This hotel is fabulous in every respect. We were a party of 7, inc 7yr and 11yr old girls, mum/dad/grandparents/auntie. Ages 7-63yrs. We all felt equally impressed with the hotel decor (grand, Spanish, traditional), facilities (we viewed the incredible spa but didn’t use it), views, location, service, entertainment, pools and food. The bedrooms are enormous. Fantastic storage and dressing table area. Bathroom area suited us and in our own rooms we had no issue with bath location or the modern design. We had sufficient privacy in this area. Our sea views were incredible and the balconies are generous in size. The Sunset Raw Bar on the hotel rooftop is stunning. Views to die for, especially the sunsets. Great cocktails too. Bit pricier than in the other hotel bars however. The range of food choice is terrific. We had dinner at the hotel 5 times even though we were B&B only. Great value, easy and the children loved it. Waiters were so attentive, bringing drink orders etc. we had fresh delicious oysters, crayfish, mussels, huge king prawns, fresh tuna, cooked fresh fish, roasts, huge pork chops, T bone steaks, best cheeses, fruits, desserts, and on and on, in quantities you would never get elsewhere. You just help yourself. It was impressive. Breakfasts were sublime. Fresh honeycomb, meats, breads, fruits, fresh omelettes, full English, fish, Cava, and on and on. The kids loved the waffles, pastries and Nutella!! We ate out locally as well and in La Caleta too. Easy 25 min walk if not too hot. Sometimes pretty pricey, others not so. Our choice to pay for luxury eating experience out. Never had a bad meal anywhere. Hotel reception were great, arranging restaurant tables for us and taxis. Nothing was too much trouble. The Entertainment team were engaging and struck the right balance for us, not too intrusive but ensured we knew what was on to join in with if we wanted too. We took part in water aerobics, water trampoline workout, water cycle aerobics, wine and chocolate tasting, water yoga, and low key quiz. The fashion shows were great and worked! We bought some items. The children joined in with the pool games, mini kids club and cinema screening. We watched the football world cup in the air con cinema room in comfort with waiter service! The Mojito party in the Sunset Rawbar was fabulous. Fireworks on the beach viewed from the bar that night was spectacular. The adult evening entertainment was interesting and we enjoyed it all. It was a little low key and usually finished by 11pm. As we often had only just finished dinner around 10pm that seemed a bit early. Too hot to go out before 8pm and eat any earlier. It was sweltering when we were there. We felt this was a little early to close the evening entertainment. The patio area used for evening entertainment lacks a little ambience we felt to feel truly inviting and doesn’t have seating comfy enough to make you want to linger long into the night and spend €€s on beverages. A few fairy lights, tasteful bunting, better staging for acts and comfier seating (like in the Sunset Raw bar) would add a lot of holiday atmosphere in the patio area and the hotel would gain €€s in drinks sales we felt as guests would stay longer drinking. Having said this we loved it all and these reflections are hopefully constructive and fairly easy to implement! The acts themselves varied in quality but we still enjoyed them all. Simon Cowell would have been pressing his red buzzer a few times but hey he has very high expectations! The pools are fabulous. We didn’t feel gold guests gained much and the swim up pools didn’t appeal to us at all. We were very happy with our deluxe side sea view rooms, esp as all 3 of our rooms had full sea views!! The grounds and view are lush and tropical. So green. For those who want to know about these things - We saw only 4 cockroaches in the grounds during a 14 day stay. 2 were dead anyway! The grounds were constantly being cleaned. This was not an issue at all. We have stayed elsewhere in Tenerife before and seen many more critters than this!! The rooms are very clean. Sheets and towels changed daily. Immaculate. The poolside towel service is very good indeed. No sunbed wars. People, inc us, did wander down at breakfast to pop hotel pool towels on sunbeds. The pool attendant kept a close eye out for abuse of this and we saw him remove towels after lengthy absences by guests. He proactively allocated sunbeds to latecomers in the day and moved parasols etc to make guests comfortable in the shade. The poolside bar is terrific too. Great food/choice. Sunbed service available - just press a buzzer located on a wall near to your sunbed and the hardworking staff appear! Alternatively throw on a cover up and relocate to the seating area to lunch. The hotel location is perfect. Fabulous beach is steps away accessed by a key gate by the pool area. Lifeguard on duty full time on the beach. Shops/ATMs under the pool area, and behind the hotel at Plaza Del Duque. High end and some budget. Fabulous top end restaurants within moments from the hotel as well as more budget friendly around the promenade in Fanabe just a 10 min walk away. We went on several trips arranged prior to arriving. Tenerife has so much to offer, see, do, chill and relax you - Tenerife has something for everyone regardless of budget, age, and status. Solo guests are treated very well indeed we noticed. The heat curtailed further exploration but lazy days by the wonderful pools suited us equally well. There are some general areas in the hotel in need of refresh but we felt this minuscule in comparison to just how terrific the overall experience is at The Gran Tacande. We saw unobtrusive maintenance being conducted frequently. We would definitely return to Gran Tacande and probably will. Great holiday all round. Thank you to all the hotel staff - all names escape me - but I do recall Rebekka, Ruth, Joni, Manuel, Lorena, and so many others. Working so hard in incredible heat - thank you. We appreciated your commitment to making our holiday special! In short we loved everything about this hotel from start to finish. We are as a group quite hard to please and have high standards tbh, this hotel lived up to our expectations in every respect. Is it perfect? - not quite, did it bother us? Not in the slightest! 10/10 Gran Tacande. 👍🥰👏🏻👏🏻☀️😎🏝️ …