By Paul Johnson

The Canary Islands are rarely if ever referred to as your typical luxury holiday destination.  However, it seems that you really don’t need to get on a plane for 9 hours to experience top class service, gourmet cuisine and the most attractive of resort surroundings as I discovered when visiting Abama in the district of Guia de Isora in Tenerife.

Accessed in around 35 minutes from Reina Sofia Airport (the old Tenerife Sud) you'll drive along winding coastal roads before being greeted by the distinctive salmon pink facade of this quite beautiful five star deluxe hotel with adjoining golf links.

Representing a kind of pink Citadel, you can't help but be impressed when you reach your guest room and take in the ocean views from your spacious lavishly furnished balcony across to... More...