Lanzarote travel guides
Long reads for planning a Lanzarote holiday, written from the same research as our hotel pages: every price and score is dated, and every hotel and ticket can be booked from the page.
- César Manrique’s sites in Lanzarote: tickets, prices, hours and a day plan for twoUpdated 15 November 2026€104 buys two adults the four big northern sites, Cueva de los Verdes, Jameos del Agua, Mirador del Río and the Jardín de Cactus, at the Cabildo’s prices read on 15 November 2026. The old multi-site passes have been withdrawn, so you buy each site on its own. The one joint ticket left, the César Manrique Foundation plus his Haría house at €17, saves €6 for two. Without a car, the €85 Manrique tour includes four entries and the coach.
- Christmas and New Year in Lanzarote 2026: what is open, the parties and the Three KingsUpdated 15 November 2026Everything big stays open: Timanfaya and the other six Cabildo art and nature sites open every day of the year, including 25 December and 1 January, and the coach tours with Timanfaya entry built in can be cancelled free up to 24 hours before. Book two things before you fly: a timed Timanfaya slot or a tour with entry built in, and a hotel whose Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve dinners are in your board. December averages 21.8°C by day at Lanzarote airport.
- February half-term in Lanzarote 2027: dates, warmth, carnival and heated poolsUpdated 15 November 2026February half-term 2027 is 15 to 19 February in Surrey and Bristol, 8 to 12 February across Wales and 11 to 12 February in Northern Ireland, and Lanzarote then averages 21.3°C by day with a sea of about 18°C. Puerto del Carmen’s carnival runs 11 to 14 February 2027, so families from Wales, Northern Ireland and Edinburgh land in the middle of it. On our count, 39 Lanzarote hotels heat at least one pool, and 20 of them also run a kids' club.
- La Graciosa day trip from Lanzarote: ferry, island cruise, beaches and a day planUpdated 15 November 2026€58 buys two return seats on the ferry from Órzola to La Graciosa: €29 each with Líneas Romero or Biosfera Express on 15 November 2026, for a crossing of 25 to 30 minutes and 16 sailings a day between the two companies. With a car, that ticket gives you the island on foot, by bike or 4x4 taxi. Without one, the €66 catamaran day adds pick-up, paella and drinks.
- Lanzarote airport to your hotel: taxi, bus, transfer or hire carUpdated 15 November 2026A metered taxi from Lanzarote airport (ACE) comes to about €9 to €17 to Puerto del Carmen, €20 to €25 to Costa Teguise and €40 to €52 to Playa Blanca by day on our estimates from the official tariff, the same for one passenger or four. That undercuts the private transfers we priced on 15 November 2026, from €33.56 to Puerto del Carmen and €80.53 to Playa Blanca, and Arrecife Bus line 161 runs from the terminal to Puerto del Carmen, Puerto Calero and Playa Blanca.
- Lanzarote weather by month: temperature, sea, sun, rain and windUpdated 15 November 2026Lanzarote averages a daily high of 20.7°C in January, its coolest month, and 29.1°C in August, its warmest, with 196 to 308 hours of sunshine a month and 19 rain days in a whole year, on AEMET’s normals for Lanzarote airport. The sea runs from 18°C in late winter to 23°C in September and October. For winter sun, stay on the sheltered south coast in a hotel that heats its pool.
- Lanzarote with kids: which resort, calm beaches and days out by ageUpdated 15 November 202641 Lanzarote hotels take all ages and run a kids' club, and 18 are in Playa Blanca, the best base for under-12s: calm sandy beaches, big slide pools and the Aqualava water park five minutes away. For the shortest transfer, Puerto del Carmen’s 11 are 11 to 15 minutes from the airport and six from Rancho Texas Park, €30 a child. The submarine takes children from 2, Timanfaya is free under 7, and the northern lava caves make the grey-day plan.
- Papagayo beaches: which cove, how to get there and what a day costsUpdated 15 November 2026€3 a car, paid by card at the entrance to the Los Ajaches Natural Monument, gets you onto the dirt road to the Papagayo beaches, 11 to 16 minutes' drive from Playa Blanca’s hotels. Without a car, kayak there from €45 a person or take the mini cruise from €35 (GetYourGuide, 15 November 2026). Pick Playa Mujeres for space and parking, Playa del Papagayo for the famous cove.
- How to visit Timanfaya National Park: tickets, tours and hikesUpdated 15 November 2026€30 per adult, bought online for a fixed time slot, gets you into Montañas del Fuego in Timanfaya National Park: a coach ride of about 35 minutes along the Ruta de los Volcanes and the heat demonstrations on the Islote de Hilario. Children aged 7 to 12 pay €15 and under-7s go free. Driving yourself, two adults pay €60; the half-day tour with entry, pick-up and a La Geria wine tasting costs from €126 for two (prices read 15 November 2026).
- Where to stay in Lanzarote: Playa Blanca, Puerto del Carmen, Costa Teguise or somewhere quieterUpdated 15 November 2026Three resorts hold 90 of the 107 open hotels on this site. Pick Playa Blanca for calm beaches and the most five-star hotels (7 of 14), Puerto del Carmen to walk to beaches, bars and restaurants 11 to 17 minutes from the airport, or Costa Teguise for east-coast beaches and windsurfing. For quiet, choose the Puerto Calero marina, a rural house around La Geria, or Teguise and Famara in the north.
