I go to Las Americas every year fro a bit of winter sun. Although I would not go there for my summer holiday, it is great at the back end of the year for some sun and nightlife. I have stayed in a variety of different hotels in different price bands. My advice would be avoid the club 18-30 hotels as for all you think they might be cheap and cheerful they are grotty and disgusting. Any of the Parque Santiagos are nice, especialy Parque Santiago 3 which has an amazing pool. The Mare Nostum resort is also awesome.

There are some fantastic restuarants from the Castilla which bizarrely does not have a menu to the super modern Sugar and Spice which serves the most yummy food.

Shopping is OK with some high end boutiques in Los Christianos to the usual souviner shops. For you ladies there is an amazing shoe shop near Macdonalds.

Nightlife has it all from low key piano bars to foam parties. Veronicas strip, for all it improved for a few years has now gone downhill again and most activity seems to now revolve round the Tramps and Lineaka's area over the road. The PR's are an absolute nusiance but part of the furniture in Tenerife. Tramps is a fantastic club and has an awesome R&B DJ in the front bar. the Patch which is towards Los Christianos is more geared up for families with show bars and the like.

I would not hesitate to recommend Las Americas to anyone.

We havebeen to tenerife twice.We stayed at the columbus which was wonderful, and we have stayed at park de la paz,not as nice as the columbus but a lot cheaper and just as clean,Cara the resident entertainer makes you feel very welcome indeed. We go self catering and found a row of pubs at the side of park de la paz, the food is very good and very reasonably priced except the one on the corner, it's abit pricey and the food is not so good. Entertainment is good from 9 o'clock till midnight.
Aqualand water park is good fun great slides but a steep climb with a stoney path { sore on feet } Dolphin show was magic,Dolphins look great and follow thier trainers like dogs you can see they treat them very well.Food is very expensive in heer take apacked lunch. Dont buy tickets from reps get them from the wee stores that sell all the trips, much cheaper. Jungle park is brill, bird showis great, walk about in your own time looking at all the animals. Loro parque is a must see, the place is beautiful, the bus trip is a bit long but worth it. The sharks and the penguins are amazing, you must go to loro parque....... We are going back to park de la paz this december, we are evencheaper this year the columbus was far too expensive,it pays to shop around we were £200 cheaper.

I went to Tenerife with my boyfriend and we are both 22. It was fun to stay at Playa Las Americas because there is a good night life by the beach. The people there are mostly English or German, but all of the music was vastly American. I had a hard time finding water sports and it seems more like a place to sit at beach and party and relax.