Amy Adejokun
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Surrounded by two beautiful gardens facing the sea the Jardines de Nivaria is among the most beautiful hotels of Tenerife. The attention paid in decorating the rooms, comfortable and refined, will undeniably seduce the most demanding visitors thanks to its tranquility and customized service.
Jardines de Nivaria - © EASYVOYAGE
Jardines de Nivaria - © EASYVOYAGE
On the south side of Tenerife, in Costa Adeje, directly on the seaside, close to the new "Urbanizacion Playas del Duque" of Las Americas, a few miles from several golf courses. Located 10.5 miles away from the Tenerife Sur airport, it takes 30 minutes to drive to the hotel. The hotel is at about 50 miles from Santa Cruz in Tenerife, the island's capital.
Very refined and spacious, the rooms are equipped with hand-carved wooden furniture and marple appliqués. An elegant top-class décor which creates a very pleasant and welcoming setting. The floor is covered with finely decorated tiles. They have a direct-access telephone set, flat-screen cable television, free big safe (electronic coding), not-free mini-bar and adjustable air-conditioner. A big marple and wood bathroom with an integrated toilet, bidet, double basin, a bathtub equipped with a handle and flexible shower, bathrobes, slippers, toiletries, dressing mirror, hair dryer and even roses. Most of the rooms have a view to the sea from their large balconies or terrace equipped with two long chairs, a beach umbrella, a round table, two armchairs and a clothes dryer.
Open in 1997 and renovated in 2006, the Jardines de Nivaria hotel has 5 buildings of 3 to 6 storeys painted dark brown and containing 267 double rooms, 95 suites (61 junior suites, 32 suites and senior suites, one family suite and two royal suites). Similarly, 5 rooms have been specially appointed for disabled people. Each building is named after a region in Tenerife: Adeje, Taganana, Ucanca, Masca and Guajara. This elegant art-decor style hotel blends perfectly in the traditional Canarian architecture, mixing classical and local architecture with its refined wooden furniture and its several antique objects and other works of art. The hotel's masterpiece is a stained-glass dome containing over 12,000 hand-made pieces jutting out over the main building. This cupola represents all the stars and constellations in the Tenerife sky, which can be seen in the night on 21 March, during the equinox. At the foot of the hotel, guests can enjoy the fresh water swimming pool, the warmed sea water swimming pool, a pool for children, an external jacuzzi, a golf practice and a giant chess game, all of this surrounded by a pleasant tropical garden with its variety of plants and flowers. Rocks, waterfalls and palm trees make up the setting. Clients can even have bananas if they want! Note: a top-quality fitness centre with an aerobics hall and an Aequor spa, with massages, care, hammam and sauna. Branded cosmetic products are used such as Thalgo.
The hotel has 4 restaurants which accomodate more people than the total number of clients of the hotel. Three of them offer a la carte dishes: The Cascada, which juts out over the waterfalls pouring into the swimming pool for lunch (from noon to 5:00 PM, snacks till 6:00 PM), the more select Cupula for dinner only (from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM), and the Mediterranean-specialty restaurant Playa Nivaria, located close to the sea frontage, for lunch or dinner (from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM). The fourth is the principal buffet-restaurant Solandra with its large enjoyable terrace for breakfast (served from 7:00 to 10:30 AM), facing the sea and the tropical gardens. Dinner is served from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM. On the menu you have theme evenings, show cooking and delicious hotel-made pastries. All the restaurants have customized décors and serve gourmet cuisine. Clients can sip their favourite cocktails at the bar of the swimming pool, the Galeria bar in the lobby (where you have hotel-made pastries and international newspapers amongst others), at the Tiffany piano bar or at the Armstrong ballroom with live music and professional shows.
To get to the public beach of Playa Fanabe, cross the walkway to reach the beach, located 165 feet away. Use your room's magnetic card to accede. Just before the walkway, an elevator takes you to a panoramic solarium terrace. Equipment (not free) include beach umbrellas, deck chairs, toilets and showers. Water sports (notably parakiting, jet skiing and water skiing) and games for children are available. Under surveillance and well laid out, you walk along the beach with its black sand (which heats up quickly under the sun!), skirted by bars, restaurants, shops and games rooms.
The Jardines de Nivaria has been complimented on several occasions by tour operators for its quality. Rafael Adrian, its Spanish owner from Burgos put in all his passion and talent in the construction of this marvel and personally took care of the hotel's architecture as he did for his two other establishments, the Roca Nivaria and the Colon Guanahani. Several antique objects are found in every corner of the hotel, the best one being the magnificent cupola in stained glass. Its vast tropical gardens, cooled by fountains and waterfalls, stretch over a surface area of 387,360 feet²; they can be admired from two panoramic elevators. Customers can benefit from free access to the Las Americas Casino and acupuncture care. You should know that Internet access is free and bicycles are available free of charge.
Lodging tip:
For those who never travel without their laptops, take a room in the Masca building, an entirely wifi area. Rather, the Guaraja building is located close to the elevator leading to the beach and the Playa Nivaria restaurant. For tennis fans, the Taganana building is most appropriate. It also has a spa and fitness centre. Also know that 5 rooms have been appointed for disabled people.
massage, beauty salon, sauna, hammam, keep fit, spa, Turkish bath, wellness
tennis, water skiing, (paying), gym, aerobics, golf, mountain bike, jet ski, (paying), sailing, (paying), paddle boats, (paying), canoe, (paying), squash, water-polo, fitness, sports
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