HOVIMA La Pinta
HOVIMA La Pinta is a four-star family apartment hotel on the seafront promenade in Costa Adeje, on the sheltered southwest coast of Tenerife. Every apartment has its own kitchen and a separate bedroom, the beach is 50 metres across the promenade, and the shops, bars and restaurants of the strip are right outside. Families come for the central beachfront setting, the heated pools and a children's programme that starts with a Baby Club from six months.
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Is it worth it?
Who La Pinta suits, what the two boards cover and the facts to skim before the detail.
HOVIMA La Pinta is a mid-market family aparthotel that trades on where it stands. It's directly on the Costa Adeje promenade, across the road from a sheltered beach, with the shops and restaurants of the strip outside the door, and it's run by a small independent Tenerife group rather than an international chain. The apartments each have a kitchen and a bedroom you can shut off from the living room, which suits naps and self-catering around the board. The kids' programme starts young, with a Baby Club from six months. The flip side of the central location is noise, from the promenade at night and between apartments, and the beach outside doesn't hold a Blue Flag, though two that do are a short walk away.
Best for
You want a beachfront base with the shops and restaurants of Costa Adeje outside the door, a kids' club that starts young and an apartment with a separate bedroom and a kitchen.
Maybe not for
You're set on a Blue Flag beach right outside, a quiet setting away from nightlife or a large adults-only pool on site.
Best ages
Babies upwards. The Baby Club takes children from six months and the Mini Club from four, and every apartment separates the bedroom for naps.
What stands out
A central seafront spot right on the promenade, apartments with their own kitchen and one of the youngest kids'-club age floors among Costa Adeje's family hotels.
What to check
The Baby Club's hours and reservation before you book, and which apartment size suits you once a travel cot goes in.
Where is it?
On the seafront promenade at Playa La Pinta and Puerto Colón marina, in Costa Adeje on the southwest coast of Tenerife.
Quick facts for families
What the resort is like
The building, the site and where it sits along the Costa Adeje strip.
HOVIMA La Pinta is a single six-floor building of 229 apartments, served by three lifts, standing directly on the seafront promenade at Playa La Pinta in Costa Adeje, the built-up resort strip on Tenerife's sheltered southwest coast. It opened in 1987, closed for around four months for a top-to-bottom renovation and reopened in 2017, so it's neither brand new nor an unrenovated 1980s block.
The promenade outside runs with shops, restaurants and bars through the day and into the evening, and the beach is directly across it. Reception is open around the clock, every day of the year. Check-in is from 3pm and check-out by noon, with early check-in if the room's ready and late check-out for a charge if there's space. There's a covered, secure car park with two electric-charging bays for an extra charge, though it can't be pre-booked, only requested when you arrive. Luggage storage and a courtesy shower room after check-out are at reception, and wifi is free throughout, if not always fast in every corner. All the apartments are non-smoking and pets aren't allowed. The hotel carries ISO 14001 and Travelife Gold environmental certification, and runs a reduced-linen scheme and a local Cory's shearwater rescue programme each autumn.
La Pinta is the family hotel in HOVIMA, a small independent group founded in Costa Adeje in the 1970s and still run there, with seven hotels in the resort. The others are pitched at couples and adults, which matters in one practical way: a family here can walk to the group's adults-only spa hotel for an afternoon while the children are in the club. For the wider island, its beaches and getting around, see our Tenerife guide.
Board basis and what costs extra
How the two boards work, the Excellence extras, meal times and the things that sit outside the price.
The hotel runs on two boards, Half Board Plus and All Inclusive, and because every apartment has a kitchen you can also self-cater around them.
Half Board Plus covers buffet lunch and/or dinner at Globi's Bite, the main restaurant, with unlimited house drinks (water, soft drinks, beer and house white, red and rosé) served with your meals. It also includes one à la carte dinner at the Theme Restaurant for every seven nights you stay.
All Inclusive covers the breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets with the same house drinks, a snack bar open daily from 11am to 5.30pm and bar drinks from 10.30am to midnight. Ice cream and a cake of the day are included, the apartment fridge is topped up daily, and you also get one Theme Restaurant dinner per seven nights. Premium and branded spirits and signature cocktails aren't included on either board, though they're discounted on All Inclusive.
Guests on the Excellence service tier get more: an exclusive breakfast at the Theme Restaurant and two à la carte dinners per seven nights rather than one.
