Melita Café

Café Melita is one of my favorite discoveries in Tenerife. It is located at the edge of a cliff between Bajamar and Punta Hidalgo, and it is one of those places where you can enjoy excellent coffees and cakes and sweets.

The views from the terrace are spectacular, and despite its apparently inaccessible location, it has a parking lot (a small one next to the entrance and a bigger one on the other side of the road) where you can leave the car.

The cakes and sweets are homemade, and they make their own jams and preserves with typical fruits from the island. Also, they make excellent milkshakes, juices, infusions and coffees.

This cafeteria is perfect to go with friends or your significant other. They offer a great variety of tea and coffee, from classic to exotic. I don't drink a lot of coffee, so I chose a Chinese tea that I didn't know (I can't remember the name), and it was exquisite.

My friends ordered a "Barraquito Especial", which was a classic barraquito (coffee with liquor) but crowned with whipped cream...they said it was also exquisite.

The cakes are also very good. They have a great number of different sweets, but the cakes drew our attention. I tried a fruit tart which was very good. The view from the tables in the cafeteria is great.