Abama is the finer hotel, with better food and a beach of its own, at grand-resort prices. Palacio de Isora delivers most of the resort experience, and that enormous pool, for noticeably less.
The complete resortA self-contained citadel on the west coast, with the island's best hotel food and its own beach.
€€€€From about €450 a night
Choose The Ritz-Carlton Tenerife, Abama if
The catch
Enormous; expect buggies, long walks and a busy main pool in peak weeks
The big resortA vast west-coast resort with an enormous saltwater pool and an adults-only wing that changes the experience.
€€€From about €250 a night
Choose Gran Meliá Palacio de Isora if
The catch
Scale: 600 rooms means busy breakfasts and pools in peak weeks
The Ritz-Carlton Tenerife, AbamaGran Meliá Palacio de Isora
The Ritz-Carlton Tenerife, Abama
Gran Meliá Palacio de Isora
The verdict
Abama is the finer hotel, with better food and a beach of its own, at grand-resort prices. Palacio de Isora delivers most of the resort experience, and that enormous pool, for noticeably less.
Questions people ask
Abama is the finer hotel, with better food and a beach of its own, at grand-resort prices. Palacio de Isora delivers most of the resort experience, and that enormous pool, for noticeably less.
If money is not the first question and you want the island's most complete resort, Abama is it. Check availability for a Villa room. The complete resort: hand over the car keys and stay put for a week of pools, golf, a private cove and the island's best restaurants. It is vast, isolated on the west coast and charges for all of it.
It has an outdoor pool. There is a private beach.
The big resort to choose if you choose RedLevel. Check availability for the adults-only wing first. A resort the size of a small town, with a saltwater pool to match and something for every age. Book the adults-only RedLevel wing and it calms right down; book the main hotel in half term and you will feel all 600 rooms.
It has an outdoor pool. It has its own beach club.