Amy Adejokun
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Haven in the heart of the green valley from Orotava, the Quinta Park is an ideal park for all those seeking relaxation and care. Its fitness centre offers comfortable and modern equipment in a pleasant and relaxing ambience.
La Quinta Park Suites - Š Voigt / EASYVOYAGE
La Quinta Park Suites - Š Voigt / EASYVOYAGE
Inside the La Quinta park, at Saint Ursula, on a promontory in a calm residential area, located at 4.5 miles from Cruz Port, on the north side of Tenerife. To reach the hotel from the Los Rodeos airport north of Tenerife, located 15.5 miles away, will need a 20-minute drive and 1:30 from the Tenerife Sur airport, located some 62 miles away. The hotel is at about 25 miles away from Santa Cruz of Tenerife, the capital of the island.
The accommodations are divided between bungalows, studios with kitchenette, and apartments with a room, a corner salon with sofa-bed and a real equipped kitchen (electric oven, 4 hotplates, refrigerator, plates and dishes, place setting). Carefully decorated, with hardwood floor, they have direct telephone, satellite TV, a paying safe (you can find the key at the reception), individual air-conditioning, a fitted in patio (beach chairs, tables, chairs, dryer) and a full bathroom with bathtub equipped with a flexible shower, non separate toilets, bidet, welcome products and a hair-dryer. Half of the apartments overlook the sea, the gardens and the pool; the others offer a view on the mountains.
Opened in 1990 and renovated in 2000, the La Quinta Park is composed of a large blue main hotel in semi-circle of 4 levels including 248 accommodations (130 junior suites and 20 studios) accessible by 2 panoramic elevators. In downstream, there are 98 bungalows distributed on three levels accessible by a panoramic elevator. In the main building, the vital and wellness centre, the 2 racquetballs, a game room and small shops are also installed. In the centre of the hotel, the large outsider pool (in fact two pools separated by a small waterfall), open from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM; and the kids' pool are surrounded by a huge solarium space with sunshades, beach chairs, and pleasant tropical gardens. More seats offer nice scenic view to the sea.
The meals are served as buffet in a spacious, warm and nicely decorated restaurant, the Sala Candelaria, with a smoking space. The gastronomy, very various and delicious, is of an international inspiration with Canarian specialties served on Fridays, Spanish on Wednesdays and Italian on Saturdays, cooked in front of you. A vegetarian part and grilling are also offered. The gourmands will taste a pastry for each island. Elegant attire is required. A gala dinner is also organised every Thursday in a big room, followed by a show. Breakfast is served from 7:00 AM to 10:30 AM and dinner from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM. You can take your breakfast at the pool snack, at a shade of a pergola straw hut.
A free shuttle drops off the clients at the Martianez shopping centre in the downtown Puerto de la Cruz situated 4.5 miles away. The Playa Martianez is just nearby. It does not offer bathing facilities and its equipment are rather restricted. Beware of waves and currents that are often quite strong. Many people prefer to bathe at the Lago Martianez nearby, with its giant sea water pool that encompasses the casino like a lake.
The hotel has a beauty and modern care centre, open to the public from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. It offers different choices and, among others, body massage, thermal treatment, seaweed, clay or paraffin warm envelopments, aesthetics cares, hydrotherapy, a large insider pool, heated at 30°C, a large jacuzzi and another one smaller, a sauna, a hammam, 5 massage rooms, a beauty salon, a stylist, classes of aerobic and stretching. You can also do metabolic and energetic balances and you can get nutritional advices. A first plan fitness centre stretched out on two levels with musical ambience and huge screens will definitely please the lovers of tonic gym. Two tennis courts and two racquetball fields will also allow sports lovers to relax.
There is no beach close to the hotel, there are however free shuttles available 11 times a day to get to Cruz Port, located at about 4.5 miles away.
Lodging advice:
The bungalows are mainly recommended for families, and have a little more charm than the rooms of the main building.
massage, (paying), beauty salon, sauna, (paying), hammam, (paying), stretching, keep fit, spa, Turkish bath, wellness
tennis, gym, aqua gym, aerobics, golf, mountain bike, dance, step, bums and tums, squash, water-polo, fitness, sports
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