Meal times are fixed and worth knowing with young children: breakfast 7.30 to 10.30am, from 8am for Excellence guests, lunch 1 to 3pm and dinner 6 to 9pm. If you land after dinner service on your first night you can ask for a cold plate, or swap in a lunch on another day, by emailing the hotel ahead. Gluten-free, lactose-free, vegetarian and vegan dishes are marked at the buffet, and the kitchen asks you to email in advance for any special requirement.
A number of things sit outside the board price: the garage, late check-out, laundry, babysitting, using the in-room safe, the pool-towel deposit, the vending machines, the off-site spa, premium drinks and snacks or ice creams beyond the daily selection on All Inclusive.
Every outletEvery restaurant and bar
Globi's Bite is the main buffet restaurant, opposite the main pool, and the place every family eats most days. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, and has a dedicated children's buffet corner with mini portions set around the hotel's sea mural. Gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan choices are marked. There's a dinner dress code: no swimwear, and no sleeveless tops for men. Reviews are warm about the restaurant itself and the staff running it, but a stay of a week or more is where the buffet's variety draws the most consistent complaint (see Loves and gripes below).
The Theme Restaurant is the à la carte option, on a beachfront terrace, with a menu that leans Mediterranean and Italian. It's included one night per seven on either board, or two nights for Excellence guests, and you need to book a table. The dress code is a step up, with long trousers for men, so it reads more as a dressed-up evening with the children than a quick casual dinner.
Alongside the restaurants there's the Main Bar, marine-themed, which doubles as the stage for the evening shows and a base for daytime activities; the Bubbles Pool Bar for poolside drinks and ice cream; and the snack bar by the pool, open daily from 11am to 5.30pm and included on All Inclusive.
The apartments, every type
All eight types with their official sizes, which suit a family with a baby or toddler, and the two pools and beach below.
Every apartment here has its own equipped kitchen with a microwave and small appliances, a living room, a furnished terrace, a TV and a bathroom with a shower. Air conditioning is fitted in the living room only, and it works only with the doors and windows shut; the bedroom isn't separately air-conditioned. Every apartment can hold up to two babies. There are eight types across one, two and three bedrooms, and the table below is the full line-up with the official sizes.
| Apartment | Interior | Terrace | Layout and who it suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-bedroom Comfort | approx 46m² | +12m² | A separate bedroom plus a sofa bed in the living room. Adapted version on request. |
| 1-bedroom Superior | approx 42m² | +10m² | The same layout as the Comfort, with sea or pool views and marine-themed decor. |
| 1-bedroom Family | approx 46m² | +12m² | Ground floor only, step-free to the garden playground or the pool. A twin bedroom plus a master that opens onto the living room. |
| 1-bedroom Excellence | approx 52m² | +17m² | Sea views and the Excellence service tier. |
| 2-bedroom Comfort | approx 64m² | +12m² | Two separate bedrooms, one of them in a children’s theme. |
| 2-bedroom Superior | approx 65m² | +18m² | Two separate bedrooms with sea views. Web-exclusive rate. |
| 2-bedroom Excellence | approx 76m² | +10 to 100m² | Two separate bedrooms, panoramic sea views, Excellence tier. |
| 3-bedroom Excellence | approx 97m² | +10 to 100m² | Three separate double bedrooms and the largest layout, for bigger or multi-generational groups. Web-exclusive rate. |
For a couple with one baby or toddler, the 1-bedroom Comfort or Superior (42 to 46m²) works, though it's snug once a travel cot goes in; the 1-bedroom Family or Excellence (46 to 52m²) gives more room. The real advantage of the apartment format shows up across every one-bedroom type, not just the largest: the bedroom is separate from the living room, so a napping baby can sleep with the door shut while you stay up next door.
The 1-bedroom Family apartment is the one to look at if you're travelling with a pram. It's on the ground floor only, with step-free access straight out to either the garden playground or the pool, so there are no lifts to manage. For two children who want their own space, or a baby with an older sibling, the 2-bedroom Comfort (64m²) is the natural starting point, with Superior and Excellence versions adding sea views and the Excellence extras. The largest is the 3-bedroom Excellence, three double bedrooms and the biggest layout, aimed at bigger or multi-generational groups.
The Excellence service tier, on the room types that carry it, adds a Lavazza coffee machine, daily turndown, a pillow menu, loungers on the terrace and, for All Inclusive guests, a welcome pack and topped-up minibar. Adapted apartments are available on request across all four one-bedroom categories.
