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Best beach hotels in Lanzarote

For sand on foot, Hotel Fariones, on the point at the western end of Playa Grande, and Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort, whose gardens open onto calm Playa Dorada. For pool days, Barceló Playa Blanca, with an infinity pool about 140 metres long facing Fuerteventura, and Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote, with César Manrique's 1,800 m² seawater lagoon.

4 of our ten · Hand-pickedHotels cannot pay to be hereLast checked: October 2026

At a glance

  1. Hotel Fariones: Golden sand and lava rock below the hotel

    Hotel Fariones

    Playa Grande's golden sand a minute from the door, sea from every room

    Puerto del Carmen · From about €295 a night

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  2. Barceló Playa Blanca: The main pool, looking down to the strait and Fuerteventura

    Barceló Playa Blanca

    A 140-metre infinity pool facing Fuerteventura, with sunbeds to spare

    Playa Blanca · From about €185 a night

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  3. Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort: The main pool with Fuerteventura across the strait

    Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort

    Gardens open straight onto Playa Dorada's calm, fine white sand

    Playa Blanca · From about €230 a night

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  4. Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote: Manrique's lagoon pool between the palms and the sea

    Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote

    Manrique's 1,800 m² seawater lagoon pool, with the shore at the gate

    Costa Teguise · From about €425 a night

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What we looked for

A beach week in Lanzarote is decided by the coast you pick. The sheltered south and south-east have the calm, sandy beaches: Puerto del Carmen's golden Playa Grande, 1,190 metres long with lifeguards and sunbeds, and Playa Dorada's 350 metres of fine white sand in Playa Blanca, both marked free of wind by the tourist board. The east coast at Costa Teguise catches the trade wind, which is why Las Cucharas is a windsurfing beach. Beyond Playa Blanca, the Papagayo coves are white sand and calm water, 12 minutes by road and €3 a car at the gate, by card.

In Spain every beach is public by law, so no hotel here has a private one; what they have is the sand at the garden gate, or a pool good enough to be the point. Choose Fariones or Princesa Yaiza to walk onto the beach, Barceló Playa Blanca or Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote to spend the week by the water at the hotel.

Hotel Fariones: Golden sand and lava rock below the hotelThe beach one

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Hotel Fariones

Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote

Hotel Fariones, Lanzarote's first beach hotel, has stood on the point at the western end of Playa Grande since 1966. The golden sand is a minute from the door and stretches east for about a kilometre, with lifeguards and sunbeds, and there is a little golden-sand cove right below the gardens. Playa Chica is a five-minute walk to the west.

All 213 rooms are sold as sea-view rooms, each with its own terrace, so the Atlantic is the first thing you see in the morning. Between swims, the infinity pool sits among palms more than forty years old, with La Barra's terrace in front of it for lunch and cocktails, and suite guests have a rooftop pool looking across to Fuerteventura and Lobos. Plan on a week: outside July and August most rooms need four nights or more.

Junior Suite Relax Sea View at Hotel Fariones: a bed with a woven headboard wall and a glass door leading out to the terrace

The room to book

Junior Suite Relax Sea View

about 36.5 m², plus a 16.5 m² terrace with a private jacuzzi€467 a night

Its 16.5 m² terrace has a private jacuzzi, and it is the first room with the rooftop terrace and its pool, looking across to Fuerteventura and Lobos.

Every room, and why

Ask for a terrace on the sea side: these suites can look over the sea, the gardens or the pools.

€€€From about €295 a night

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Barceló Playa Blanca: The main pool, looking down to the strait and FuerteventuraThe pool one

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Barceló Playa Blanca

Playa Blanca, Lanzarote

Barceló Playa Blanca is here for the pool. It took its first guests in December 2023, on the seafront between Playa Dorada and Marina Rubicón, and it is built around a winding infinity pool about 140 metres end to end, with the strait and Fuerteventura beyond it. Sunbeds, parasols and towels are included, and guests often say a lounger is easy to find.

Part of the main pool is heated, as are the children's pool with its pirate ship and slides, the semi-private pools of the swim-up rooms and the Royal Level's own infinity pool for adults. For sand, Playa Dorada's calm water is 13 minutes' walk along the seafront promenade, and the white-sand Papagayo coves are 11 to 14 minutes by car. Book it for a week of pool days with the strait in view, and a morning walk to the beach.

Superior Sea Front at Barceló Playa Blanca: a king bed, a sofa and a furnished balcony seen through the glass doors, with the sea beyond

The room to book

Superior Sea Front

about 33 m²€246 a night

It is the first room that looks straight out to sea, across the strait to Fuerteventura, from a furnished balcony or terrace, and it sleeps up to four.

Every room, and why

Over 13s who want to step straight into the water can ask for the Superior Swim Up, whose terrace opens onto a heated semi-private pool.

€€From about €185 a night

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Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort: The main pool with Fuerteventura across the straitThe family one

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Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort

Playa Blanca, Lanzarote

Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort is the one where the garden gate opens onto the beach. Playa Dorada is 350 metres of fine white sand, its water kept calm by a curve of rock, with sunbeds and parasols for hire, showers, and Lobos and Fuerteventura across the strait. The tourist board marks it free of wind, which on Lanzarote matters.

