Iberostar Torviscas Playa

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Great 4* hotel far enough away from Playa de las Americas but near enough if you fancy a long walk around 1km. It is a nice clean hotel near to the beach and promenade.
Rooms were clean and spacious and the food was good lots of choice. Although we did out a few times even though we were on Half Board. We paid a good price for the hotel so it didn't seem to matter.
The normal thing with reserving beds but that seems to be the norm except at the Fanabe costa sur where you have to pay for your bed approx 1euros so that stops all that nonsense.
Hotel was about £480 half board at relaxabroad.com and flights were about £120 each at thomascookfly. So good price and good holiday. Definitely recommend.

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It would have been 9.5 if I could. This was exactly as it was described.
With the hotel around 50 yards from the beach, excellent service, food and entertainment.
Our room was spacious, clean and comfortable. The food was varied and delicious and catered for all tastes.
The entertainment was pitched about right for us - good fun and great to join in with if you wanted, but low key enough to avoid if you just wanted a quiet time.
We would have no problem returning to this hotel or recommending it to others.
We had some lovely walks along the beautiful seafront. Although it is only a short walk to Playa De Las Americas (10 - 15 minutes to the left) we didn't enjoy this area as much with us being constantly bombarded with people giving us 'scratch card' (be careful - they are very good at convincing you that you have won a star prize - they just want to get you to their high pressure sales team - DON’T DO IT).
We went to the right along the seafront and it was fantastic, Beautiful scenery a fantastic shopping centre and an excellent market on Saturday and Thursday.
The Hotel has a policy that should prevent the reserving of sun beds by the pools - They don't enforce this (hence 9.5) and although there were sun beds available we did find it frustrating the towels were occupying 'prime spots' with the owners arriving mid afternoon.
We had a fantastic holiday and will be going back to Iberostar Torviscas Playa.

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We stayed at the Torviscas Playa in Jul - Aug and loved the place. The Management and staff were superb, the animation team worked tirelessly to provide entertainment for both children and adults throughout the whole day. Some evening’s professional entertainers provided the cabaret. Food was very good and plentiful. It would be my only negative comment (hence the 9 and not 10) that the food was repetitive. However that is not to say that it was not good.
The pool area was very good, so good in fact that people outside of the hotel tend to frequent the place as well. Scenes reminiscent of the Carling Black Label advert spring to mind. (You know the one - throwing your Union Jack towel out of the window bouncing across the water to land on your sun bed)
My family enjoyed the holiday that much that we are going to break our rule and book again. Guaranteed to have a good time.
I have heard on some other forums that people have complained about the cleanliness of the rooms. I can only say that we could not fault the service. Rooms cleaned daily, linen changed twice a week. Fresh towels each day etc etc. (As for the person who claimed that their room was infested with ants, I can only say that theirs was the only one and perhaps they shouldn't attract them by leaving waste food and bottles out all night and day.
You can not go wrong with a family holiday to this hotel. Close enough to the promenade and restaurants/pubs if you want try them out or go for a walk (we only ate out twice).
Don't sit and listen to everyone else’s points of view - go and sample it yourself, you'll not be disappointed.
I (and so it would seem many others) can not praise this hotel and its staff highly enough - well done and keep it up.

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Just returned from a fantastic two week holiday at the Torviscas Playa and cant wait to return!
The hotel was lovely, clean and well maintained with very friendly staff who couldn’t do enough to help.
Pool area is lovely but not enough sun loungers when people reserve them at 7am each morning!
The Torviscas beach is beautiful, and if you pay for the use of sun loungers you also have the service of a man named Gus all day who will bring food and drinks over to your sun lounger which was very nice as it means you can totally relax and chill out!
I visited with my boyfriend and the main reason we chose Tenerife was for the nightlife of Playa De Las Americas which as absolutely fantastic, the only problem being the 30 minute walk each night, but it was definitely worth it when you got there! Weather was outstanding - between 45-52 degrees most days.
Couldn’t have asked for a better holiday and will most certainly be returning to this hotel!

