Be Live Experience Playa la Arena

Beautiful hotel with friendly staff. Outside buffet restaurant offers good choice so not necessary to dry off and go indoors for lunch. Could do with an outside microwave as food sometimes gets cold. Pools are excellent with plenty of sunbeds.

Well what a beautiful hotel this is! I stayed here for two weeks as my first trip to Tenerife, and just wow. It's absolutely stunning from the moment you walk into the reception, plants hang from everywhere and it shows comfort yet style in a minimal setting. The hotel is extremely spacious and there are many different areas that you can find yourself in. There are multiple floors, which are accessible by lifts and stairs. The lowest floor is where the pool is situated & gives a wonderful view for the poolside restaurant. The maids are cleaning all hours of the day and are VERY grateful if you tip them. They work hard in hot weather and leave the rooms absolutely spotless. There are two places you can eat at this hotel. One is a large hall where buffet style eating is available three times a day and is plentiful in variety. There are themed nights such as Chinese and of course Spanish if you fancy testing out some cultured dining, highly recommend the spring rolls! The waiting staff are ever so friendly and are constantly walking round clearing tables. There is also outside seating optional if you fancy a breeze in the evening. Another place to eat is the poolside bar, which serves less variety but still lovely foods including burgers, pasta and salads. The rooms in the hotel are spacious and airy, complete with air conditioning and a view of the Playa De La Arena beach, or if situate on the other side of the hotel, a beautiful view of the mountains. The entertainment staff go above and beyond at this place. There are two groups of animation staff, one is run by the hotel and one is "Lookea" which is a French run team. Both teams are capable of speaking multiple languages, which is great when you hear the amount of different locations people have flown from to arrive at this hotel. Entertainment runs everyday until late at night, and activities are plentiful. If the teams aren't running activities then they are interacting with people around the pool, which shows just how serious they are about their jobs, even if it involves being a kid most of the time. There are dances, sports and pool games everyday. The shows are unique and phenomenonal, choreographed by Mario who deserves as much credit as possible. Enzo, Kevin, Fabio & Julia are a brilliant team both during the day and night, they kept us laughing throughout the whole stay with great senses of humour and sharing as much time as they could with us, despite having long shifts. There are cocktail making session with a different cocktail everyday, which is brilliant if you like alcohol. They are just brilliant and hope they are all there when I return! The Lookea team are also wonderful and take time out of their day to join in with chats and giggles around the pool. The kids club is situated on the rooftop though the reception area down a corridor, which also leads to the games area. The hotel is situated just across from the road from the beach, and just next door to a lovely ice cream gelato. Also on the other side is a string of restaurants and bars that come alive in the evening. Highly recommend The Blarney Stone and Casa Pepe ! Thankyou to everyone who made us feel welcome and gave us lots of smiles!