Lanzarote airport lounges

At €45.95 for up to three hours, it pays its way when you have time to use it. Aena lays on catering, with kosher, halal, gluten-free and special-diet options, and Priority Pass lists standard alcoholic drinks and soft drinks. Add wi-fi, power, flight information screens, a rest area and a terrace, and it beats a café table on a busy afternoon.

The sums are simple. A meal and a drink each at the airside cafés add up quickly for two people, and the lounge adds a quiet seat and fresh air. For a family of two adults and two children aged 6 to 10, the bill is €134.40; under-6s are free.

The lounge opens at 06:00. For an earlier flight, the Fast Lane opens at 05:00 and La Isla Gourmet, on Floor 1, at 06:00.

No. Terminal 2 handles inter-island flights and has its own security checkpoint on Floor 0, and Aena lists no lounge there; the Guacimeta lounge is in Terminal 1's boarding area. Caffè di Fiore is the café in Terminal 2, and Aena provides comfortable seating areas in the departure lounges of both terminals.

Yes. Priority Pass lists the Guacimeta lounge in Terminal 1, after security on the 2nd floor near gates 1 and 2. Members need a boarding pass for same-day travel, can enter from three hours before a scheduled departure and stay up to three hours. Children under 5 go in free on Priority Pass (on Aena's own prices it is under-6s), and under-18s must be with an adult. Priority Pass lists closing times that vary by day, from 22:15 to 23:25.

Priority Pass also lists the Fast Lane in Terminal 1 for its members; check that your membership includes it. Otherwise Aena sells the Fast Lane for €11.10, from 05:00 until the last departure, on Floor 1. It is included for business-class passengers and some airline loyalty cards, which may also open the lounge, so check your airline's list before you pay.

It works well. Under-6s go in free on Aena's prices, children aged 6 to 10 pay €21.25 and children aged 11 and over pay the adult price. The terrace gives children space before a few hours in a seat, and the catering means no queue at a café. Children aged 0 to 5 also go through the Fast Lane free with an adult who has a pass.

Terminal 1 has open-air terraces on Floor 1, airside, so you can wait in the sunshine without paying for the lounge; the smoking terrace is at the northern end of the departures hall. Dehesa Santamaría, for ham and tapas, and Wok Street, cooking to order, are the best food nearby, and there are free drinking fountains by gates 3–4 and 11–12.