The beach was cleaned overnight, quite small with very fine sand and only small area to swim in. One large climbing net for the kids.

Plenty of good food in the area

THe beach is cleaned every day and is well used by families and sporty types.
Resort entertainment is largely down to the individual. However the "Time Share" touts, who say they are not selling Time Share, are a B****y nuisance.

Los Christianos is lovely. There are loads of shops and loads of restaurants. The beach is very long with rows and rows of sun loungers - there abit expensive though. I would visit here again.

The resort was Los Christianos, due to having family living there.

There is always entertainment, especially in the english bars although we did find that as we were there from December through to January, things did start to quieten down, beach very good and clean.

Overall the resort is a lovely place for both family and couples, so much so we are looking to purchase a property in Los Christianos.

Everyone so friendly and the Canarians never find anything a problem, Linares Bar at the harbour, is an ideal place, just to sit and watch the world by, listing to the gentleman playing his Louis Armstrong covers, great....

Not much money seems to be spent on the roads and pavements in the Los Cristianos area, although the main road down into the town from the motorway has been repaired and looks almosts ready to open.

Over the last 14 years we have noticed hundreds of defects in pavements, kerbs, road surfaces, etc, that seem to go unchecked every year. They don't have the UK 'compensation culture' there, so nobody appears to be bothered.

You really need to keep your eyes on the area ahead of you all the time, especially when walking. This is an exercise where you can normally keep looking from side to side at shops, sites, etc, but the damaged areas of pavements are numerous and you can easily trip up. This is especially so in the town areas.

The local council have made lots of improvements to the coastal walkway which stretches from Los Cristianos to Calleta. This walkway is especially helpful to disabled visitors in wheelchairs because they can travel a large distaance without encountering steps.

I can also recommend the 'Breeze Inn' for lunchtime snacks. Excellent food & cheap beer! €1.50 for a pint. Ran by an English couple. Situated along Playa De Vistas Beach, towards Playa Americas, proceed up some sweeping steps, on the first floor.

The resort of Los Cristianos is nice, nicer than it's near neighbour Playa de las Americas but not a patch on Puerto De La Cruz.

The people outside bars and restaurants trying to get you in are a constant pain but that happens in most popular beach holiday resorts now and in truth it's not as bad as other places. One little game you can play with them is as they talk to you drag them along to the front of another bar/restaurant and stop. There's an unwritten rule in the trade that states you cannot attract customers from in front of another restaurant/bar, if they break their boundries then all hell can break loose. The hilarity of being stood 6 foot away from a guy who was selling his place to us, but after being clocked by an employee of his neighbouring bar encroaching on his patch he had to stop talking, reminded me of the Tom and Jerry cartoon where Tom marks out how long the dogs chain is and stands just far enough away to mock the dog but the dog can't get him.

There is the weekly market in the south of the resort each Sunday, it's riddled with pick pockets so you've got to be careful. Some very good 'fly-pitcher' style sellers on there if you like their art of selling.

Some nice restaurants, we went in a Chinese one night and had their "all you can order" menu, they actually serve you with the food and at €6.50 it seemed like a mad bargain that was too good to be true, but the food was fantastic. One way they made their money back was through the obvious high price of drinks and the long delay in serving you your courses, our drinks order was more than our food order. I can't remember the name of the restaurant but it's on the square where Burger King is and it's the one thats accessible from the back and is on the first floor, some great views of the port and the sea-cats coming in and going out.

Also I'd like to give huge praise to Air Malta. We flew from Manchester with them and their timekeeping was magnificent, as is usually the case with all Air Malta scheduled flights (MyTravel = long delays in my experience). I've a lot of time for Air Malta and I hope they continue to grow and take more slots to destinations other than their own beautiful Isle.

The resort of los cristianos is very nice, a bit quieter than las americas but still rather lively in centre and along the seafront. There are loads of resturants, bars and shops. We recommend little Italy restaurant, it is very nice and not expensive.

You will see a lot of little Italy’s scattered around the island and everywhere is cheap to eat out. Los cristianos centre is about a 20min walk from hotel but it’s uphill on way back so it’s best to get a taxi.

Be careful in the taxis as they will put tariff on 3 when they know you are English, they are pretty cheap though. There are loads of shops, bars and restaurants in the centre which lead to the harbour and beach. They run all alongside the seafront until you reach las americas, which is only about 25 min, walk along sea front. Which is very lively untill 8am!

I must warn you about a electrical shop on the sea front in las americas called Prince electronice!! Stay away. We decided to buy a Sony camcorder for €250. They then tried to sell us a mustek camcorder which they made sound so good. They wanted €950 for it and we got them down to €450 (big drop/very dodgy) we paid them €200 in travel chq and €250 cash. Then after we paid they said they wanted another €250!! I said no and told them to give me my money back. He said it was too late as he already put travel chq through machine! American express wouldn’t help either. Then just to top it of, we went in another electric shop on los cristianos sea front and the same camera was for sale for €90!!!! So be very carefull and shop around. It’s best to go to proper electral shops like Sony gallery.

Everywhere you go you get African ladies trying to braid your hair, they get so annoying! I decided to get hair extensions so I went to a salon called dream afro in las americas. She used real hair and done a great job and only charged €200 in total for the hair and two hours of her time.

I would defiantly recommend her. The salon is behind la siesta hotel in las americas, there is a shopping centre. If you go up the stairs and turn right, go past the first salon and it’s just after.

There is a market every Sunday in los cristianos centre which is very good, but get there early as it gets very busy. And keep cash in front pockets as a lot of pick pockets in Tenerife! We found a shop on the seafront which sells 200 cigarettes for €15 which was the cheapest we found.

The beaches are all very clean and nice and there are a lot of places to get cold drinks. When on nights out you get many English people trying to get you in bars and say they will get you free drinks, they are best ignored. We would recommend Yates was very good and a bar called Kristy’s, which you must walk through linerkers bar to the back to get to.

Also there are two clubs next to each other called Bobbies and busbies which play R&B music. We was told a club calls rags was good but we never went there. If you get to drunk it’s only around €6 for a taxi home to Paradise Park!! It can be a long walk home.

If you’re looking for designer clothes we discovered it’s not any cheaper than UK unless you buy fakes. They also have a footlocker which is a bit cheaper! Overall it was a wicked holiday and would defiantly recommend it. We are defiantly going back again this year and will probably stay in the same hotel again... Weve made some Spanish friends and still keep contact.

I dont now if it was because of the time of the year but it was really dead with nothing much to do but sunbathe. It seemed like there was lots of roads being built and lots of derelict ground. The best day out is the Aqua Park with the brilliant dolphin show, but apart from that the boat trip to see the whales just made everyone feel sea sick. The weather was quite chilly and overcast. I overheard people complaining about having to pay full price for their 12 year olds to go in theme parks and pick pockets when they got there so please be aware.

Los Cristianos was just like any British sea side resort but with good weather and alot cleaner. Everywhere was clean and well kept but with quite alot of building work in progress. Every possible British style of eatery was on offer with the odd sea food restaurant. resort entertainment revolved around karaoke and the same group of entertainers doing the circuit, all of which were very good. The beach was very clean and child friendly. All in all, Los Cristianos is an excellent place to visit with a young family as every whim is catered for. If you're a lager lout looking to go clubbing, Los Cristianos is a little sleepy for that, and all the better for it. With the proximity to the airport this makes an ideal destination for families as the transfer times were only 20 minutes. I'd definitely visit Los Cristianos again.