Doing the laundry and washing beach towels

When you're travelling, don't have a washing machine, or yours only takes a 6 kg load, keeping your clothes clean can be tricky. In Tenerife you can find really good self-service launderettes in Adeje. Read on to discover the benefits of using this service: cleaning duvets, sofa covers and bed sheets, and doing a load of beach towels.

The south of Tenerife is one of the most popular tourist areas on the whole island. Hotels have a good laundry service, though a pricey one. Holiday flats, when they do have a washing machine, tend to have small ones, and then you have to hang everything out and wait for it to dry. Often, you'd rather pack it all in your case and wait until you get home.

With damp clothes, the case weighs more, and the thought of getting home to a pile of washing is far from appealing, especially after a wonderful holiday. So what's the answer?

Happily, you have the option of visiting a good, low-cost self-service launderette in Tenerife and giving your clothes the same care they'd get at home. One of the best-known places is Lavandería Azul, a well-loved self-service launderette in Adeje that lets you save time and money and leaves your clothes spotless.

Why use a self-service launderette?

The main reason is, without a doubt, convenience — there's nothing better than finishing your holiday with all your clothes clean and getting home just to rest and enjoy your holiday snaps. Using them couldn't be simpler. Just let the wash and dry cycle finish, and in about half an hour the whole thing is done.

But enjoying the self-service launderette in Adeje has other equally important benefits, which are as follows.

This kind of laundry service uses industrial machines, which means you can wash a large amount of laundry in a single cycle. At Lavandería Azul, for example, you can wash a week's worth of laundry for a family of four in one go. All in all, the whole process takes just 22 minutes. After that you can dry everything and take it away ready to wear in another 20 minutes.

The premises are very close to places of interest, parks and squares you can wander around while you wait for your washing to be ready. You save a lot of money, since you don't have to spend on detergent, softener, water and energy.

A washing machine with a good energy-efficiency rating can cost you hundreds of euros. If you'd rather not buy one, you can visit a self-service launderette. All of its machines are built to be highly energy-efficient.

Lavandería Azul in Adeje has a set of machines that are up to 20% more energy-efficient than domestic appliances. But this doesn't only benefit your electricity use — water consumption is significantly reduced too. If you want to save, doing your washing at a self-service launderette is a sound investment.

Licensed laundry services are required to use eco-friendly products to avoid excessive toxicity. So by using them you'll also be cutting down your use of other brands that aren't kind to the environment. You can be fully confident that the options at the launderette will leave your clothes as good as new while also looking after the planet.

The detergents, softeners, bleaches and other laundry products carry an eco-label. All their ingredients have been tested to prevent pollution. The packaging is fully recyclable too, and the businesses dispose of it in the most responsible way.

What's more, with these services you can look after your clothes just as you do at home. You can adjust the wash cycles to suit the type of fabric. You can also set the dryer to the ideal temperatures for the most delicate fabrics. You can make all these adjustments at no extra cost.

These high-quality machines also guarantee a long life for your garments, as they're designed for exactly that. With the help of high-quality eco-friendly products, your clothes will come out as good as new, wonderfully soft and smelling lovely. You can use this service whenever you do the washing, not just on holiday.

How to wash beach towels?

When you set about washing beach things, bear in mind that you shouldn't mix them with clothes that haven't been in contact with sea spray or sand. After all, these carry particles of salt, chlorine, suntan lotion, creams and other substances that can cling to more delicate fabrics. That's why you also shouldn't mix your household towels with your beach towels. To wash these items properly at home, follow these steps.

1. First, shake out the towel. You want to avoid too much sand being left behind so the machine filters don't clog.
2. To get rid of very fine sand, simply leave the towels to soak in cold water with a little soap.
3. Now wring the towel out well. You'll see all the extra grains of sand left in the water.
4. Now you can put it in the machine. Set the cycle to 30 degrees for delicate fabric. You can also add a little fabric softener.
5. Then, if you can't put it in the dryer, hang it out to dry inside out in the sun.

And that's it! Now you can fold and put away your beach towel. Remember not to put it straight into your beach bag, as it may still hold sand and get dirty again. It's best to roll it up and use a plastic bag to pack it back into your suitcase. When you get home at the end of your holiday, all you have to do is relax — no washing required.