Lanzarote All Inclusive Holidays 2026/2027
Choose an island where black lava fields meet pale beaches, vines grow in volcanic ash and César Manrique turned caves and viewpoints into works of art. Compare Playa Blanca, Puerto del Carmen, Costa Teguise and Matagorda for a Lanzarote all inclusive holiday with year-round sunshine and far more to see than the hotel pool.
Why Choose Lanzarote?
Lanzarote looks and feels different from almost every other mainstream European beach destination.
An Island Created By Volcanoes
The first thing you notice about Lanzarote is the landscape. Large areas are covered by lava fields, volcanic cones and dark soil, creating a stark contrast with whitewashed villages and the blue Atlantic.
The most dramatic example is Timanfaya National Park, where huge eruptions during the eighteenth century transformed the south-west of the island.
This geology is not hidden away from the holiday resorts. Drive inland from Playa Blanca or Puerto del Carmen and within a relatively short time the beaches and pools give way to lava, craters, vineyards and villages.
César Manrique Changed The Island
Artist and architect César Manrique had an extraordinary influence on modern Lanzarote. Rather than separating art from the island's volcanic landscape, many of his projects deliberately bring the two together.
Attractions such as Jameos del Agua, the Jardín de Cactus and viewpoints around the island help give Lanzarote an architectural identity of its own.
That makes sightseeing here different from simply ticking off monuments. The landscape, architecture, art and geology are often part of the same experience.
Lanzarote At A Glance
Featured Lanzarote All Inclusive Hotels
Start with these hotel guides covering Playa Blanca, Matagorda and Costa Teguise.
Sandos Papagayo
A coastal Playa Blanca resort for families and couples who want hotel facilities, sea views and easy access to the extraordinary south-Lanzarote coastline around Papagayo.
Read Hotel GuideSol Lanzarote
A beachfront Matagorda choice for families and couples who like a quieter seafront but still want Puerto del Carmen's restaurants and resort life nearby.
Read Hotel GuideTUI BLUE Flamingo Beach
A family-focused Playa Blanca property combining apartment-style accommodation, pools and a convenient position for beach and seafront days.
Read Hotel GuideH10 Suites Lanzarote Gardens
A family-friendly Costa Teguise choice for visitors wanting resort facilities while remaining close to beaches and one of Lanzarote's best-known watersports areas.
Read Hotel GuideMore Lanzarote All Inclusive Hotel Guides
Compare hotels across Playa Blanca, Puerto del Carmen, Matagorda and Costa Teguise.
Elba Lanzarote Royal Village Resort
A village-style Playa Blanca resort particularly suited to families who want plenty happening around the hotel.
Read Hotel GuideHotel Plaza Palmeras
A Puerto del Carmen option for visitors who want to combine hotel days with the resort's long seafront, restaurants and livelier evenings.
Read Hotel GuideBarceló Lanzarote Active Resort
A larger Costa Teguise-area hotel for travellers who want leisure facilities and a more active resort-style break.
Read Hotel GuideLos Zocos Lanzarote
A family-friendly Costa Teguise option for visitors wanting pools, resort facilities and beaches within reach.
Read Hotel GuideBlueBay Lanzarote
A straightforward Costa Teguise base for families and couples looking for all inclusive value in an established resort.
Read Hotel GuideTHB Tropical Island
A large Playa Blanca resort for families who want multiple pools and plenty of hotel-led holiday time.
Read Hotel GuideHotel Beatriz Playa & Spa
A Matagorda option for travellers wanting seafront access and a quieter base close to Puerto del Carmen.
Read Hotel GuideBlue Sea Costa Bastian
A Costa Teguise family hotel for straightforward pool days and easy access to the wider resort.
Read Hotel GuideHL Paradise Island
A family-focused Playa Blanca resort for travellers who want plenty of facilities and an easy all inclusive routine.
Read Hotel GuideH10 Rubicón Palace
A larger, more polished Playa Blanca resort for families and couples wanting hotel facilities beside Lanzarote's south coast.
Read Hotel GuideEl Trébol
A good-value Costa Teguise option for families who like apartment-style space and easy access to beaches and resort facilities.
