Make a holiday rental apartment or villa in Tenerife your home away from home

The largest of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, is an island paradise. The island has lush forests filled with exotic plants and animals, deserts, mountains, volcanoes and stretches of spectacular beaches. Properties here come in all styles, including self-catering villas, luxury apartments and holiday homes. With the number of cheap flights available, and the near-constant climate, Tenerife holidays is an ideal destination where visitors will find numerous different places to stay including self catering Tenerife apartments and Tenerife villas.

Things to do in Tenerife

Tenerife has always been a haven of activity. Year round, the 21 trails around the islands lead through all types of terrain for use by walkers and mountain bikers, and the island's 3 demanding golf courses keep drawing players to the first tee. There are also extensive watersports to be enjoyed, including waterskiing, windsurfing and sailing. The deep sea fishing here is also fantastic, with the possibility of catching barracuda, tuna, sailfish and various types of sharks.

The scubadiving on the island is also exceptional, and you can swim with turtles, dolphins, rays and plenty of tropical fish.

If you can, try to catch the carnival. It is argued to be the best outside of Rio de Janero, and is filled with stalls, parades and folk music.

Places to holiday in Tenerife

Tenerife's largest tourist playground is the Playa de las Americas. This top of the range resort boasts three natural beaches, three man-made, dark volcanic sand beaches, tennis, amusement arcades, bowling, go-carting, jet skiing, banana boating, horse and camel riding, golf and whale watching! Once you have had your excitement during the day, the vibrant and energetic nightlife is still waiting! Visitors can find fantastic villas in Tenerife Las Americas with a wide range of facilities at a very reasonable price to make their Tenerife holidays memorable.

Los Cristianos is an extension of Playa de las Americas, but a resort in itself. The area is more peaceful and laid back and therefore renting a Los Cristianos apartment or villa is a good choice for family holidays.

There are also specialty resorts here. Golf del Sur is dedicated to golfing holidays. There are a number of golf courses, good bars and great shopping. El Medano is next to the World Cup beach of El Cabezo, and has conditions perfect for windsurfing, mountain biking and surfing.

Costa Adeje is the most luxurious and exclusive resort in the region. World class villas and hotels, golf courses, marinas and mountain scenery can be found in a Costa Adeje holidays. If you would like to get away slightly, the Callao Salvaje is set away from the beaches, but still has fantastic access to all the area's facilities.

The easy connections, fantastic weather and wealth of activities have convinced many British ex-pats to buy property in Tenerife for themselves.

Weather in Tenerife

The 'island of eternal spring' has mainly uniform temperatures although winter is slightly cooler. Average temperatures are 21°C in the coldest months (January and February) and 31°C in the summer.

Flights to Tenerife

Tenerife has two international airports receiving flights from the UK. Los Rodeos (TFN) and the new Reina Sofia Airport (TSF) both receive cheap flights from the UK. Monarch, Ryanair, Thomson and easyJet operate regular flights to Tenerife from London. Flights to Tenerife from Manchester can be found on Monarch, Ryanair, easyJet, Jet2 and Thomson. For cheap flights to Tenerife check flight comparison websites.