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Sobre Costa Adeje

Prior to Tenerife being colonized, Adeje served as the capital of the ancient Guanche kingdom. Legend has it that it was also the home of Tinerfe “the Great,” the final king or mencey of the Guanche people before the island was split into nine menceyatos (kingdoms). Before tourism, the coastline was dominated by agriculture (particularly bananas and tomatoes).

In the late 1960s southern Tenerife began to develop as an international tourist destination. This spread slowly to the area now known as Costa Adeje in the 1980s, with rapid growth through the 1990s and 2000s. The name Costa Adeje was introduced in 1996 by the Adeje municipality, to combine several smaller areas, and make the area marketable with a single distinctive name, to rival nearby Los Cristianos and Las Americas.

More than just sprawling beaches, Costa Adeje is also home to world-class entertainment and recreation. It houses Siam Park, one of the largest and best water parks in Europe, Golf Costa Adeje, a world-class 18-hole golf course, and many other attractions and activities to keep visitors entertained. At night, the resort comes alive with illuminated promenades, restaurants, bars and luxury hotels.

One of the defining features of Costa Adeje is its golden sandy beaches, but these are not natural. Tenerife’s coastline is volcanic, and the original beaches in this area consisted mainly of black volcanic sand, pebbles and rocky coves. As Costa Adeje was developed into an upmarket resort during the late 1980s and 1990s, several beaches—including Playa del Duque and parts of Playa Fañabé—were enlarged or created using imported golden sand. This transformed what had been a rugged volcanic coastline into the wide, gently sloping beaches seen today. The imported sand came primarily from the Sahara Desert, transported by ship to Tenerife as part of the resort’s development. The beaches are protected by a series of breakwaters, creating calmer bathing conditions than many of Tenerife’s more exposed stretches of coastline.

Pitted against the backdrop of Tenerife’s natural beauty, Costa Adeje merges nature and human developments. One of the area’s most popular excursions is whale and dolphin watching, with resident populations of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins found just offshore throughout the year.

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