Думайте сами, решайте сами... Think for yourself, decide for yourself...

When choosing a hotel in Tenerife, one of the reviews read something like "do not bother with choosing a hotel in the Canary Islands, they are all good there. " Do not believe it: at least one is, to put it mildly, not good. And we were not lucky enough to choose it. Of course, everyone has their own evaluation criteria, but for us, specifically, a young family with a 3-year-old child, the Jardines del Teide absolutely did not like the hotel. I don’t want to write about annoying little things like leaky bed linen and plaster that has fallen off the walls (although they didn’t add joy either), I’ll write only about the main thing.

Food - this hotel simply does not know how to cook. Everything is very diverse, but absolutely tasteless. During the week, would-be chefs scoffed at the Italian, then over the Mexican, then over the local cuisine. Only fresh fruit saved the situation - fortunately, it is difficult to spoil them. The service in the restaurant is, however, very decent. If for someone this is more important than the quality of the food itself, then I recommend it.

Location - we knew in advance that it was not close to the beach and were mentally and physically ready for this. Surprise was the surroundings - halfway (10 minutes) walk along the road, breathe the exhaust of passing cars, on the one hand you have a busy construction site with noise and dust, on the other - a wasteland with a dump in the middle. The beauty! This is exactly how the Canaries imagined: ) The promised shuttle to the beach is a semi-mythical creature. We haven't seen him in a week.

Room - large, stupid, uncomfortable. Empty white walls, tiled floor. The beds are on wheels and keep moving around. The bathtub is shabby and is tinted with a brush in some places in the Soviet way. In short, "poor, but clean. " There is no iron in the room. The only way to iron your clothes is to take them to the laundry (5-7 euros per item).

Entertainment - no animation, no playground, almost all the simulators in the gym are broken. There is 1 tennis table, a squash room, a children's room.
In the evenings there were thin shows. amateur performances.

The staff is mostly indifferent and somewhat lethargic (the impression is that they are paid little and they do not particularly hold on to this work). The exception is the managers and waiters in the restaurant. Apparently, they are trying to compensate for the lack of good chefs. At the reception, given the large number of our vacationers, at least one Russian-speaking person would not hurt.

Here, in a nutshell, are the reasons why I would not recommend Melia Jardines del Teide in Tenerife to anyone. Spoil your whole impression of this wonderful island.