Parque Santiago IV

Apartment - We stayed for 2 weeks in a studio apartment, 7th floor in the Main tower (eek).Fantastic view of the mountains, and a glimpse of the sea. On arrival we had a bottle of water, wine and a fruit bowl. The apartment itself was large, plenty of room for 3 people. Very clean, maids in every day. The kitchenette is fine for doing bacon and eggs, but only has 2 rings and nowhere to put anything, so a bit difficult if you wanted to cook a proper meal. Staff were lovely, our toaster broke, and within 5 minutes of notifying them, we had a new one delivered to our door. Negative Points - our room faced the street and their was constant noise throughout the night, delivery trucks, dustbin lorries, coaches, people in addition to this there was roadworks going on across the road from 8:00 am and the one of the lifts that serviced our floor was out of action, and that was also having major work carried out on a daily basis. The room was quite cold. We had a storm one day, and the rain was pouring down the centre of the tower, and the wind was howling! The balcony couldn't really be used because it had no sun on it and was very cold on that side of the tower.

Pool - The pool area was spotless. One pool is climatised to around 25 degrees, so warm enough to have a dip even on a cloudy day at sunset. Plenty of loungers. No children! Think they all stayed at Parque Santiago 5 as they have a childrens play area. So perfect for adults. Pool bar a bit pricy (Beer 3.95 euro, Full English 5.50 Euro, a lot cheaper 10 minute walk away 1.50 Euro for a beer and 2.99 Euro for a full english).
Location - The beach 150m away was rocky, and only used by surfers, however there was a lovely sandy beach about 500m away. The hotel is in the commercial part of Las Americas, if you want to shop for camera's, watches, shoes then this is the place to go. Also Parque Santiago seem to own half the street and the prices reflect this, a beer in the restaurant (La Trattoria) across the road was 3.95 Euro's for a small one, but if you walk 10 minutes in the direction of the strip, then you can get a 3 course meal for under 8 Euro's and a large Beer for 2 Euro's. If you want something a little more traditional then stay in Los Cristianos. The beach there is massive and the water clear and you don't get ripped off!

2 of us stayed for a week the apartment was clean & spacious.
The site is also clean and not overcrowded with plenty of Sunbeds (yes really no kidding!!)
Situated in a quiet corner a 5 minute stroll from all the nightlife.
Would go back sometime

2 readers found this review helpful

We have just returned from our second holiday at Parque Santiago IV. We went last year in October half term and our seven and eight year old loved it. This year we went out of term time and it was even better! We took my mum and had to book two small apartments as the travel agent didn't have access to the larger ones. On arrival the lovely receptionist gave us one huge top floor apartment which was fantastic, panoramic views of the sea, mount tiede and the two pools, the patio wrapped around the whole apartment and the kids could have riden their bikes around it (if so inclined!) The apartment was faultless, clean, maid service every day, constant clean towels and sheets, full cooker, fridge and freezer if you want to cook. We had a basket of fruit and two bottles of wine delivered to us, although I think this was because of the size of the apartment as last year we had a small apartment and no deliveries!
The children loved the pool and could hop over to the water slides and play area in Parque Santiago III next door. I would always stay in IV rather than III, it was more peaceful. The complex is clean, well designed, full of flowers and cacti, the pool is salt water and warm and even on a cloudy day was a nice temperature, the water was crystal clear, they were always cleaning it.
I prefered going during term time as it was much quieter and you had your pick of sunbeds by the pool at any time of day whereas during school holidays they are reserved by 6.00am! not a problem as there are plenty unless you have non-swimming children and need to be near the pool.
The location is perfect, lots of top shops, loads of restaurants, great atmosphere, especially at night when the fountain is working and masses of fairy lights and glitz. Mini golf is fun for the kids (£4 per child) Based inbetween Los Christianos and Adeje both are easy to walk to, about an hour's easy, flat walk alongside the beach, we took my mum and both she and the children walked for miles, there are lots of places to stop for a drink and ice cream.
Airport is about 20 minutes away, we went with Thompson/First Choice and had a smooth holiday. Definately a great choice for some Winter sun for both families and couples