Hotel Spa Villalba, Vilaflor

The Hotel Spa Villalba is in Vilaflor, at 1,500 m, on the Camino de San Roque and inside the Teide forest crown, the Canary pine forest that surrounds the park below the caldera. It belongs to Hoteles Reverón, a family firm on the island dating from 1929. It is adults only, from age 14, and does not admit pets. It has 27 rooms, spa included in all rates and its own restaurant.

Vilaflor, the southern village 25 km from the park

Vilaflor is the southern village from which the TF-21 climbs to Las Cañadas, and the hotel calculates 25 km to the National Park. By that road you reach Boca Tauce, the Llano de Ucanca and the Roques de García without going via the north, and in the afternoon you can watch the sunset up there and come down to sleep. The hotel has no transfer: from the airport, according to the hotel itself, a taxi costs about €40.

Seven room types, with stairs or without

The 27 rooms are of seven types: standard double with mountain view, attic with garden view, superior double with mountain or garden view, junior suite, suite with hydromassage and suite with hydromassage and terrace. All face the pine forest, the garden or the mountains, and all have air conditioning, heating, free wifi, safe, coffee or tea maker, paid minibar and bathrobe.

• Standard double: 35 m², bath and no balcony, on the east or west side; it keeps the building's original structure and is reached by stairs. From €118 a night on its website.
• Superior double: 38 m², with sofa and balcony, facing east; from €138.
• Suite with hydromassage and terrace: 50 m², up to three people, with a hydromassage bath and a terrace with an outdoor jacuzzi looking at the pines and the south of the island; from €135 on December dates.

The superiors and suites have a lift or are on the ground floor. Check-in from 14:00 and check-out until 12:00.

Spa and pool under the pines

The circuit begins in a relaxation room and continues through a Turkish bath, sauna, sanarium, pebble paths and jacuzzi, with a separate menu of massages and treatments. The pool has an indoor part and an outdoor part among Canary pines: in winter it is covered and heated, and in summer it is uncovered, with jets for neck and back. Access to the circuit is included in all rates, although prior booking may be required depending on occupancy.

La Vendimia and the Anconito garden

The La Vendimia restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner à la carte and at the table, with no buffet. The cooking starts from Canarian with international dishes, uses vegetables and herbs from its organic Anconito farm and wines from the Reverón organic winery, and has vegetarian and vegan options. The terrace looks out over the forest crown. On half board, drinks are paid separately. For dinner outside the hotel, the Eustaquio Restaurant is in the same village.

On foot from the door

The GR-131, the trail that crosses the island, passes practically by the door. The hotel also suggests a 6 km route to the Reverón winery, of moderate difficulty and a little under two hours, and longer ones through the Paisaje Lunar and Las Lajas. For bikes it has its own room.