El Tope Hotel

We are here now and I am writing this, as I was worried after reading some of the recent reviews and need not have been.

Obviously, everyone has their own idea of a perfect holiday. If it’s chu chu ra you want, I don’t think you will get it here?

We purposely chose Puerto de la Cruz because although still touristy, it’s still more authentic and more Spanish than Costa Adeje, or other areas in the south.

First impressions are that the hotel is lovely. We were given a room on the 2nd floor and have a sea view. As you will know, renovations are taking place, so the room we have is brand new and gorgeous. The water does leak out of the shower in our room and trickle into the room’s hallway however, as someone noted, but these are no doubt teething issues after the latest renovations, so we are patient. The only evidence of renovations we have seen so far is some construction cordoned off on one of the floors next to the lift and some people doing some work on the gardens.

Parking wise, this could be better for the size of the hotel - we managed to squeeze into a space and I understand why it is going to be a lottery.

The pool situation is better than expected. I thought from the images, that the infinity pool with bar was the rooftop bar but it’s not - so you have this pool that is accessible to families, next to a pool snack bar serving something for everyone, e.g. burgers, salad, plain pasta with plain tomato pasta and herb sauce separately, chicken nuggets, chips, hot dogs, pizza, fruit, small selection of desserts and then on the other side of this, the much better than anticipated splash park. Then a short walk away, is the round family pool which looks nicer than the online photos, as the furniture is lovely, but I believe this pool area is to be updated in the Autumn? Then there is the adults only area on the roof, where you pay extra for drinks. I believe there is entertainment in the form of musicians/singers on around 4-5 nights per week in the hotel lobby from where you have some incredible views of the coastline.

The evening meal had a great selection- I didn’t get all of the photos of the food and was missing the pasta and a few fish/meat options and maybe one or two more. But you get the gist. The people cooking/people behind the counters could be a bit friendlier but they were not rude, either. Our waiter was lovely and friendly. I hope there will be some more tapas options during the week but time will tell.

The hotel is pretty quiet i thought, but there are lots of nationalities here, including Spanish. As I say, we have just arrived, but hopefully this will help someone who might be worried due to some of the recent reviews.

The rooms where quite spacious, and we took a standard room with balcony and had no problems, bed were very comfortable and working bathroom and aircon which is a must as the room can get quite stuffy during the night which kept it cool and spacious. The location around the hotel was based in Puerto De La Cruz, which overall is a gorgeous town to walk around in, although since the hotel is based on the hill and stairs and hill can feel quite tough. A lot of people say about the weather within the North of Tenerife, which is true. It is cloudy most of the days because of the mountain behind us, but still very warm and easily burnt. If you are looking for all blue skies, go to the south but even at that, the north is still gorgeous. The staff were lovely and so helpful, and food and drink was great too. The entertainment was not great, although it only went on for an hour and then music from a speaker played within the lobby bar, which was still great. The two pools are lovely, both equipped with sun loungers and pool bars with lots of range. The reason we didn't give this hotel a 5 star is because of renovations within the hotel, especially within floor 4. These can be quite noisy and very early within the morning, but never truly impacted us as we were up before 9. We arrived at 4am, and we still had food prepared for us which was thoughtful as flight was delayed. Transfer from south was about 1hr 30mins, or could be longer via couch. Overall it was a lovely holiday, and everything equipped our needs.