The Ritz-Carlton Tenerife, Abama
Guia de Isora, Tenerife, Spain
Location
On a clifftop finca
A four-hundred-acre clifftop finca at Guia de Isora, southwest Tenerife, above the Atlantic with views to La Gomera, around twenty-five minutes from Tenerife South airport — Mount Teide rising behind.
Transfer
A Tenerife South transfer
Around twenty-five minutes from Tenerife South airport, up to the four-hundred-acre clifftop finca at Guia de Isora.
Villas
Around 460 rooms & villas
Around 460 rooms, suites and villas across the Moorish-pink Citadel and four rows of Villas, most with Atlantic, golf or garden views; The Retreat is a garden-framed adults zone with its own pools, alongside Club Level.
Best For
Who it suits
Families drawn by the largest Ritz Kids club in Europe, golfers, foodies and couples on The Retreat, with a tennis academy and cycling centre nearby — a four-hundred-acre Moorish clifftop finca doing golf, Michelin and grand-family at once.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast or half board, with multiple a la carte venues including two-Michelin M.B. and Michelin-starred Akira Back.
About the Resort
A vast Moorish clifftop golf-and-Michelin resort at Guia de Isora
The Ritz-Carlton Tenerife, Abama is a vast Moorish clifftop golf-and-Michelin resort at Guia de Isora — a Moorish-pink citadel and rows of villas across a four-hundred-acre finca above the Atlantic, with views to La Gomera. Its nine-restaurant line-up is led by M.B., Martin Berasategui's two-Michelin-star kitchen, and a Michelin-starred Akira Back, while Abama Golf runs a Dave Thomas championship course above the sea and a funicular drops to a private golden-sand beach. Eight pools, a destination spa, the adults-only Retreat and the largest Ritz Kids club in Europe make it golf, Michelin and grand-family at once. The setting is the southwest coast of Tenerife: the finca tumbles down a clifftop to the Atlantic with La Gomera on the horizon, the volcanic cone of Mount Teide rises behind, and whale-and-dolphin trips and ferries to the neighbouring islands leave from along the coast. It is the clifftop golf-and-Michelin finca of Tenerife — distinct from the design-led, most-Michelin-starred Corales at La Caleta and the colonial-village grande dame Bahia del Duque at Costa Adeje. Year-round winter sun.
Accommodation
Rooms, suites & villas
Around 460 rooms, suites and villas spread across the Moorish-pink Citadel and four rows of Villas, most with Atlantic, golf or garden views, with The Retreat a garden-framed adults zone with its own pools alongside Club Level. The pink citadel and the villa rows give the finca the feel of a small town, the Atlantic and La Gomera filling the views from the clifftop. The villas in particular suit families and longer stays, set in gardens above the sea.
Entry
Deluxe Room
Sleeps two to three. A natural sand-and-stone room with a private terrace, over the ocean or resort.
Private terraceOcean outlook
Adults
The Retreat Room
Sleeps two. A secluded, garden-framed adults-zone room with its own pools.
Adults zoneGarden outlook
Villa
One-Bedroom Villa Suite
Sleeps two to three. A villa-row suite, some with a private pool.
Villa-rowGarden outlook
Top
Imperial Suite
Sleeps two to four. The Citadel's most exclusive suite.
Most exclusiveOcean outlook
Food & Drink
Dining
A nine-restaurant line-up is led by M.B., Martin Berasategui's two-Michelin-star kitchen, and the Michelin-starred Akira Back, with El Mirador for seafood with coastal views. It is among the most serious hotel dining in the Canaries, the kind of line-up that makes the resort a destination for food as much as golf. Few resorts anywhere pair two Michelin-starred kitchens with a championship course and a private beach.
Signature
M.B.
M.B., Martin Berasategui, two Michelin stars.
Japanese
Akira Back
Akira Back, modern Japanese, a Michelin-starred chef.
Seafood
El Mirador
El Mirador, seafood with coastal views.
Wellbeing
The spa & pools
A full destination spa runs wellness and nutrition programmes, ritual baths and yoga, joined by eight pools and a private golden-sand beach reached by a funicular down the cliff. Wellness and play sit side by side across the finca, from a nutrition programme to a day on the private beach below.
A destination spa
A destination spa, with wellness and nutrition programmes.
Eight pools
Eight pools, across the finca.
A beach funicular
A beach funicular, to a private golden beach.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The Michelin dining, the golf and the beach define a stay — dine at two-Michelin M.B. and Akira Back across nine restaurants, play the Dave Thomas course of Abama Golf above the sea, and take the funicular to the private golden-sand beach. Europe's largest Ritz Kids club, the adults-only Retreat, Mount Teide, the UNESCO Teide National Park and whale-watching trips out to the resident pilot whales round out a stay.
M.B. and Akira Back
M.B. and Akira Back, across nine restaurants.
Abama Golf
Abama Golf, a Dave Thomas course above the Atlantic.
The beach funicular
The beach funicular, to a private golden beach.
Europe's largest Ritz Kids
Europe's largest Ritz Kids, and The Retreat.
The clifftop finca
The clifftop finca, with La Gomera views.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Tenerife South
Around twenty-five minutes from Tenerife South airport.
On the cliff
Guia de Isora
A four-hundred-acre clifftop finca at Guia de Isora, above the Atlantic.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting The Ritz-Carlton Tenerife, Abama. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast or half board.
Year-round
- Year-round, subtropical winter sun.
Made for families
- Made for families, golfers and foodies.
Getting there
- Around twenty-five minutes from Tenerife South airport.
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