Climbing the hill of the Taoro gardens, in Puerto de la Cruz, remains today an exercise in glamour. There, where Agatha Christie drew inspiration and Alfonso XIII enjoyed a residence worthy of a king, the modern traveler encounters a contemporary establishment that preserves the aristocratic essence with which it was born. The Gran Hotel Taoro, a finalist in the New Hotel category at the Condé Nast Traveler 2026 Awards, has awakened from its long slumber to reclaim its place as an icon of European luxury.
A Balcony Overlooking the Atlantic with Teide in the Background
Overlooking an Atlantic that in the north of Tenerife dictates its own cadence, this luxury refuge steeped in history regains today the patina of that neoclassical fortress which, in 1890, a group of Canarian, British and German visionaries conceived as the first grand luxury hotel in Spain. A building designed by the French Adolphe Coquet, which, under the watchful gaze of Teide, has been fully renovated by architects Virgilio Gutiérrez and Eustaquio Martínez, renowned for their enhancement of architectural heritage in the Canary Islands.
Behind the doors of this grand Atlantic hotel, where architecture and the sea breeze are inseparable, the interior design, inspired by modern colonial sensibilities, rests on noble materials, serene lines, and a warm color palette that contrasts with the lush vegetation that surrounds it.
