Why ebook?
The Retreat gives a personalised boutique expertise, with a ‘hotel within a hotel’ really feel due to its distinctive setting and wide selection of unique facilities corresponding to personal swimming pools, adults-only and household areas, and entry to The Ritz-Carlton Club.
Set the scene
As the airplane descends over Tenerife, the majestic silhouette of Mount Teide emerges imposingly by the mist. The deep blue of the Atlantic accompanies us on the journey from Tenerife South Airport to our vacation spot: The Ritz-Carlton, Abama, an enclave nearly as iconic because the volcano we simply glimpsed from above. The resort is split into two elements: the colourful Citadel and the unique The Retreat, which we head to in our personal buggy surrounded by an setting impressed by the tribal heritage of the Guanches, the traditional inhabitants of the Canary Islands. The Retreat consists of 4 avenues – named Palmera, Del Mar, Iraya and Tacande – of two-story homes with river-style swimming pools strategically situated on every road, plus an infinity pool overlooking the ocean.
The backstory
The resort, designed by architect Melvin Villarroel, opened its doorways in 2005 and, nearly 20 years later, has reinvented itself with out shedding an oz. of its essence. Its newest renovation, accomplished in 2024, has resulted in The Retreat – an unique retreat the place privateness, consideration to element, and understated luxurious mix to supply visitors a novel keep. Among lush tropical gardens, infinity swimming pools, and personal areas, every thing unfolds underneath the watchful gaze of the ocean, typically serene, typically wild.
The rooms
The Ritz-Carlton, Abama has 462 rooms and suites (318 within the Citadel and 144 in The Retreat), designed by the London-based agency Hirsch Bedner Associates. Throughout, the modern aesthetic is interspersed with Moorish parts and rustic particulars, paying homage to the island’s landscapes. All furnishings and ornamental objects are organized based on the rules of feng shui.
The Retreat’s rooms and suites are embellished with pure supplies, natural textures, and handcrafted lighting, creating an area that’s each spacious and intimate. The heat earth tones, reds, and oranges of the bedrooms mix harmoniously with the touches of emerald inexperienced and toasted wooden tones that carry serenity to the dwelling areas.
Food and drink
A reservation at The Retreat consists of a variety of unique advantages and perks, together with breakfast at El Mirador restaurant and entry to The Ritz-Carlton Club, the place complimentary breakfast, snacks, pastry treats and night cocktails are served at numerous instances all through the day. In addition, cocktails, signature drinks and lightweight bites are additionally served by the pool. Outside of The Retreat, visitors may go to any of the resort’s eight eating places and two bars, most notably MB, headed up by Martín Berasategui, which has been awarded two Michelin stars for 9 consecutive years.
The spa
There’s loads to expertise inside the 2,500 sq. metre Ritz-Carlton Spa, the spotlight being a water circuit impressed by the baths and saunas of Ancient Rome. In phrases of remedies, we tried the signature “Earth, Air, and Fire,” a therapeutic massage impressed by Mount Teide that mixes the advantages of exfoliation with lava sand to rejuvenate the pores and skin with the ability of heat volcanic stones. There’s additionally a nicely geared up and really appealing-looking health club situated on the out of doors terrace.
The space
The Retreat is situated inside The Ritz-Carlton, Abama resort in Guía de Isora, on the island’s beautiful southwest coast, simply 25 minutes from Reina Sofía Airport, often known as Tenerife South (TFS). From right here, you will have direct entry to the paradisiacal Abama seaside, however the space gives much more treasures price visiting such because the tranquil seashores of Aguadulce, Alcalá, Callao Chico, Fonsalia, La Jaquita, Punta Blanca and San Juan. Teide National Park, a must-see on the island, is about 50 kilometres away, and though we all know that when you are at The Retreat, you may discover it arduous to go away, you possibly can enterprise out to discover a number of the sights of southern Tenerife such because the cliffs of Los Gigantes, Los Cristianos, Las Américas, the Barranco del Infierno ravine and Costa Adeje.
Eco effort
The resort has plenty of important sustainable practices that has earned it Breeam, Green Key, and Biosphere environmental certifications. Most spectacular is the resort’s plant that reuses the warmth produced by the air-con system to warmth the swimming swimming pools and a desalination plant camouflaged within the pure setting (all of the water used within the resort is taken from the ocean and handled within the desalination plant). The resort additionally has 262 sq. meters of photo voltaic panels that produce 350 kW of fresh power and offers sizzling water, air-con and a system that regulates the temperature of the swimming swimming pools.
Accessibility
The resort has services for visitors with particular wants and repair animals are welcome. In addition, there are areas and pathways from the general public entrance with services for visitors with particular wants (entry to rooms and suites through inside hall, services for coming into the pool, spa, assembly areas, eating places, and many others.) and in-room services (bathtub seat, wheelchair-height rest room seat, seize bars within the bathtub, wheelchair-accessible bathe, switch showers in rooms, tv with closed captions, and many others.).