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It has been winning the award for

seven years in a row

, so this time it has not been a surprise that the choice of the

best water park in

the world has again fallen on Siam Park, the complex located in

Costa Adeje

, south of the Canary Island of Tenerife and opened in 2008.

The users of Tripadvisor, the largest travel platform in the world, are those who have chosen this place as their favorite in their latest

Traveler's Choice Awards,

which are now in their 18th edition. They review the

tourism sector

internationally , choosing not only the best

amusement and water parks

but also the best airlines (which this year was a

low cost

in Brazil),

hotels, restaurants,

experiences and destinations.

View of Siam Park, in Costa Adeje.

Siam Park occupies an area of

85,000 square meters

that accommodate all kinds of attractions that have water as the protagonist among

slides,

pools of all sizes and shapes,

giant donuts

in which to slide, meandering rivers, exotic forests, shops and different restaurants.

And all inspired by the

ancient Thai kingdom of Siam,

from which it takes its name.

The Tenerife tourist complex has won the following water parks around the world in this last edition of the awards.

'Top ten' of the best water parks in the world

1. Siam Park (Tenerife)

2. Waterboom Bali (Kuta, Indonesia)

3. Aquaventure Waterpark (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

4. Tralee Aqua Dome (Tralee, Ireland)

5. Aquapark Istralandia (Novigrad, Croatia)

6. Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park (Orlando, USA).

7. Al Montazah Parks (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

8. Jungle Aqua Park (Hurghada, Egypt)

9. Beach Park (Aquiraz, Brazil)

10. Lost Mayan Kingdom (Mahahual, Mexico)

To make the list, Tripadvisor takes into account an

algorithm

that includes both the quantity and the quality of the comments of its users (which reaches

463 million each month

) of the water parks analyzed during a

period of 12 months.

On this occasion, the trial was carried out before the coronavirus pandemic broke out, as specified by the portal itself, which has more than

8.7 million

references on hotels, restaurants, experiences, airlines and cruises

on its website

.

A visitor to the park ready to go down a slide.

Regarding the selection of the best water parks in our country, they occupy the top 10 positions.

'Top ten' of the best water parks in Spain

1. Siam Park (Costa Adeje, Tenerife)

2. Portaventura (Salou, Tarragona)

3. Splash (Sant Lluís, Menorca)

4. Tibidabo (Barcelona)

5. Aquavelis Water Park (Torre del Mar, Malaga)

6. Aquarama (Benicassim, Castellón).

7. Sould Park (Fuengirola, Malaga)

8. Bahía Park (Algeciras, Cádiz)

9. Katmandu Park (Magaluf, Mallorca)

10. Aquabrava (Rosas, Spain)

The Tower of Power slide.

Among the main attractions of Siam Park stand out its

20 slides

open to the public through which you can slide until you reach water;

the

Tower of Power

(the Tower of Power), 28 meters high that even crosses a

shark pool

and everything and the beach with the

highest artificial wave in the world

that reaches 3.8 meters in height.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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