B ahia del Duque occupies a prime position on Tenerife’s sun-drenched south coast and is every inch the grande dame of Canary Islands tourism; it was first the luxury hotel to open here back in 1993. From the moment you sweep through the gates, the ever-smiling staff are on hand, whisking away bags and whipping up drinks, while the setting is pure holiday fantasy — a series of pools and palms cascading down towards a sandy beach and the Atlantic beyond. The hotel is rightly proud of its gardens, blooming year-round with palms, and there’s barely a walkway or stairwell that isn’t graced with some sort of foliage in a terracotta planter.
A vast line-up of bars and restaurants tempt you to stay in and feast, but an increasingly impressive number of places to eat and drink in the resort of Costa Adeje are on your doorstep too..
