COUNTRY ESCAPE: TENERIFE

Finca El Quinto was set up in 1987 by Helmut and Roswitha Köllmann who moved to Tenerife to become self-sufficient and enjoy an organic lifestyle with their five children.

Over a period of five years, the couple successfully created a rural idyll and the cottages they constructed have since attracted families, couples, teaching groups and executives looking for alternative holidays away from the tourist establishment and gift malls.

Growing around the cottages and flats, there are fruit trees such as mango, papaya, avocado and banana and wonderful fresh herbs for the kitchen. Each holiday home has been built in traditional Canary style using the appropriate joinery and original features for the windows and for the roofs antique tiling.

The holiday homes are connected with each other by small paths and steps that lead through the farm. Each home has a beautiful view across the Atlantic and the adjacent Barranco (the Realejos Bajo gorge).