Siam Park

Last week I was over in Tenerife last week staying in our apartment on the Sand Club Golf Del Sur. Normally it is just myself and the wife, however this time we took our 2 young nieces.  They have been looking forward to coming back ever since we told them after Christmas that they would be coming with us - we flew from Doncaster via Flythomson. One of the place the wanted to visit was Siam Park - Europe's biggest water park and voted Europe's number one theme park by the Irish Indepedent. Having seen the website and seeing videos on UTube they were desperate to go.

All week we kept saying we need a good sunny day, in fact we had it all week. However, we left it till last. Their verdict - AWESOME - the best day they have ever had on holiday!!

Mind you it is not cheap - 28 euros for adults and 18 euros for kids up to 11. Tip - we were cheeky - the eldest niece was 13 and we still asked for 2 children and only got charged for 2 children - so saved 10 euros!

Whilst I am in the money saving advice mode - you can bring in your own food and drink.  So we packed up a cooler bag full of cola and brought our own sandwiches and crisps etc. This may sound tight but the price of food and drink (this is just soft drinks) made my eyes water. I had already only 8 euros change from a 100 Euro note out of the admission.   You can hire lockers - but we found 1 large one sufficient to keep the food clothes and towels in. You can hire towels at 3 euros a towel but bring your own - we saw quite a few hotel towels being used.

Another tip - there are plenty of sun loungers around the place - but you need to get there before 11 am or most will have gone by the placing of a towel on them. Yes the park is visited by the Germans, though it does not take long for the Brits to learn and copy. The loungers are in good sun traps - great for relaxing between bouts of water fun.  If you get there early if you are coming by car you can find an on street parking place otherwise  it is 3 euros  for the car park.

Our nieces - Grace and Abbi - are not tots but if you have them there is a great place for them - the Lost City.

The wife does not like getting her head under water, as a Scuba Instructor over the years I have tried, but she was well catered for with the Mai Thai River where you just sit on a float and drift around the complex. Make sure you have plenty of sun screen on as it is a great way to get or top up your tan. Topside only though!

Another tip leave your sunglasses, watches etc in the locker as most of the slides will not let you wear them for safety reasons. I saw a small pile of watches, glasses and caps at the top of the Tower of Terror waiting for their owners to climb all the way up just to climb all the way back down again. Although clearly signed  people must think they are there to keep the officials happy - no way the safety rules are taken seriously and strictly enforced. Spain is slowly catching up on this front. Just hope they do not go OTT - but that is another storey. 

For the nieces it was a close thing between the Volcano and the Dragon - with the Volcano just tipping  the ranking as the best. 

I am not going to reproduce their web site - just click on the link in the Title or here   to find out more.

We did n't do the the artificial beach or waves as you can get that on the beach at Vista Sur between Los Christianos & Las Americas.

Overall a great day was had by all. If you have to choose between Siam Park and the Aqua Park I say choose Siam Park it is worth paying that bit extra for as the slides are in a different league.