City, Sandy beach, Fortress

Arrecife is the main town of Lanzarote and the largest with 30,000 inhabitants, which is almost always the place you will pass through. Arrecife is home to Lanzarote ACE airport, all bus routes depart from here and the largest number of car rental companies. [btn "The cheapest accommodation in Lanzarote" https://booking.com/region/es/lanzarote.en.html?aid=2380460;label=p-lanzarote-arrecife] Sights and attractions The whole of Arrecife is…

Sandy beach, Resort

Playa Honda is one of the most peaceful beach towns in Lanzarote with excellent accessibility. It is just 3 km from the capital Arrecife and 2.5 km from the airport. Lanzarote ACE. [btn "The best hotels by the beach" https://booking.com/region/es/lanzarote.en.html?aid=2380460;label=p-lanzarote-playahonda] Despite its great accessibility and nice spacious beaches, Playa Honda is a really quiet town and compared to other resorts, the beaches are…

Sandy beach, Resort

A popular luxury resort with larger and well-known hotel resorts, Costa Teguise is located near the capital city of Arrecife on the west coast of Lanzarote. Costa Teguise, along with Puerto del Carmen and Playa Blanca, is one of the main Lanzarote resorts for tour operators, while individual travellers find it relatively expensive and find it more worthwhile to commute to local beaches from cheaper destinations such as Arrecife. [btn "Hotels…

Resort, Sandy beach

Puerto del Carmen is the largest resort in Lanzarote and one of the most popular beach destinations in the Canary Islands. Unlike Costa Teguise or Playa Blanca, you won't just find hotel resorts here, but also a fairly large typical Lanzarote town with small white houses, a romantic fishing harbour and, above all, endless beaches. [btn "Discover discounts at booking.com" https://booking.com/region/es/lanzarote.en.html?aid=2380460;label=p…

Sandy beach, Resort

Playa Blanca is a resort located in the very south of Lanzarote, separated from other civilization by a wide swath of desert landscape. Don't be fooled though, Playa Blanca is a modern resort offering all the amenities, with a motorway leading to it, and is therefore easily accessible. Compared to the bustling Puerto del Carmen, it offers tranquillity and, unlike the luxurious Costa Teguise, more moderate accommodation prices and, thanks to…

Sandy beach

Playa del Papagayo, an iconic beach on the south coast of Lanzarote near Playa Blanca, is one of the most popular on the island and attracts visitors all year round. Although the name 'Papagayo' evokes the name of a parrot, it actually probably comes from the Portuguese name for the fish Xyrichtys novacula, which was caught here during the days of Portuguese rule. [btn "The cheapest hotels by the beach" https://booking.com/region/es/lanzarote…

Sandy beach, Coast

Famara Beach is one of the most beautiful, purely natural beaches in the Canary Islands. It lies on the wild west coast, surrounded on one side by the famous Famara cliffs and on the other by flat desert landscape. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Lanzarote" https://booking.com/region/es/lanzarote.en.html?aid=2380460;label=p-lanzarote-playafamara] Reflecting cliffs at low tide Famara Beach is at its most spectacular at low tide, when a thin layer…

Island, Sandy beach

The volcanic island of La Graciosa lies about 2 km north of Lanzarote and with 29 square kilometres and only 700 permanent inhabitants, it is the smallest inhabited island in the Canaries. It only gained the status of one of the 8 main Canary Islands in 2018, until then it was administratively considered an islote, a small island. Even so, La Graciosa is not administratively a full-fledged island, as it falls under the municipality of Teguise…

Black sand beach, Lake, Coast

The Charco de los Clicos lagoon, playing with all the different shades of colour, often appears in cover photos and postcards from Lanzarote. This guide is no exception. The exotic beach with its black volcanic sand, the lagoon with its light greenish water and the red, grey and yellow rocks surrounding the beach are rightly attracting attention. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Lanzarote" https://booking.com/region/es/lanzarote.en.html?aid=2380460…