Geography and Climate Information

The Barceló Santiago Hotel is located on Tenerife island of Spain (the largest island among Canary Islands, ranking no.5 in Europe top 10 beautiful islands), around 3-hour flight from Barcelona and 2-hour flight from Madrid. Tenerife is served by Tenerife North Airport and Tenerife South Airport, the hotel is 45 minutes’ drive from the latter. Tenerife is an island created volcanically with beautiful volcanic rocks formation. The population of the island is around 900,000 and the number of tourist visits reaches around 5 million each year. The island enjoys warm climate and sunny days year-round with an average temperature of 24–28 °C in the summer, 19–22 °C in the winter and rainfall days are less than 30 throughout a year.

 

 

Cultural Values and Characteristics

Tenerife is a simple and honest society. Spanish is the mother language. It is well-known for seafood, banana, tomatoes and potatoes. Some tourist sites like Teide National Park and Loro Parque are very famous in the World. The island will definitely satisfy your senses with physical activities like kayaking in the ocean or cycling and hiking among the volcanoes. Moreover, “Fast & Furious 6” is shot in the island and now tourists have the chance to feel that atmosphere by riding motor-bike in the island. More importantly, the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is held in February of each year which is the most popular festivity in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the most participative of those held on the Canary Islands. It attracts around a million tourists every year. It is a festival combining some elements such as costumes, shows, mass dance and boisterous party, on the street, outdoors, day and night. So, do not miss it.

 

Hotel Environment

The Hotel is set on a seaside cliff, adjacent to the famous Puerto Santiago Beach and Masca Cliff and there is the largest local marina beautifully situated in between. The hotel is conveniently located 200 meters from the beach and 2 kilometers from the spectacular Masca Cliff. There is the best waters of dolphin watching in the world sailing 20 minutes from the hotel as well.