HAUNTING images have revealed the inside of an abandoned hotel, which has mysteriously sat empty for 50 years.
The 22-storey Añaza hotel sits on the shores of Los Pocitos village, in Tenerife, but has not had a single guest.
Construction was started by a German company in 1973, but was abandoned two years later before the Y-shaped building was completed.
What was meant to be a holiday hotspot is now a seaside skeleton, covering an area of 2,350 square metres.
At the entrance, the building is covered with dry vegetation, and graffiti bring the only pop of colour to the walls.
Yellowed mattresses, broken glass bottles and barbecue ashes take over the crumbling floors.
Staircases with no railings lead to what would have been the 741 apartments.
Outside, an empty pool with a dusty bottom create an even creepier atmosphere.
Several accidents have reportedly taken place in the structure, including the death of a man who was capturing pigeons in the hotel.
Another person was severely injured after falling two stories from stairs, local media reported.
Villagers claim there could have been at least four more deaths, but nothing has been confirmed or registered by authorities.
In 2019, Santa Cruz City Council declared the ghost hotel had become a danger and ordered security measures to be implemented immediately.
As no company names were included in the property deeds, the Council was responsible for installing a four-metre security fence.
The following year, permits to demolish the building were being sought, and the possibility of the land being expropriated by the government for non-payment of municipal taxes was also considered.
In March 2021, an order was issued for owners to either make the building legal, or demolish it, within two months – after which the government could demolish it.
The demolition was expected to cost around £1 million, local media reported.
In June 2021, a study was commissioned of the current status of the building, including whether it contains asbestos as well as the general condition of the structure and its foundations, with the plan to demolish it in 2023.
The Añaza isn’t the only abandoned hotel in Spain.
The so-called Ghost Hotel of Algarrobico has been sitting half-built for nearly 20 years just metres from the coastline in the Cabo de Gata National Park.
Almeria is the third most popular region of Spain for UK expats and welcomes 2million tourists each year – and those who explore its beautiful coastline may have stumbled across the eerie structure.
It stands 21-storeys tall and was planned to have more than 400 rooms with stunning sea views and swimming pools just a stone’s throw from the beach.
Three cranes even still stand on the site – frozen in time from the day workmen downed tools for the last time.
Work on the towering structure began in 2003 by the Spanish company Azata.
But what followed was 20 years of rows with environmental activists and the national park authority which left the hotel’s shell sitting abandoned – having never opened its door to holidaymakers.
