Tenerife 2015 Travel Diary

Howdy folks! If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram you may have seen a couple of weeks ago I went on holiday to the beautiful island of Tenerife! We stayed at the Hovima Hotel in Costa Adeje, which was lovely, and only a 5-10 minute walk from the beach and bars.

Cocktails & Tapas

One thing I love about going on holiday is the cocktails. This massive concoction (which btw I couldn't even finish the 2nd time I had it!) was from Blue Beach Restaurant, which was right on the seafront. We didn't try the food there, but the drinks were uh-mazing and we went back a few times. You could get a great view of the sunset too if you went in the early evening

We went all-inclusive at our hotel, so we ate there most days, however we did go out for Tapas one evening which was really nice. I became a little bit obsessed with Canary potatoes with mojo sauce... I'm pretty sure I ate them every day of the holiday!

For drinks we really liked Temple Bar and the Irish Fiddler, which were a few minutes up the road from our hotel. The live music and atmosphere inside was fantastic, and the staff were all really friendly.

Mount Teide

On our 2nd full day of the holiday we took a tour up to Mount Teide - Tenerife's Volcano, and the highest point in Spain. At one point I wasn't sure if I even wanted to go, but I'm so glad we did as the view from the summit was incredible! I took a lot of photos, so I'm planning to do a full blog post on this soon (watch this space...)

Siam Park

Without a doubt my favourite part of the holiday was visiting Siam Park. It's been voted the Best Waterpark in the world by TripAdvisor 2 years in a row, and it was easy to see why. The rides were better than any I've been on, and the scenery is beautiful.

We decided to get the fastpass wristbands and it was so worth it. We got to go on every single ride (some rides we went on twice!) and I even braved the Tower Of Power, which I was very proud of.

Dolphin and Whale Watching

On our last full day we booked a boat trip to go dolphin and whale watching. It. Was. Amazing! I'd never seen dolphins or whales in the wild before, but we were lucky enough to see both. There weren't shy at all, and came right up close to the side of the boat. Definitely one of those experiences that I'll never ever forget.

Hard Rock Café Tenerife

I'd never been to a Hard Rock Café before, so when I found out there was one in Tenerife I really wanted to go. It was a little expensive (more than any other restaurants we'd seen in our resort) but the portion sizes were HUGE. I was completely stuffed by the time we finished! We went on a bar crawl almost straight afterwards and I was that full that I could hardly drink anything. Probably shouldn't have ordered nachos AND a veggie burger...