photo courtesy of Abama Golf & Spa Resort
Family Friendly Resort: Abama Golf and Spa Resort
Tenerife, Canary Islands
The family friendly Abama Resort is on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are part of Spain, located approximately two hundred miles off the coast of Morocco, in the Atlantic Ocean. They have almost ideal weather year round here with the temperatures varying only six-to-ten degrees.
Over half of Abama Golf and Spa Resort guests are families with kids. Because of this, they have a very active kids club. In their busy seasons, (Easter, Christmas, and August) the club can have 50 to 60 kids doing activities each day. Some of the more popular kids activities include: cooking workshops, face-painting, pirate treasure hunt, clay sculpture, movie nights, and beach outings.
This is a very large and luxurious resort, with 476 suites and private casitas. Kids will love the sprawling courtyards housing large tropical ponds complete with rainbow colored koi.
The spa has all of the normal spa treatments, but it has a unique hydro-center that plunges you into a sea of water sensations.
Abama Resort, which sits on a bluff above the Atlantic Ocean, has multiple restaurants and seven swimming pools, some with zero-depth entry. There is a funicular (cable car or tram) that takes you down to the resort’s beach where there are several “ocean pools” built into the seaside. The waves naturally bring fresh water into these pools nestled among the rocks.
Their daily breakfast is like the most opulent Sunday brunch you have ever seen…. Enough said!!! However, save your appetite for one of the gourmet eateries such as El Mirador where you can marvel at the technique of salt-fish cookery.
Some of the children’s amenities available include:
- Babysitting services
- Car seats
- High chair
- Bottle warmer and feeding supplies
- Microwave
- Baby bathtub and bath supplies
- Nappy / Diaper changing station and supplies
- Baby monitors
- Pushchair / stroller parasols
- Beach tent with UV protection
- Guard rail for bed
- Playpen
- Buggy / Pram / Stroller with sunshade
- Children’s menu at restaurants
- Baby food, including organic and gluten-free
- Baby lotions and sunscreen
There are many flights here from all over Europe, especially London. Frankfurt, Barcelona and Madrid. There is at least one regular direct flight from the U.S. on Air Europa.
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Larry Berle is a travel writer who writes on many travel topics but specializes in golf travel. He is author of A GOLFERS DREAM: HOW A REGULAR GUY CONQUERED THE GOLF DIGEST LIST OF AMERICAS TOP 100 GOLF COURSES. Learn more about his book at www.GolfersDreamBook.com and from there you can also access his travel blog.
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