| The fantastic island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands | | | | keeping with the surrounding countryside and |
| is still very popular with people looking for villas and | | | | exclusive villas and apartments in Spain for rental |
| apartments in Spain for rental. In particular, there has | | | | which can be booked direct from the owners. There |
| been an increase in the numbers of people taking | | | | is a definite increase in the number of visitors who |
| golfing holidays here and wanting to book a holiday in | | | | want to plan and organise their own holiday and who |
| Spain villa. This is partly due to the fabulous mild | | | | are looking to book luxury villas and apartments in |
| weather that the Canary Islands enjoy even in the | | | | Spain for rental direct. |
| winter months and partly because of the investment | | | | Could it be that cheap package holidays to places like |
| which has been made by the local authority adding | | | | Tenerife are finally on the decline? It is certainly true |
| upmarket resorts and marinas. The local authorities | | | | that, as more people have home computers and |
| realised that visitors looking for holiday rentals in | | | | internet access, it is very easy to book your own |
| Spain on the Canary Islands could not always find the | | | | holiday rentals in Spain direct with the property |
| type of holiday in Spain villa they wanted and they | | | | owners. Many people bought holiday homes in Spain |
| have spent a lot of money to rectify this. | | | | in the last twenty years and consequently there is a |
| Many towns have undergone a dramatic | | | | fantastic choice of villas and apartments in Spain for |
| transformation from cheap package holiday resorts | | | | rental direct from the owners. Most people find that |
| to a desirable location for the discerning traveller who | | | | the self-catering accommodation available to rent is |
| is looking for upmarket villas and apartments in Spain | | | | often better quality than the similarly priced hotel |
| for rental. For the last three decades the Canaries | | | | accommodation. |
| have been popular with British tourists seeking cheap | | | | Tenerife is only one of the Canary Islands which |
| winter sun. Unfortunately with mass popularity came | | | | have undergone some updating. Another significant |
| mass construction of hotels, which were often built | | | | revamp has taken place on the popular island of |
| quickly and cheaply and started to give many resorts | | | | Lanzarote in the resort of Puerto del Carmen. Holiday |
| a bad name as well as the feel of a concrete jungle. | | | | rentals in Spain are bound to benefit from the |
| Of course back then renting a holiday in Spain villa in | | | | expensive facelift which has been completed in the |
| the Canary Islands from the owners direct was not | | | | harbour area. A modern marina with moorings for |
| widely available. | | | | luxury yachts and a first class golf course have been |
| Holidaymakers who stayed in Tenerife in the | | | | built for the benefit of discerning visitors who are |
| seventies and eighties would see a real change if | | | | booking villas and apartments in Spain for rental or |
| they visited the island now. Gone are the concrete | | | | are considering a golf holiday in Spain. Even the |
| monstrosities built to cope with the influx of package | | | | shops, restaurants and bars on the beachfront are |
| holiday tourists, and in their place are buildings more in | | | | having a makeover to complete the transformation! |