This hotel would be more appropriately graded as a 3 star rather than 4.It was 'okay'. The whole internal appearance of the hotel is very sparse. The entertainment area looks like an afterthought and did not encourage you to want to stay.
We were on a half board basis but ended up eating out as the food lacked variety as well as taste.
The pool and surrounding area is beautiful if you are lucky enough to get a lounger. The hotel rule is not to reserve loungers but this is not policed. We could not get any loungers even after breakfast at nine o 'clock. Instead we went on the beach and returned to the hotel at about 4pm when it was quieter and loungers were vacant.
Our room was facing the front of the hotel and we suffered the noise from the local karaoke bar until the early hours every night. This was ridiculously loud and not acceptable. The rooms were spacious and kept very clean.
We actually had a lovely holiday but would not return to this or any other Iberostar hotel.

The hotel is pleasant, but could do with some updating with the furnishings. Reception area is large with bar area and lots of seating around, a water feature would be good to add a bit of atmosphere.
Our room on the 6th Floor had a good view of the sea and got the evening sun. I would say the higher floors get the better view, the hotel is very close to the Guayarmina Hotel and other peoples hotel rooms! Adequate, no fills, but clean.
Location was good, near to most things you should ever need.
Food was ok, there are lots of people to feed as most seem to take half board, we found eating later was better, once the 'turn' is on it seems to go quiet. Just pick your time carefully as the queues can be quite long for the fried eggs on a morning.
Pool area could get very busy, lots of sun beds, most seem to get reserved with towels even though there is a request not to do this. An allocation system would solve this problem. Lots of activities for everyone, can get quite noisy. Usually a 'fashion show' at lunch time which keeps the chaps happy. We visited in May and it was quiet, which suited us, perhaps it wouldn't if it was busy.
There were lots of OAP’s on long term holidays, they were great fun. A few children were kept occupied with the kids club who seems to have a great face painting artist considering the number of lions, tigers and monkeys running around. We managed to find a quiet spot up some steps by the loos.
A good place for a weeks break.

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First class hotel, just returned this morning from a fantastic holiday. Hotel has just been refurbished to a high standard, everything brand new in bedrooms, carpets, curtains, beds, furniture etc.
Food delightful, something for everyone’s taste. Meat/fish cooked in front of you while you wait. Array of fresh salads/fruits etc. Eggs for breakfast cooked for you while you wait (fried/omelettes/pancakes/boiled). Staff couldn’t do enough for you and were extremely friendly and helpful. Entertainer’s daytime and evening very friendly and made the holiday enjoyable, whether you wanted to participate or just relax and watch others.
Location ideal, right next to beach/tree lined promenade. Local market Thursdays and Saturdays just 2 minute stroll from Hotel. Would recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a respectable, tasteful hotel. Would suit older and younger couples, families, honeymooners etc.
I have stayed in Moat House Hotels in this country and this is definitely of a similar standard.

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One word...WONDERFUL. Just booked again...3rd time. Hotel is high standard for a 4*; location excellent - whether you want to totally relax or go have fun. The staff are extremely attentive and do their utmost to keep customers happy. The rooms are pretty basic but cleanliness is to a high standard. The sun terraces and pools are always spotless and the grounds are kept immaculate. The food in the hotel is wonderful with an excellent selection of dishes to choose from - we chose to eat in every night.
The entertainment team do a good job of keeping those who wish to have a more energetic holiday occupied during the day - exercise classes, Salsa dancing classes, water aerobics, football, basketball, bowls, table tennis, archery, water polo, bingo ..... the list goes on. They also have a "teeny club" and a club for the teenagers. The same team also put on family shows in the evening - followed by a disco.
One point to note, however, try to book a room at the back of the hotel rather than the street facing front as the traffic can be quite noisy.
Our 17 year old is going with us this year with one of his mates - as he too has thoroughly enjoyed his past holidays at the Playa.

We stayed at the Torviscas Playa for the third time in two years last December. It is situated in Torviscas, which is a lot quieter than Las Americas.
The hotel itself is well worth the four stars rating; it is about 50 yards from the beach down a bit of an incline. The rooms are nice and are cleaned everyday, the food is terrific you could eat ten meals in one sitting there is so much choice.
The natives are friendly and go out of their way to help you. Torviscas Playa has three pools, one of them is acclimatised and has a spa bath in the middle of it, the other one isn’t and is freezing! There is also a baby pool.
Even in December the weather was in the eighties. The hotel provides entertainment during the day for the adults as well as the kids clubs. During the evening there is a good variety of bands, singers, acts etc. we are going back this year in July and we cannot wait.