Hotel Melia Hacienda del Conde a Melia Collection Hotel

Hotel Melia Hacienda del Conde a Melia Collection Hotel

In Buenavista del Norte, at Tenerife's far northwest tip, where the Teno mountains fold into a protected rural park, Hotel Melia Hacienda del Conde a Melia Collection Hotel stands built in the style of a Canary Island colonial house, its 117 rooms spread across eight floors since 2010. The resort is adults only, and Buenavista Golf Course, designed by Severiano Ballesteros, runs right along its boundary, a signature few other resorts on this coast can match. Golfers can walk off the fairway into a spa built for the day after: sauna, steam room, spa tub, massage and a doctor on call, plus indoor and outdoor heated pools for anyone who would rather swim than swing. The kitchen runs a buffet breakfast, a restaurant, a poolside bar and a snack bar, and staff speak English, French, German, Spanish and Turkish, useful given the resort sits 60 kilometres from Tenerife Norte airport and 69 from Tenerife Sur. Loro Parque and Playa del Castillo are a drive away for anyone wanting a change of scene. It suits couples and solo travelers who want fairways, quiet gardens and a treatment room over a kids' pool and a crowded buffet queue. It does not suit families, since children 15 and under are not permitted, or anyone hoping for a lively scene right outside the door; pets are not allowed either. Check-in is from 3pm and check-out by noon, and tee times, massages and spa treatments all need booking ahead, so the hotel's promise that time moves at its own pace here only holds once those slots are locked in. An adults-only Canary Island colonial-style resort inside Tenerife's protected Teno park, ringed by the Ballesteros-designed Buenavista Golf Course. Suits couples chasing fairways and spa time over family beach days; children 15 and under aren't permitted. Book tee times and treatments ahead.