Last updated: September 2026
Costa Teguise holidays offer the best family resort experience on Lanzarote. Situated on the northeast coast, the resort combines good sandy beaches, excellent windsurfing and kitesurfing facilities, a well-planned resort layout and easy access to the island’s northern attractions — including César Manrique’s extraordinary Jameos del Agua just minutes away.
The resort was developed in the 1970s as a planned tourism zone and is the most orderly and family-friendly of Lanzarote’s main resorts. Low-rise white architecture, well-maintained public spaces and a calm promenade give Costa Teguise holidays a pleasant, unhurried character.
Costa Teguise holidays suit active families, water sports enthusiasts, golfers and those who want a quieter base than Puerto del Carmen while still having excellent beaches and resort facilities.
The northeast coast receives more wind than the south — excellent for windsurfing and kitesurfing, though beach days can be breezy. The resort’s inland areas and west-facing positions offer shelter when conditions on the beach are windier than ideal.
Costa Teguise holidays are ideal for visitors who want a well-organised, family-friendly resort with good beaches and exceptional water sports facilities, without the commercial intensity of Puerto del Carmen. The resort has a calm, pleasant character that suits those seeking a more relaxed Lanzarote holiday.
The location in the northeast provides the closest access to Lanzarote’s most spectacular César Manrique sites. Jameos del Agua is just 10 minutes from the resort, and the Fundación César Manrique, Mirador del Río and Jardin de Cactus are all within 20–30 minutes.
Costa Teguise holidays benefit from the resort’s proximity to the capital Arrecife (15 minutes) and to the airport (20–25 minutes), making it logistically convenient without sacrificing the resort atmosphere.
The town of Teguise — the former capital of Lanzarote and one of the most beautiful historic towns in the Canary Islands — is just 10 minutes inland from the resort. Its Sunday market is the largest and most authentic on the island.
Costa Teguise has a series of beaches spread along the resort coastline, each with slightly different character and conditions.
Playa de las Cucharas is the main beach — wide, sandy and backed by the resort’s promenade, with reliable wind conditions that make it the premier windsurfing and kitesurfing beach on Lanzarote.
The Windsurf Centre on Playa de las Cucharas is one of the most respected wind sports facilities in Europe. Professional instruction, equipment hire and courses at all levels attract wind sports enthusiasts from across the continent to Costa Teguise holidays throughout the year.
Playa de los Charcos and Playa de la Jablillo are smaller, more sheltered beaches at the northern end of the resort — calmer and better suited to families with young children who find the wind conditions on Playa de las Cucharas too active.
The overall water quality throughout Costa Teguise’s beaches is excellent, with Atlantic visibility frequently reaching 20–30 metres. Several dive centres in the resort offer PADI courses and organised dive trips to the volcanic underwater landscape offshore.
Jameos del Agua is the most celebrated of César Manrique’s Lanzarote creations and one of the most extraordinary buildings in Spain.
Built inside a volcanic lava tube formed during the eruptions that created Lanzarote, the complex uses the tube’s natural cave walls as the architectural envelope for a concert hall, restaurant, lagoon and gardens.
The subterranean saltwater lagoon at the heart of Jameos del Agua is home to a species found nowhere else on Earth — the blind albino crab (Munida iris), which evolved in the underground brackish water over thousands of years of total darkness.
The cave concert hall — with its extraordinary acoustics, natural stone walls and Manrique’s characteristic integration of volcanic rock and white architecture — hosts occasional concerts that are among the most atmospheric musical events available on any Lanzarote holiday.
The adjacent Cueva de los Verdes is a further section of the same 1.5-kilometre volcanic tube, offering guided tours through the illuminated lava tunnel. The combined Jameos del Agua and Cueva de los Verdes visit is the best half-day excursion available from any Costa Teguise holiday.
Costa Teguise was designed from the outset as a high-quality tourist resort, and the planning has largely succeeded. The architecture is consistently low-rise and white-washed, public spaces are well-maintained and the resort retains a coherent character despite having grown significantly since its 1970s origins.
The resort centre around the Pueblo Marinero complex has a pleasant pedestrianised shopping and dining area with a mix of souvenir shops, restaurants, sports shops and services. Costa Teguise holidays benefit from this concentrated resort centre, which makes most daily needs accessible on foot.
Evening entertainment in Costa Teguise is oriented towards families and couples rather than late-night revellers. The resort has a good selection of restaurants, a few live music bars and hotel entertainment programmes, but nothing approaching the nightlife intensity of Puerto del Carmen.
Costa Teguise Golf, situated at the northern end of the resort, is one of Lanzarote’s two 18-hole golf courses. Set in a volcanic landscape with dramatic views across the northeast coast and La Graciosa island, the course presents interesting challenges in a visually striking setting.
The course is open to public play and has good practice facilities. Costa Teguise holidays that include a round of golf benefit from the course’s proximity to the resort — it is walkable from most hotels in the northern part of the resort.
Lanzarote Golf at Teguise, a short drive inland, is the island’s second 18-hole course — set in the volcanic hills above the coast with panoramic views. Both courses are well-suited to the year-round Lanzarote climate, which makes golf viable in every month.
