In the south of Tenerife resides the authentic paradise with the best climate in the world, where nothing and nobody will leave you indifferent: Arona. A safe, friendly, open, dynamic, restless, intelligent and avant-garde destination; committed to sustainability and the environment, with accessibility, with new technologies and renovation. Arona is, without a doubt, a commitment to life.
In the middle of the 20th century, the Swedish journalist and veterinarian Bengt Rylander, who suffered from multiple sclerosis, began his particular search for the place with the best climate in the world. When he landed in Los Cristianos, he knew he had found it, and at this point the tourist awakening began in the south of Tenerife. Arona embraced a resounding tourism revolution that over the years has been updated, always in continuous movement and transformation, elevating tourism to its maximum expression of service, sophistication and good taste.
Arona is the multicultural municipality par excellence of Tenerife, with 130 nationalities. It is tolerant and receptive to all its visitors and residents, who bring an extraordinary human landscape. Its wonderful beaches are already a tradition for the people of Tenerife and the Canaries, who are looking for new sensations for a more than well-deserved rest.
Or that spectacular sunset, with La Gomera on the horizon, while surfers take advantage of the last rays of light to catch the penultimate wave in the Fitenia area. Playa de Las Américas is an emblematic place not only for Tenerife surfing: Arona was the first Canarian coast to host the World Championship of this sport, being a unique surfer’s paradise. And not only for those who practice this sport. Many and famous elite athletes use Arona’s complete range of sports facilities for their training and physical preparation.
This destination, in addition, and showing off its origins, is one of the most inclusive in Spain, with an enviable level of accessibility, which is why last summer it was one of the three recognized throughout the country by the organization that grants the famous blue flags.
Arona has the longest barrier-free pedestrian promenade in Europe, with up to three beaches with a public assisted bathing service in the sea and even with a specific accommodation offer for people with functional diversity.
A destination that Bengt Rylander could, years later, be proud of.
