This was the 2nd time we had stayed at the Gran Tacande. We arrived at 1pm and were aware that the official time for entering your room is 2pm so had to wait an hour as the previous occupants had not vacated it. We were informed that the room was 'one of their best rooms' so could either wait for it or accept a standard room. Having not seen the better room to compare against the other room it was difficult to make a decision, but we opted to wait for the better room.

The room was on Case Fuerte block and was room number 459. Absolutely fabulous. As you are looking at the building it is the room on the 4th floor painted red that stands out from all the others. It had a pair of sliding patio doors on the front and also a pair on the side which led to the balcony/terrace which was completely private. The room was spotless and spacious. I could just make out by looking over the adjoining wall that it was a suite next door with a front and side balcony holding table, chairs, armchairs and sofas. It looked fabulous.

This time we only opted for B&B. Every drink was available from champagne, smoothies, juice and water to tea and coffee. Food was just as plentiful. Full english, waffles, pancakes, ham, cheese, cavier, you name it they had it.

The service was good, staff polite, food plentiful and edible. Annoying that people still find it necessary to reserve a sunbed regardless of the fact that they did not actually occupy it until late in the afternoon. Pool staff should remove these towels to prevent it happening as on real sunny days customers were struggling to find sufficient sunbeds because they were reserved but not occupied.

Ideally located between Fanabe and Duque. Quiet and classy. We would have no hesitation whatsoever in returning for a 3rd treat.

Just returned from a disappointing stay at the Gran Tacande. This is not a 5 star hotel. The public rooms are OK but our room (a very expensive senior suite) was dark and did not get any sun on the balcony until late afternoon - it appears that the majority of the rooms are similar. We had no hotel information/room service menu in our room either.
The location of the hotel is good, and the entertainment in the evening in the bar is varied and seems popular.
However, the majority of the staff are not 5 star staff. Mistakes were made in our (and others) bills at the pool bar, the cleaning of our room was poor and on check out a mistake on our bill could have cost us over 80 euros had we not checked it carefully (room service and internet charges had been added but not used by us).
There were lots of other faults too, but I don't want to seem to be over picky!
Very disappointing would not stay there again.

We stayed at the Gran Tacande between 4th and 11th march 2008. Our whole stay was better than expected with 'no fault found'. Our room was large, clean, bright and the view from our 4th floor balcony was excellent. There was even a fresh red rose in the bathroom.
A small point was the lack of free tea/coffee making facilities in the room. But having read about this in other reviews, we took our own so that we could have an early morning coffee in bed.

The restaurants in the hotel are all excellent with food and service to match the 5 star standard ( and prices). For the first time in many years I enjoyed an evening buffet meal in the Zurron where all the food was freshly cooked instead of the usual warmed over sludge that is typical of such reatuarants. The Breakfast buffet is superb and can keep you going all day.

The hotel grounds are well kept and furniture such as the sun beds are well maintained with none of the piles of broken furniture you find elsewhere.

There is some building work going on in a new construction to the side of the main hotel building which could be disturbing to guests that have a room on that side. The hotel staff do try to re-locate guests who do not like the rooms they get. One couple we met who complained where given a choice of 3 rooms to move to.

There is a shortage of local restaurants out side of the hotels in the Costa Adje. We like to sample a different restaurant every evening which was a problem as apart from the 2 restaurants in the Hotel there was only 3 other restaurants in the area. All these are good especially the ‘La Torre del Mirandor’ which is perched on a cliff with superb views over the bay towards ‘Las Americas’. A meal for two with a good bottle of wine in any of the restaurants in the local will cost between €60 - €100. If you want a cheaper evening out, take a 10 minute stroll along the beach towards Puerto Colon where you will find many places to choose from at lower prices but without the quality of the Adeje restaurants.

The Hotel ( and the local ) is a good place to stay for a break of about a week. It is not a place for Teenagers or couples wanting a wild night out – the whole place is asleep by 23:00!

We stayed at the Dream for 5 nights. 22 - 27 Feb 2008. We asked for a non smoking sea view but got non smoking no view!- just above the Spa.
Quite noisy at times.

We booked a bed and breakfast stay which was more than addequate - breakfasts can keep you going all day - champagne and caviar!!! plus anything else you can think of!!

Lovely hotel,clean, freindly staff.

Rooms clean, fantastic bathrooms with jet showers. 7 choices of pillows!

The only drawback was the freezing cold swimming pools and the use of the Spa and Gym.


The gym you had to pay to use and it was full of outdated machines 1/2 of which did not work and there was no a/c!!

Would we return? yes!!