Costa Teguise is the best-placed resort for exploring the northern half of Lanzarote. Jameos del Agua, the Fundación César Manrique and the Jardin de Cactus at Guatiza are all within 20–30 minutes.
The Mirador del Río — Manrique’s clifftop viewpoint above the northern tip of the island — is 35 minutes away.
The Sunday market at historic Teguise town (10 minutes inland) is one of the best markets in the Canary Islands — hundreds of stalls selling local crafts, food, clothing and antiques in the streets of the former capital. Costa Teguise holidays on a Sunday should not miss it.
Timanfaya National Park is approximately 35 minutes south by car. The La Geria wine region and the southern beaches at Papagayo (near Playa Blanca) are 40–50 minutes away — all feasible as full-day excursions with a hire car.
Costa Teguise holidays offer a good range of accommodation from budget to mid-range, with the resort’s purpose-built layout meaning most hotels and apartments are close to the beach and resort centre.
The large all-inclusive hotels occupy prime beachfront positions along Playa de los Charcos and Playa de las Cucharas. Several Sol Meliá and Barcelo properties drive a competitive all-inclusive market, making Costa Teguise holidays excellent value relative to the south coast alternatives.
Self-catering apartments are well suited to families and watersports visitors wanting kitchen facilities and proximity to the beach. Many complexes are just minutes from Playa de las Cucharas and have their own pool.
The residential character of Costa Teguise — it includes a significant year-round community alongside the tourist resort — gives it a more settled atmosphere than the purely commercial resort strips of the south coast.
Costa Teguise is on the eastern coast of Lanzarote and receives slightly more consistent wind than the south coast resorts. This is a positive for the windsurfing and kitesurfing visitors who choose Costa Teguise holidays specifically for the reliable trade wind conditions at Playa de las Cucharas.
Temperatures match the rest of the island — 18–20°C in winter and 27–29°C in summer, with reliable sunshine year-round. The Teguise Sunday market operates throughout the year and is a highlight of any Costa Teguise holiday regardless of season.
Costa Teguise holidays in winter attract kite-surfers and windsurfers seeking reliable trade winds without peak-season crowds. The proximity to Arrecife and Timanfaya makes out-of-season visits particularly rewarding for exploring the island without tourist congestion.
Practical information for Costa Teguise holidays: the resort is approximately 10 minutes from Arrecife by road and 20 minutes from Arrecife Airport. The bus service between Costa Teguise and Arrecife is frequent and inexpensive, making car hire optional for those who do not intend to explore the wider island.
Currency is the Euro and all major cards are accepted. English is widely spoken throughout Costa Teguise. The resort has a well-stocked range of supermarkets, pharmacies and services that suit both short holidays and longer winter stays. The time zone is WET — one hour behind the UK in summer.
Lanzarote Airport (ACE) is approximately 20–25 minutes from Costa Teguise by road. Direct charter and scheduled flights operate from over 20 UK airports year-round, with a flight time of approximately four hours from London.
The L200 bus connects the airport to Arrecife and onward services run to Costa Teguise. Taxis and pre-booked transfers are the most convenient option for arrivals with luggage. Car hire at the airport is recommended for Costa Teguise holidays wishing to explore the island north and south.
| Location | Northeast coast of Lanzarote — 20 mins from the airport |
| Airport | Arrecife (ACE) — 20–25 mins transfer |
| Flight time from UK | Approx 4 hours direct |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) — 1 hour behind UK in summer |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) |
| Best months | Year-round; windier than south Oct–Mar (good for sports) |
| Best for | Families, windsurfing, kitesurfing, golf, northern attractions |
| Key attraction | Jameos del Agua (César Manrique) — 10 mins from resort |
| Golf | Costa Teguise Golf (18 holes) — walkable from northern hotels |
| Market | Teguise Sunday market — 10 mins inland, every Sunday |
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Costa Teguise is widely considered the best family resort on Lanzarote. The calm sheltered beaches at Playa de la Jablillo are ideal for young children. The resort layout is safe and walkable. All-inclusive family hotels are well-represented throughout the resort.
The Jameos del Agua, Timanfaya camel rides and Sunday Teguise market are all excellent family excursion options easily accessible from a Costa Teguise holiday base.
Costa Teguise is one of the premier windsurfing and kitesurfing destinations in Europe. Playa de las Cucharas receives consistent northeast trade winds that create excellent conditions for both sports throughout the year. The Windsurf Centre on the beach offers professional instruction at all levels.
Costa Teguise holidays are a popular choice for solo and group water sports holidays targeting the Lanzarote trade wind season, which runs most reliably from June through September.
Jameos del Agua is approximately 10–12 kilometres north of Costa Teguise — a 10–15 minute drive. It is the closest major César Manrique attraction to the resort and the most convenient half-day excursion for Costa Teguise holidays.
The adjacent Cueva de los Verdes is in the same location. Both sites can be visited on the same half-day, making the combined excursion one of the most rewarding half-days available on the island.
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