Costa Adeje is a perfect resort for couples, families and beach lovers. It has everything that anyone would desire for a beach holiday. It is a purpose-built, attractive, clean resort with excellent blue flag beaches, with bars and restaurants lining the traffic-free beach promenade.

Costa Adeje carries on from Playa de las Americas. However, this modern resort has a distinct feel and is a resort in its own right. It is more laid back and is geared towards families and couples with many family friendly hotels.

The area has been rebranded due to the impression Playa de las Americas is full of 18 – 30 bars and clubs, with all the excesses this promotes. Tenerife is currently deliberately trying to encourage families and couples to spend their holidays on the island.

Costa Adeje has more 4 and 5 star hotels and is one of the best resorts in Tenerife for families. The accommodation is mostly new and typically costs a little more than in Las Americas and Los Cristianos.

Costa Adeje is a resort that incorporates Puerto Colón, Playa Fañabe, Torviscas, San Eugenio and Playa del Duque. Often referred to as ‘upmarket’, as several 5-star luxury hotels in Costa Adeje have been built in recent years. The resort has modern shopping centres, stylish bars, superb restaurants, and a championship golf course with a clubhouse built in a Colónial style.

Costa Adeje also has a marina at Puerto Colón, where you can go whale watching or charter a yacht. There are, too, many trendy bars and chic restaurants lining the marina, where you can sit overlooking the sea and marina.

Costa Adeje Nightlife

The nightlife in Costa Adeje centres on the bars and restaurants in the San Eugenio area with English, Scottish and Irish sports and some karaoke-type bars. This place is for people looking for lively nightlife, with bars hosting live music and some international-style bars scattered around the resort. In addition, there are exclusive restaurants and top-quality bars in the Playa del Duque area of Costa Adeje.

Is Costa Adeje lively?

The most lively area of Costa Adeje is around the Puerto Colon area, where there are many lively bars with live entertainment and lots of restaurants. The Fanabe area also includes lively bars on the traffic-free Promenade of Playa Fanabe. Playa del Duque is much more sophisticated, with upmarket restaurants and bars around the 5-star hotels in the area.

Costa Adeje Attractions

There is plenty to keep the kids happy here, wonderful sheltered beaches, water parks and kid’s play areas. Plus, there are plenty of bars, restaurants, and shops. Casinos, Spas, boat trips, diving and fiestas are all in the area to keep most people busy.

Tenerife’s biggest tourist attraction is located in Costa Adeje, the fabulous ‘Siam Park’, a Thailand-themed water park with white knuckle and leisurely water rides, beaches and wave machines. Another water park, Aqualand, is located next to Siam Park, which also has water rides and a dolphin show. On top of that, there is an 18-hole championship golf course at Golf Costa Adeje.

Places to Stay in Costa Adeje

Costa Adeje Beaches

Costa Adeje has fabulous spotless blue flag beaches with palm trees, clear waters, plenty of sunbeds and parasols, and a promenade lined with bars and restaurants. Playa Puerto Colón by the marina is the resort's smallest beach, with blue flag Playa Fañabe and Playa Torviscas merging into one extensive beach lined with a traffic-free promenade. All the beaches in Costa Adeje are made of soft fine white sand sheltered by breakwaters, making swimming safe and free of strong currents.

Blue flag Playa del Duque is the most exclusive as it is surrounded by plush hotels and a lovely promenade with bars and restaurants. The beach also has sunbeds and parasols for hire. Facilities at the beaches include toilets, showers and lifeguards. See our photos of all Costa Adeje beaches.

Where is Costa Adeje in Tenerife?

Costa Adeje is located on the south coast of Tenerife, so the resort is in south Tenerife. How far is Costa Adeje from Las Americas? Costa Adeje is about 3km from the resort Plays de las Americas. There is a seafront footpath connecting the modern resorts of Costa Adeje and Las Americas. The pleasant stroll takes about 20 minutes. You can see exactly where the modern resort is located on the Costa Adeje map.

Tenerife South Airport to Costa Adeje Transfer Times

Which Tenerife airport for Costa Adeje? Tenerife South Airport is the closest airport to Costa Adeje.

The distance from Tenerife South Airport to Costa Adeje is approximately 19km by road, that takes about 20 minutes. The taxi fare from Tenerife south airport to Costa Adeje will cost about 34 Euros. The bus route 111 from Tenerife south airport will take you to the bus station at Costa Adeje. How To Get To Costa Adeje From Tenerife South Airport