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Los Cristianos feels like a purpose built tourist-town. Fields of resort hotels, tourist shops and tourist restaurants dominate. The beachfront is end-to-end restaurants and ready to accommodate visitors with multiple languages. We visited during COVID, so luckily it was quite chilled and quiet - plenty of space on the beach, no need to make reservations in bars or restaurants and easy to park. Parking is possible to find and typically free - so I am not sure how this would work in peak season with more tourists with cars. As comes with this territory, it is easy to find all needs for a holiday (sunblock, medical supplies, beach or pool accessories etc) but requires doing a bit of research to find the better non-tourist standard / prices bars & restaurants. The beach is one of its best features - long & wide with soft yellow sand, which is unusual in Tenerife. There was no litter when I visited but also this could be an effect of the lack of crowds thanks to COVID. The promenade is lovely to walk along and then jumping into one of the bars along it - great for people watching. The town is closest to the Tenerife South airport (about 15-20mins) and highways connect easily to other areas along the south, so it's easy to take as a base for exploring the southern area. Compared to the north of the island, the south and especially the Los Cristianos area is far more mass-touristy, less quaint, more beachy with much warmer & brighter weather. There is not so much culture to see and the landscape is more desert-like, but it's possible to easily mix it up by going inland to Teide or along the coast.

Los Cristianos is a decent location to stay at when you are using the ferries of Fred Olsen Express or the much slower "Viera Armas" ferries, because you are right there, as they are departing from "Puerto de los Cristianos". Los Cristianos is also reasonably close to the Airport "Tenerife Sur". But if you plan on staying in the south of the island for a few days, I would prefer the "Playa de las Americas" environment, because it does have a more sophisticated and tasteful touristic infrastructure (more and better parking opportunities, and more professionally maintained restaurant facilities).

Love los Cristianos I go 3 times a year you can walk for miles Along the coast, foods great,the town is really nice to sit down at the church square which is always busy at night or go on some trips there’s always plenty to do or go and visit other towns

Beautiful part of tenerife lots of bars and restaurants not too far from amenities, not far from playas las Americas, plenty of English supermarkets if your self catering , just watch out there are plenty of vagrants and lucky lucky men around

There are lots of amenities and it is a proper town with a busy harbour that gives it an attractive atmosphere. We managed to find a good low cost "Tipico" restaurant. The walking is pleasant and safe around the town, with lots of interesting things to see. Highly recommended base for exploring Tenerife and day trips to walk in the beautiful hills nearby.

Have been coming for over 20 years to Los Cristianos and never get bored. A lovely town with friendly people, amazing choice of restuarants and bars and always something to do. Hope to be back soon!