Lanzarote Holidays 2026/2027

Puerto del Carmen: The island's largest and busiest resort runs along the Avenida de las Playas, with the sandy sweep of Playa Grande, a cluster of dive centres, and an old fishing harbour at the quieter end. It tends to carry the widest spread of budgets, which is why some of the best cheap holidays to Lanzarote turn up here without dropping below a comfortable standard.

Costa Teguise: Purpose-built and notably family-friendly, this east-coast resort is built around the shallow Las Cucharas bay, a windsurfing favourite, and sits barely fifteen minutes from the airport. Good-value apartments make it a dependable pick for cheap Lanzarote holidays with young children in tow.

Playa Blanca: The south-coast resort is the calmest and most polished of the three, with the Marina Rubicón harbour, the golden Papagayo coves a short drive east, and the fast ferry across to Fuerteventura. Couples and families wanting a gentler pace gravitate here.

Famara: A low-key surf village under the Risco de Famara cliffs, with a vast tidal beach and a string of surf and kite schools. The right choice if you'll take the Atlantic and the scenery over nightlife.

Arrecife: The capital rarely tops a first-timer's list, but its lagoon, seafront castle, and genuine local restaurants make it an honest, unhurried base for independent travellers.

Timanfaya National Park: The Ruta de los Volcanes coach route winds through the Fire Mountains, and the El Diablo restaurant grills food over geothermal heat rising straight from the ground. Guided demonstrations show water flashing to steam in seconds — proof the volcano is only resting. Camel trains still climb the cinder slopes from the Echadero de los Camellos at the park's edge, a short, easygoing ride that children tend to love.

Jameos del Agua & Cueva de los Verdes: These two stops sit inside the same lava tube left by the Monte Corona eruption. Jameos del Agua, a Manrique creation, holds an underground saltwater lake that is home to tiny blind albino crabs found nowhere else, while Cueva de los Verdes stages concerts in its main chamber.

Jardín de Cactus & Mirador del Río: Manrique's last major work, the Jardín de Cactus, packs around 4,500 cacti of roughly 450 species into a former quarry. Twenty minutes north, the Mirador del Río viewpoint looks down from the cliffs onto La Graciosa and the islets of the Chinijo Archipelago.

La Geria wine route: The road through La Geria threads past hundreds of vine hollows set in black ash, with bodegas open for tastings of the island's volcanic Malvasía. Bodega El Grifo, founded in 1775 and the oldest winery in the Canaries, sits right on the route and keeps a small wine museum on site. An hour or two here is among the trips guests tell us they remember most.

Watersports & boat trips: Diving runs from Puerto del Carmen and Puerto Calero, while ferries reach La Graciosa from Órzola in about twenty-five minutes and Corralejo on Fuerteventura from Playa Blanca in around half an hour — both make easy, rewarding day trips.