Back in the gardens are six outdoor pools, the children's ones in Capitan Park among them, and by the sea a 2,000 m² thalasso whose 34°C seawater circuit is for over-16s. The Papagayo coves are 12 to 15 minutes by car for a day on the white sand of Los Ajaches. It suits a family or a couple who want to walk from breakfast to the water without moving the car all week.

Suite Sea View at Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort: a double bed in its own bedroom, with glass doors to the terrace

The room to book

Suite Sea View

about 65 m², plus a 10 m² terrace€297 a night

The 65 m² suite with its terrace turned to the sea, so Playa Dorada, Lobos and Fuerteventura are in view from your own outdoor space.

Every room, and why

Take the beach in the morning and the pools in the afternoon: Playa Dorada is a popular town beach and fills as the day goes on.

€€From about €230 a night

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Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote: Manrique's lagoon pool between the palms and the seaThe design one

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Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote

Costa Teguise, Lanzarote

Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote is a pool hotel of a rare kind. Its centrepiece is César Manrique's 1,800 m² seawater lagoon, winding between basalt, planting and white walls, with The Shack beside it for drinks and light lunches. The gardens open straight onto the shore, and Playa de las Cucharas, 640 metres of fine golden sand with lifeguards and a promenade, begins 3 minutes' walk along the front.

Costa Teguise is the windy east coast, and Las Cucharas is one of the windsurfers' favourite beaches: the water is calm, but the breeze is real. Spend the beach hours in the lagoon and the gardens, and drive to the Papagayo coves for a still day on the sand. Guests in The Reserve, the hotel within the hotel, have a quieter pool with its own bar.

Premium Ocean Front at Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote: a king bed with a television and a terrace with chairs beyond the glass doors

The room to book

Premium Ocean Front

about 32 m²€490 a night

The same 32 m² as the entry rooms, turned to the Atlantic, with windows wide enough to keep the sea in view from the bed.

Every room, and why

Swim in the lagoon in the morning, before it fills, and keep the afternoon for a walk along the front to Las Cucharas.

€€€€From about €425 a night

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How to choose

Your tripBook
You want to walk from your room onto sandHotel Fariones
Children, calm water and the beach at the gatePrincesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort
Pool days with Fuerteventura in viewBarceló Playa Blanca
A swim-up terrace onto a heated poolBarceló Playa Blanca
Adults only, with Manrique's lagoon poolParadisus Salinas Lanzarote

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Questions people ask

Good questions about Lanzarote

Do any hotels in Lanzarote have a private beach?

No. In Spain every beach is public by law, so the question is how close the sand is. Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort's gardens give straight onto Playa Dorada, and Hotel Fariones stands on the point at the western end of Playa Grande, a minute from the sand, with a small sandy cove below its gardens. Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote's gardens open onto the shore, with Playa de las Cucharas 3 minutes' walk away. From Barceló Playa Blanca, Playa Dorada is 13 minutes on foot.

Which beaches in Lanzarote are calm and sheltered from the wind?

The south and south-east coasts. The tourist board marks Playa Grande in Puerto del Carmen and Playa Dorada and Playa Flamingo in Playa Blanca free of wind, all with calm water; that is where Hotel Fariones, Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort and Barceló Playa Blanca are. The Papagayo coves east of Playa Blanca are white sand and calm water too. On the east coast, Las Cucharas at Costa Teguise has calm water and lifeguards but is marked windy, which is why the windsurfers like it.

Are Lanzarote's resort beaches sand or volcanic rock?

The main resort beaches are sand. Playa Grande in Puerto del Carmen is golden sand, Playa Dorada in Playa Blanca fine white sand, Las Cucharas at Costa Teguise fine golden sand and the Papagayo coves white sand. Rocky and pebbly shores are elsewhere: Playa Quemada, west of Puerto Calero, is pebbles. For sand a minute or less from the door, Hotel Fariones and Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort, and in Arrecife Hotel Lancelot, across the promenade from Playa del Reducto.

Is Lanzarote warm enough for a beach holiday in winter?

For sun, yes. AEMET's normals give Lanzarote Airport an average high of 20.7°C (69°F) in January and a low of 14.0°C (57°F), with 203 hours of sun that month and 111 mm of rain in a whole year. Pools can feel cool outside summer, so a heated one helps: at Barceló Playa Blanca part of the main pool is heated, and so are the children's pool, the swim-up pools and the Royal Level's infinity pool. Princesa Yaiza's thalasso has a 34°C seawater circuit for over-16s.

How far are the Papagayo beaches from the hotels?

Closest from Playa Blanca: about 11 to 14 minutes by car from Barceló Playa Blanca and 12 to 15 from Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort, off-peak. From Hotel Fariones in Puerto del Carmen it is about 38 minutes, and from Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote in Costa Teguise about 51. The coves lie in the Monumento Natural de Los Ajaches, where non-residents pay €3 a car at the entrance, by card only.

How did you choose these hotels?

Independently, through extensive research, trusted sources and first-hand visits. Hotels cannot pay to be included, and every one of the ten has to exist for a different reason.

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