Pools and water features
There are two heated swimming pools and, alongside the main one, a children's Splash pool with water games. A children's slide is built into the main pool, separate from the Splash pool. The pools are open from 10am to 6pm and both are heated through the winter, from the 1st of November to the 31st of March, so swimming still works in the cooler months. Around them is a large sea-facing sun terrace with beds, hammocks and parasols. Pool towels come on a refundable deposit.
There's no adults-only pool on site. Adults who want a child-free swim use the thermal circuit at the group's sister spa, a five-minute walk away, which is a spa relaxation circuit rather than a swimming pool.
The beach
Playa La Pinta sits 50 metres across the promenade from the hotel. It's golden sand, sheltered by the breakwaters of the Puerto Colón marina next door, which keeps the water calm and makes it good for young children. It's around 180 metres long, and it's one of the busy, central beaches on the Costa Adeje strip, so it can get crowded at peak times.
The beach doesn't hold a Blue Flag. In Adeje the two Blue Flags for 2026 are at Playa del Duque and Playa Torviscas, both walkable along the same seafront. The absence of the award doesn't make La Pinta unsafe or unsuitable; it's common for a small beach beside a working marina, and its shelter is exactly what makes it calm. If the certification matters to you, the two Blue Flag beaches are 20 to 30 minutes' walk away.
Off the beach and the marina you'll find anchored inflatables, jet-ski hire, parasailing and scuba diving, all run by independent operators rather than the hotel.
Babies and toddlers
The clubs and their ages, the baby kit, everything that fills a family day and the area beyond the door.
The Baby Club takes children from six months to 3.9 years, by reservation. It's staffed by caregivers who set personalised routines around each child's feeding, nappy changes and rest, and keep parents in the loop. The hotel doesn't publish the club's hours, its staffing or a price, so confirm those when you book or with your tour operator.
From four, children move up to the Mini Club, which runs to 12.9 years, and there's a Teen Club from 13 to 16. The age-four line is a firm one: the Baby Club stops at 3.9 years and the Mini Club starts at four, with no crossover, so a three-year-old belongs in the Baby Club and can't join the Mini Club early. It catches some families out, but it's the hotel's settled policy rather than anything that has changed. Worth knowing separately, the hotel's booking system prices room occupancy on different ages again, counting an adult from 14 and a baby as 0 to 1, which isn't the same as the club bands.
The baby kit is generous and mostly free on request: a cot, a baby bath, a toilet-seat adapter, a stool, a pushchair, a high chair, a bottle warmer and a bed rail. Babysitting is offered for an extra charge, though again the hours and cost aren't published. There's also the Multiball Room, an indoor games and activity room open to children of all ages. One thing to note if you're travelling with a buggy is that the Mini Club room has several steps.
On resortThings to do
The daytime programme covers sports and games such as football, volleyball, basketball and badminton, plus craft workshops, cooking classes and guided beach walks, with talks on the marine conservation the hotel is built around. In the evening there are live shows, live music, an open-air cinema and a nightly Mini-Disco in the lounge hosted by Globi, the hotel's mascot.
For sport there's a multi-sports court, table tennis, darts, a multiball screen and billiards, with the billiards, table tennis and darts carrying an extra charge. Globi, named after the pilot whale, fronts the hotel's Ocean Window programme, whose age-grouped Experience Bubbles activities include an underwater mural through the corridors and a touch aquarium in the lobby.
The excursion desk at reception books the big Tenerife days out: Loro Parque, Siam Park, the Teide cable car, whale and dolphin trips from Puerto Colón, a submarine trip, the Anaga hills, the old town of La Laguna and La Recova market in Santa Cruz. It also arranges car and bike hire. These are booked at reception rather than online.
The hotel has no spa or gym of its own. Both are at the adults-only sister hotel, a five-minute walk away. The gym is free for La Pinta guests and open daily from 8am to 8pm. The spa is open daily from 10am to 6pm. Its thermoludic circuit runs 90 minutes and costs around €20 per person for HOVIMA guests (last checked June 2026), taking in a shower temple with an ice fountain, a sauna, a salt cabin, a Turkish bath, a flotarium, a cold-water pool and a separate recreational pool with hydromassage. Thalgo treatments are booked separately for an extra charge.
