Hotel Colon Rambla

Our experience is /was lovely! Although we had to wait a little for our room, as we were early, staff made us feel very welcome, Each night we sat in the bar area called Jarana, we had a bottle of wine suggested and served by a lovely happy smiling young guy called Juanma! Such a lovely happy guy, you could ever wish for to meet and serve you! Top Marks!

Located within walking distance from the port area, shops and restaurants. Sadly, we were disappointed with our rooms that were small and in need of updating, No pool view or balcony making the room feel smaller and dark. The pool is located within a beautiful well maintained garden. Lifeguard is present and provided guests with sun beds and towels. We were half board, breakfast was limited but sufficient. Evening meal was disappointing, limited options for children and small portions. We eat out several evenings and occasionally ordered food to the hotel. Santa Cruz is a lovely place to visit with friendly locals who are keen to engage with tourists.

Almost one year after my stay at Hotel Colon Rambla in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with my two boys, I find myself reminiscing that this was a really wonderful week. I was actually going for a conference, which first had advertised Colon Rambla as the conference hotel, and the switched to a different hotel. I'm very happy that I kept my booking at Colon Rambla. We had a very spacious family room, right in front of the swimming pool. It was really not a room, more like a three-room apartment. Each of those three rooms was larger than a standard room in most high-end hotels I have visited. The general interior also left a very high-end feeling, reminding me of posh condominiums in Singapore. There were some small issues with the beds (would have preferred proper double beds over these easily movable twin beds) and with the aircon (no aircon in the bedrooms if I remember right) but these were only minor nuisances and I slept much better than in most other hotels. Both beds and pillows had OK firmness to my taste. The breakfast was decent, but after a week I started to get a bit tired of the same selection. The boys never got tired, as it had all they ever wanted. We also had dinner several times at the hotel. The kids loved the restaurant. My oldest kid loved the tuna tartar, while the youngest was happy they could also prepare more kidfriendly meals. However, one of the things I really like with the hotel is that it is not too far to walk to a much larger variety of eating options in Santa Cruz. It is also not too far from the Parqua Garcia Sanabria, a kind of small arboretum in the middel of Santa Cruz. My youngest kid loved visiting this park every day, too look at the trees, to play at the playgrounds, or just to eat ice cream. For going to the beach (Playa de Las Teresitas) the hotel reception was helpful with booking a taxi. I found the hotel staff friendly and helpful. What made this the best holiday ever was the serene swimming pool right outside our room. We had this treasure for ourself about 70% of the time. I believe the minimum depth is about 1.20, so a kid below 1.30 or so who cannot swim may not be able to appreciate it. But this is where my youngest kid, at 1.27, definitely learned to swim. And after this, he practically lived in the pool. For one week we paid slightly more than 1000 euros, which I think is quite reasonable for a hotel (room) of this standard.

We have just spent a week in this hotel. The staff were great particularly in the restaurant. The food at breakfast was nicely laid out with lots of lovely tasty foods. We stayed in a junior suite overlooking the pool and garden. We also booked half board. Both of these options were good value and made our holiday. The evening meals were excellent and the staff were always on hand to help and the service was great. We tried the local foods which were recommended.The drinks were well priced and good quality. Our room was very spacious, with a seating area. It was cleaned well daily and we had a bath, which was lovely. The surrounding environment was clean and tidy and walking out at night felt very safe with lots of families about. We recommend this hotel and would return if on the island.