I will probably attract a lot of criticism on here, but I just want to put it out there that Tenerife is a weird place. I disliked how everything in the big resorts was geared to the brits. I am a fluent Spanish speaker and no one in the service industry wanted to or appreciated being spoke to in Spanish…then the resorts…Cristianos, Américas were soulless and benidormy with no real identity. Adeje was nicer. The teide national park was the best bit. The weather was excellent but overall I wouldn’t return |
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You seem surprised the big resorts were geared for British tourists when over 40 per cent of foreign tourists visiting Tenerife are British .
2.3 million visit each year
The next largest group are Spanish with just over 800,000 follows by German tourists with just over 600,000 per year
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"Thanks ONS
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Great comeback.
I go to Tenerife four times a year .
The only thing I found strange about it was how alcohol brewed in the U.K. imported to the Canaries is actually cheaper than the U.K. |
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Going to the Brit places and complaining it’s British??? … get out of the Brit places and they will enjoy you speaking Spanish all day long there’s places in Tenerife you’d not hear English .., research helps … |
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We tend to go to the north side of the island. Not quite as reliable with the weather but much prettier and much more Spanish. M managed a tryst with a totally non-English speaker when there last. She said it was amazing. Didn’t have a clue what they were saying to each other! |
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OP - absolutely entitled to your own opinion however we go to Tenerife multiple times a year and it never fails to live up to our expectations! Having said that we did our research and stay in a quiet area, and if we want a night out with the Brits we know where to find it! Same in Benidorm for that matter  |
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Santa Cruz is a really elegant city, equal to anything on the mainland, there are plenty of traditional historic villages like San Andrés too.
The great thing about the Canary Islands is that there’s something for whatever your reason for visiting is. |
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First thing I do is go to anywhere where the Brit’s don’t go to. We’re the most hated tourists in Europe for good reason. I go on holiday to get away from it! The swinging scene is massive over there, you just need a few courtesy words in Spanish and it’s a whole new world |
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"First thing I do is go to anywhere where the Brit’s don’t go to. We’re the most hated tourists in Europe for good reason. I go on holiday to get away from it! The swinging scene is massive over there, you just need a few courtesy words in Spanish and it’s a whole new world "
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"First thing I do is go to anywhere where the Brit’s don’t go to. We’re the most hated tourists in Europe for good reason. I go on holiday to get away from it! The swinging scene is massive over there, you just need a few courtesy words in Spanish and it’s a whole new world
Ola! "
It's Hola, but the H is silent.  |
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"First thing I do is go to anywhere where the Brit’s don’t go to. We’re the most hated tourists in Europe for good reason. I go on holiday to get away from it! The swinging scene is massive over there, you just need a few courtesy words in Spanish and it’s a whole new world "
You've obviously not been to Arenal on Mallorca.
It's like Benidorm on steroids but German and Dutch. |
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"I will probably attract a lot of criticism on here, but I just want to put it out there that Tenerife is a weird place. I disliked how everything in the big resorts was geared to the brits. I am a fluent Spanish speaker and no one in the service industry wanted to or appreciated being spoke to in Spanish…then the resorts…Cristianos, Américas were soulless and benidormy with no real identity. Adeje was nicer. The teide national park was the best bit. The weather was excellent but overall I wouldn’t return"
Although your opinion has been challenged and correctly so by others, I would also say that whilst you could visit more remote or less ‘touristy’ areas of Tenerife and get a ‘proper’ culture fix and spoken in Spanish, I haven’t shared your experience in these areas.
My experience is quite the opposite. Firstly, we love liveliness as well as tranquility on my vacations. With this, we choose Gran Canaria for adult vacations and then Tenerife for family holidays.
As such, Las Americas and Los Cris are our choice of resorts as it caters for our family group.
One of the first things I ask is do you speak English. From there, it’s either Spanish, English, or Spanglish. And occasionally a mash up of other languages if we can’t find the right words.
I’ve never experienced a single person in the service industry or otherwise to not want or appreciate speaking in Spanish. Quite the opposite. Culturally, we’ve had interesting conversations how Canarians speak Spanish different to the mainland, and even each island has its own dialect.
So I’m not sure how your conversations go but that’s how I lead my conversations and they’ve always been appreciated and fluid with no awkwardness.
Then with any tourist area, be it Tenerife, Spain, Turkey or otherwise. I would challenge that they are soulless or have no identity. They cater for a market and naturally they diversify from other areas of the country, which helps drives their economy (though I know there is news about this recently with a negative connotation). That’s their identity. But you’ll appreciate that there are local people that live in these areas and there are local hangouts. If you explore off the beaten track, then I think you’ll find some gems even within these areas.
In terms of criticism, I would question your rationale for posting these comments. And I say this with the utmost of respect, as I do enjoy a forum for debates and opposing opinions. But from my perspective, it’s a little naive that such a person who appears to enjoy culture and exploring such differences would choose a tourist area in the first place for a holiday.
La Gomera for your next trip maybe? |
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