Beyond the doorThe area and days out
The hotel sits on the seafront promenade at Playa La Pinta and Puerto Colón, roughly midway along the Costa Adeje strip, with shops, bars and restaurants outside the door day and night. On foot you have the Puerto Colón marina, where the boat trips leave, and the Plaza del Duque and Gran Sur shopping centres, both under 500 metres. Playa de Torviscas and Playa de Fañabé are 20 to 30 minutes along the promenade.
Further out you'll want the car, whether your own hire or an excursion. The desk sells trips to Siam Park, one of Europe's largest water parks, to Loro Parque's zoo and marine park and to Mount Teide, Spain's highest peak. The group's other Costa Adeje hotels are close by too, including the adults-only Cool Costa Adeje with its spa, if part of a family group wants a quieter base or a spa afternoon nearby. There's also a public sports complex, T3 Caleta, with a pool, mentioned by one visiting family, if you want lane swimming away from the hotel.
Loves and gripes
What families rate and what frustrates them, the alternatives, the journey in and the weather by month.
What families love
- The location, the top-rated thing on every review site, directly on the promenade and across from the beach.
- How clean it's kept, singled out by many as spotless and matched by Booking.com's 8.8 Cleanliness score.
- Friendly, attentive staff and a genuine family feel rather than families as an afterthought.
- The kids' club and Globi's entertainment programme.
- Good value next to the five-star hotels nearby, backed by an 8.0 Booking.com score and named a strength directly by HolidayCheck.
Common gripes
- The food can feel repetitive over a longer stay, the most common gripe: several describe little difference between one day's lunch and the next day's dinner, and a Google review makes the same point, noting no special food nights and no chef cooking anything different from the regular buffet. It's also HolidayCheck's lowest-rated category, at 4.8 out of 6, the one dip against otherwise strong scores for location, staff and cleanliness, though plenty of guests still rate the quality well.
- Competition for sunbeds, with loungers claimed early in the morning.
- Noise, both from neighbouring apartments and from the promenade at night, the flip side of the central location.
- Wifi that works but isn't fast everywhere, a minor point rather than a real problem.
- The Baby and Mini Club age line at four, which catches some families out.
Across the review sites the picture is consistent and warm. As of mid-2026 it scores 8.8 out of 10 on Trivago from around 6,300 ratings, 5.1 out of 6 on HolidayCheck from 758 reviews, 4.6 out of 5 on Google from around 2,600 reviews and 8.5 out of 10 on Booking.com with its Guests' Choice badge. On Booking.com it rates highest for location (9.5) and staff (9.4), and lowest for wifi (6.9), with value at 8.0; HolidayCheck's own location score, also its highest category, is 5.3 out of 6. Booking.com's own listing also ranks it lower, 59th of 63 hotels in Adeje, out of step with the strong category scores there.
The alternativesHow it compares
Within HOVIMA, La Pinta is the family hotel among six others pitched at couples, adults or sport, so a family based here can walk to the group's adults-only spa hotel for an afternoon without switching hotels. Against the other Costa Adeje family hotels, two make realistic alternatives, on a lighter check than La Pinta's own research. GF Isabel, back from Playa de Fañabé, is a purpose-built family aparthotel with three pools and a splash park, though it doesn't publish a Mini Club starting age on its own site. Iberostar Waves Bouganville Playa is beachfront on a calmer, darker-sand beach with an Aquafun water feature, and is a larger chain hotel rather than a small independent one. The clearest point in La Pinta's favour for the youngest children is its Baby Club from six months; the beaches at both alternatives are quieter and more sheltered than La Pinta's busier, central stretch.
Airport and seasonGetting there and when to go
Tenerife South (Reina Sofía) airport is about 11 miles (18 km) away, and it's the airport nearly all UK flights to the south use. You book your transfer ahead, either while booking the hotel or through a separate link; it isn't laid on automatically or arranged when you land, so sort it before you travel. There's no minimum-stay requirement.
Costa Adeje sits on the calmest, driest and sunniest stretch of Tenerife's coast, so there isn't really a bad month for temperature. The main seasonal thing to weigh is the pools, heated from the 1st of November to the 31st of March, which keeps winter and spring swimming going, and the promenade and beach setting means there's plenty to do on a cooler day without a car. The hotel is open all year.
