Hotel Botanico

An introduction to Hotel Botanico

This is more than just a five star hotel. It's a five star spa hotel that's recently been admitted to that select circle of luxury retreats, the Leading Hotels of the World. Plus, it's been voted one of the top ten spa hotels in Europe by readers of Conde Nast Traveller. Its credentials are certainly impressive.

The hotel is tucked in a residential corner of Puerto De La Cruz - it's about a ten minute walk down into the town centre and to the beach. What's more, it's cocooned in six acres of landscaped gardens, where lakes, waterfalls and glossy palms share space with black swans and Koi carp. Plus, the Botanico is adjacent to Tenerife's famous Botanical Gardens, whose collection of flora includes orchids, birds of paradise flowers and a giant banyan tree.

Sub-tropical grounds aside, the hotel's rather special inside. We're talking lounge areas that look like something out of an English stately home. Bedrooms that channel French salon styling with Louis XIV-look chairs. And a la carte restaurants that range from an Italian trattoria to an Oriental eatery opened by the Queen of Thailand.

Adding another grace note of luxury is the state-of-the-art Oriental Spa Garden. It comes with all the usual trappings such as thermal pools, saunas and steam rooms, as well as novelties like a lavender-scented aromatherapy room and a cave-dwelling Jacuzzi-style tub. Plus they've added some indulgent extras in the form of chocolate treatments and volcanic body wraps.

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Written on 01/08/2006, Anonymous said...

After reading some good reviews, I was hoping that the hotel would be all I had imagined - but in fact it was much more!. The hotel itself, although 1hour and 30 minutes from the South airport is well worth the journey. The accomodation was excellent,... more on this review

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Hotel Botanico details

Hotel features

Swimming pool

2 acclimatised swimming pools, 1 of which is in The Oriental Garden Spa
Indoor acclimatised pool, also in the Oriental Garden Spa
Poolside bar
Beautifully landscaped gardens with a lake and stream

Meals

3 speciality restaurants: La Parrilla - Spanish and regional, Il Pappagallo - Italian and Mediterranean and The Oriental
Palmera Real outdoor restaurant open each afternoon, serving tapas, salads and fresh grilled meat and fish
Guests on half board have the option to dine in all 3 speciality restaurants with 3 course menu - a la carte served at the table
Al Fresco Spa Cuisine Restaurant offering gourmet dining for the weight-conscious and guests with special dietary requirements - this does not form part of the half board option
A special dietetic programme can be booked with the hotel
A la carte lunch menu in pool bar
Hotel may close 1 of the 3 restaurants May-July
Breakfast room with hot buffet
Flexible dining option

Entertainment

Live music every night
Elegant main bar
Spacious lounge

Activities

Oriental Spa Garden offering a variety of spa and beauty treatments for over 16s, pools and spa circuit plus Turkish bath, Japanese sauna and exercise room
2 artificial grass floodlit tennis courts
Sauna and massage
18-hole putting green and driving range
Gym
Table tennis