Las Caletillas Holidays

Las Caletillas is Tenerife's east-coast quiet option. A real working stretch of Canarian coast next door to Candelaria, fifteen minutes from the island's capital, and a short drive from Mount Teide National Park. It's well placed to explore the island, it has a beach to relax on and soak up that Canary island sunshine, has local bars, a seafront promenade and everything you need to come back feeling properly rejuvenated.

✨ Highlights of your Holidays to Las Caletillas

• 🌋 Black-sand coastline with character. The beach right in the resort is dark volcanic sand and pebble, quiet and local, with natural-pool swim spots and the sheltered Radazul marina a short drive down the coast.

• 🕰️ Fifteen minutes to Santa Cruz. The island's capital has the Auditorio, serious shopping, proper tapas streets and Europe's second-biggest Carnival every February. A day trip rather than a trek.

• 🔺 Pyramids of Güímar on your doorstep. Six stepped pyramids of volcanic stone with an archaeological theory linking them to Egypt and Mesoamerica, plus a botanical garden and ethnographic park, ten minutes south of the resort.

• ⛪ Candelaria's Basilica next door. Walk along the coast and you're at the Basilica of Our Lady of Candelaria, home of the patron saint of the Canary Islands, with the nine bronze Mencey statues lining the waterfront.

💡 Good to Know

• ☀️ Tenerife's east coast is drier and sunnier than the green north: 20 to 22°C in winter, 26 to 28°C in summer, roughly 300 days of sunshine a year.

• 💶 The Euro is standard across Tenerife. A coffee is around £1.50, a pint £3 to £4, a menú del día (three-course lunch) £7 to £10.

• 🗣️ Spanish is the everyday language here more than in the southern resorts. Locals appreciate a go at it, though English is fine at the hotel and the main tourist spots.

🏨 Hotels

Our top pick sits right on the seafront with all-inclusive available, three pools and enough facilities to run a week without ever feeling like you need more. Or if you fancy casting the net wider across the island you can check our all-inclusive Tenerife options for unlimited papas arrugadas and pool-bar sangria at whichever resort suits.

• Catalonia Punta del Rey. Our pick for Las Caletillas: a proper four-star resort hotel right on the seafront promenade, with three pools (two fresh water, one saltwater), all-inclusive buffet plus themed restaurants (Italian, BBQ, Canarian), a scuba diving centre, tennis courts, bowling green and mini-golf. The sort of place that does a week for families who want everything on site without the southern-resort price tag, and works equally well for couples who fancy being walkable to Candelaria's old town and a fifteen-minute drive from the capital.

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What are the best beaches to visit on your Las Caletillas holidays?

While the local area offers smaller, distinct black sand coves, the best sandy stretches are easily reachable. Whether you want a natural black sand backdrop or prefer the imported golden stuff, your holidays to Las Caletillas offer something for everyone.

• Playa de Radazul - A sheltered black sand beach right by a sleek marina, attracting swimmers and those who appreciate a quiet, protected sun spot.

• Playa de Las Caletillas - A small, dark sand beach right in the resort, perfect for a quick dip or a quiet afternoon of sunbathing away from the whopper crowds.

• Las Teresitas (near Santa Cruz) - A stunning, wide beach with imported golden sand and palm trees, drawing in families and visitors seeking an iconic, tropical look.

• El Médano - Known for its golden sand and windy conditions, this beach attracts adventurous types and water-sports enthusiasts, especially windsurfers.

🗣️ Local Lingo

Spanish is spoken more seriously here than in the southern resorts, east-coast Tenerife feels closer to mainland Spain in its language rhythms, and locals will warm to you immediately if you have a go. A handful of phrases to get you started:

• Hola, Hello

• Buenos días, Good morning

• Una caña, por favor, A small beer, please

• La cuenta, por favor, The bill, please

• Me pone un menú del día, I'll have the lunch menu (the magic words in any Spanish restaurant at midday)

🧳 Holidays to Las Caletillas – Travel Guide 2026 / 2027

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families

• 🚗 Pick a hire car up at the airport. The hotel has plenty on site, but the good day trips (Teide, La Laguna, Pyramids, Santa Cruz) are all drive-to, and a week without a car limits you.

• 🏊 Save one lazy pool day. Between three pools and the scuba centre, you can genuinely do a full day without leaving the hotel and everyone's still happy.

• 🔺 Pyramids of Güímar is a proper half-day out. Ten minutes down the coast, small enough that younger kids don't flag, interesting enough that older kids ask questions. Pack water and sun cream.

• 🦜 Siam Park day trip if you want the big one. World's best waterpark is over in Costa Adeje, about an hour and twenty minutes each way, so make it a full-day mission and set off early.

💑 Couples

• ⛪ Evening paseo in Candelaria. Stroll the seafront square to the basilica, pick a restaurant on the plaza and sit until the lights come up over the Atlantic. Quiet and properly romantic.

• 🍷 Tacoronte-Acentejo wine tasting. Pick a bodega, book a lunch-tasting, let one person drive. The volcanic-soil reds are a revelation and nothing like mainland Spanish wine.

• 🌅 Sunrise at Mirador de Humboldt. Up the coast in the Orotava Valley, famous for the light on Teide at dawn. Set an alarm, it's worth it once in a week.

• 🌃 Santa Cruz for a smart night out. Dinner in the old town, cocktails near the Auditorio, taxi back. Much better than anything Las Caletillas itself offers for a proper date night.

🎉 Groups

• 🤿 Scuba at the hotel's dive centre. Even non-divers can do a taster session in the pool, then the qualified lot can head out on the real dives. Cheap fun and everyone feels like they actually did something.

• 🌋 One big day on Teide. Hire a minibus, set off early, cable car at the top, lunch in Vilaflor on the way back. Peak-of-the-week activity.

• 🥾 Anaga forest hike. Half an hour north, proper laurel-forest wilderness, brings the group chat together for weeks afterwards.

• 🍻 Night out in Santa Cruz. Las Caletillas doesn't have a strip, so make the capital your proper night. Plenty of bars around the Plaza del Principe and Calle La Noria.

🌍 More Destinations

• 🏙️ Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the island's capital with the Calatrava Auditorio, the Playa de las Teresitas golden-sand beach and Europe's second-biggest Carnival each February

• 🏖️ Costa Adeje, Tenerife's sophisticated southern resort with Blue Flag beaches, Siam Park on the doorstep and five-star seafront hotels

• 🎉 Playa de las Americas, the party capital with Veronica's Strip, golden imported sand and nightlife running until dawn

• ⚓ Los Cristianos, the original fishing village turned resort with a mellow harbour front, whale-watching boats and ferries to La Gomera

• 🌳 Puerto de la Cruz, the cultured north-coast town with César Manrique's Lago Martiánez seawater pools, 200-year-old botanical gardens and Loro Parque

• 🏝️ Tenerife, the Canaries' biggest and busiest island, with Mount Teide, Siam Park, 40-plus beaches and resorts for every holiday style