Month by monthWeather
The figures below are long-term averages for the Tenerife South coast, where Costa Adeje sits on the sheltered, least windy side of the island. Rain totals just 115mm a year here, near-desert levels. Essentially none falls between May and August, and any that does between October and March usually adds up to only one to three days a month. Sunshine averages six and a half hours a day in the depths of winter, rising to about ten hours in July.
| Month | Daytime high | Overnight low | Rain | Wet days | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22° | 15° | 18 mm | 2 | 20° |
| February | 22.5° | 15° | 19 mm | 2 | 20° |
| March | 23° | 15.5° | 8 mm | 1 | 20° |
| April | 23.5° | 16° | 9 mm | 1 | 20° |
| May | 24.5° | 17.5° | 1 mm | 0 | 21° |
| June | 26° | 19° | 0 mm | 0 | 22° |
| July | 28° | 20.5° | 0 mm | 0 | 22° |
| August | 29° | 21.5° | 2 mm | 0 | 23° |
| September | 28° | 21° | 7 mm | 1 | 24° |
| October | 27.5° | 20° | 12 mm | 2 | 24° |
| November | 25° | 18.5° | 14 mm | 2 | 23° |
| December | 23.5° | 16.5° | 29 mm | 3 | 22° |
Typical monthly averages from weather-station records. Sea temperature is the open-water figure, so a sheltered bay can feel a degree or two warmer. The hotel is open year-round.
Accessibility
How accessible the hotel is, the practical bits and the questions families ask most.
The hotel is plain about this, which is worth having. Several rooms are partially adapted and most communal areas are step-free. The adapted bathrooms carry a limitation the hotel names but doesn't detail, so check what it covers if someone in your group needs one. Getting from the hotel straight onto the beach isn't step-free either, and the Mini Club room has several steps. Adapted apartments can be requested across all four one-bedroom categories: Comfort, Superior, Family and Excellence.
Practical bitsHealth and practicalities
There's no FCDO warning against travel to Spain or the Canary Islands, and UK visitors need a valid passport but no visa for a normal tourist stay. The currency is the euro. Staff are Spanish, and the hotel's own website and FAQ are kept in fluent English.
The promenade outside has the usual resort shops for day-to-day basics.
The questions parents askQuestions
How young does the Baby Club take a child, and what happens at four?
The Baby Club takes children from six months to 3.9 years, and at four they move up to the Mini Club with no early crossover. If your child turns four during a longer stay, expect them to change clubs partway through. Places are limited, so reserve when you book.
Can we get a babysitter for an evening out?
Yes, the hotel arranges babysitting for an extra charge. It doesn’t publish the rate or the hours, so ask at reception early in your stay rather than on the night, and check the cost then.
What isn’t included in the board price?
Quite a few small things: the garage, laundry, the in-room safe, the pool-towel deposit, babysitting, premium drinks and the off-site spa. On All Inclusive, ice creams and snacks beyond the daily selection cost extra too. Budget a little on top rather than assuming everything is covered.
Is a transfer sorted for us, or do we book it?
You book it yourself, ahead of time, either during the hotel booking or through a separate link. It’s about 11 miles (18 km) from Tenerife South airport, and nothing is arranged automatically on arrival, so don’t leave it to sort at the airport.
Is there a spa or gym at the hotel?
Not on site. Both are at the group’s adults-only sister hotel, a five-minute walk away. The gym is free for La Pinta guests. The spa’s thermal circuit is a paid 90-minute session, around €20 per person for HOVIMA guests (last checked June 2026).
Is the beach any good for little ones without a Blue Flag?
Yes. Playa La Pinta is calm because the marina breakwaters shelter it, which suits young children. It doesn’t hold a Blue Flag, but two beaches that do, Torviscas and El Duque, are a 20 to 30 minute walk along the seafront if that matters to you.
How does eating at the à la carte restaurant work?
Your board includes one dinner at the Theme Restaurant per seven nights, or two on the Excellence tier, and you book the table. The allocation is fixed, so reserve your night early. Every other evening you’d eat at the Globi’s Bite buffet, which doesn’t need booking.
Can we self-cater in the apartment?
Every apartment has its own equipped kitchen with a microwave and small appliances, handy for bottles, baby food and simple meals alongside the board. It’s set up for heating and light cooking rather than big meals.
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Useful links
- HOVIMA La Pinta: the hotel's own site for apartments, board options and the children's clubs.
- GOV.UK Spain travel advice: entry rules and safety updates before you travel.
- Tenerife with little ones: our guide to the wider island, its beaches and when to go.
Last updated 16 July 2026.
