the day. We were delighted with our room despite a huge cockroach arriving from the balcony into our room and running under the bed. Thankfully he was the first and last one we encountered! Our room had a huge superking sized bed and a sofa bed. The bed was super comfy but the sofa bed was not. Our view was lovely and looked over to the sea and we did enjoy sitting there watching the paragliders and boats. There was only 2 seats on the balcony despite there being 3 of us. Plenty of room for storage and the shower was strong with Rituals shampoo, conditioner and bodywash. Towels changed daily and beds made up daily too. We were never asked whether we wanted to upgrade to the Level so can't comment on that. The food was just above average. Decent choices but for fussy eaters like my husband they might struggle. Restaurant and bar staff were attentive and friendly. We did eat in the Italian restaurant which as we were all inclusive we could eat there once during our stay. A 3 course meal which was lovely. Entertainment at night was generally good. Mainly singers but there was Ethiopian dancers one night and an African themed show another night. Not much happening round the pool during the day but we did go to the aloe vera making class and the glass jewellery class. Both were excellent and my daughter and I came home with very pretty necklaces. A really nice keepsake. We visited Las Americas by taking the local bus and getting a taxi back. The hotel shuttle bus leaves daily at 11am and returns at 4.40pm. You can walk to were it drops you off, literally 5 minute journey away. There is a market on a few minutes walk away down the hill every Thursday and Saturday. It's very very busy and hot so take water.

The main reason we probably won't come back to this hotel is it is huge and to get from our room to the pool took 3 lifts and a lot of walking. We tried not to forget anything in the room as it was a trek to go back. The pool needs cleaned or emptied and painted as it's affectef badly with black slippy patches covering significant areas of the floor. Some of it you could see floating in the water as small black bits whilst swimming. The music played in the seating balcony area next to the restaurant sounds like on hold phone music and was quite annoying after a while. We stayed for a week which was definitely long enough as although it was a good hotel it doesn't have the wow factor which I had expected with it being a Melia hotel.