Read Hotel GuideWhich Lanzarote Resort Is Right For You?
The island is compact, but its main resorts offer noticeably different holidays.
👨👩👧👦 Families
Start with Playa Blanca or Costa Teguise for family hotels, beaches and straightforward resort life.
🍹 Livelier Evenings
Choose Puerto del Carmen for the largest concentration of restaurants, bars, shops and evening entertainment.
😌 Relaxed South
Playa Blanca combines beaches, Marina Rubicón and a gentler evening atmosphere.
🏄 Watersports
Costa Teguise is particularly well known for windsurfing and other water-based activities.
💑 Couples
Playa Blanca and Puerto Calero are strong options if marina dinners and relaxed evenings matter.
🌋 Exploring
Because Lanzarote is relatively compact, all three main resorts can work well for visitors planning Timanfaya and César Manrique attractions.
Lanzarote Resort Guide
Choose the resort first, because Playa Blanca, Puerto del Carmen and Costa Teguise feel very different once evening arrives.
Playa Blanca
Playa Blanca stretches along Lanzarote's southern coast and has developed into one of the island's largest holiday areas without losing its generally relaxed feel.
The long seafront promenade links beaches, hotels and restaurants, while Marina Rubicón adds waterside dining, shops and a polished evening atmosphere.
Playa Flamingo and Playa Dorada are convenient resort beaches, but one of the biggest attractions lies farther east: the famous Papagayo beaches, backed by undeveloped volcanic landscape.
Playa Blanca also has ferry connections towards Fuerteventura, so it works particularly well if you like the idea of adding another Canary Island to your holiday.
Puerto del Carmen
Puerto del Carmen is Lanzarote's best-known large holiday resort. It stretches along the south-east coast with beaches, restaurants, shops and bars forming a long resort strip.
Playa Grande provides the classic broad beach experience, while the smaller Playa Chica is particularly well known among divers and snorkellers.
The older harbour area gives the resort a different atmosphere from the modern beachfront strip and is a good place for an evening meal or walk.
Choose Puerto del Carmen if you want plenty outside the hotel and would rather not rely on taxis every time you want dinner or a livelier evening.
Costa Teguise
Costa Teguise sits on Lanzarote's east coast and is one of the island's main family holiday resorts.
Beaches include Las Cucharas, Playa Bastián and El Jablillo. Las Cucharas is particularly associated with windsurfing, while the smaller sheltered areas are useful for gentler beach days.
Restaurants and resort facilities are concentrated enough to make evenings easy without the busier feel of Puerto del Carmen.
Its location also works well for exploring northern and central Lanzarote, including Teguise, the Cactus Garden and César Manrique attractions.
Matagorda
Matagorda lies immediately beside Puerto del Carmen but feels much calmer. The seafront is flatter and quieter, making it popular for long walks, cycling and easy days around the beach.
Families and couples who want access to Puerto del Carmen without staying in its busiest areas often find Matagorda a useful compromise.
Its position closer to Lanzarote Airport can also mean a relatively straightforward arrival compared with travelling to Playa Blanca.
Puerto Calero
Puerto Calero is centred on a modern marina west of Puerto del Carmen. Rather than a large resort strip, the focus is on yachts, waterfront restaurants, shops and a more polished atmosphere.
It suits couples and adults who want quieter evenings and do not need a huge sandy beach immediately outside the hotel.
Boat excursions also operate from the marina, making it a useful place to visit even if you stay elsewhere.
Arrecife
Arrecife is Lanzarote's capital and gives you a more everyday view of the island than the purpose-built holiday areas.
The city includes Playa El Reducto, local restaurants, shopping streets and waterfront areas around the historic centre.
It makes a good half-day or full-day outing for visitors who want to break up a week of resort living.
Teguise
The former island capital of Teguise provides one of Lanzarote's most interesting inland stops.
White buildings, historic streets and plazas give the town a completely different atmosphere from nearby Costa Teguise.
Its market is particularly well known, but the town is worth seeing for its architecture and inland setting even outside market hours.
La Graciosa
Small La Graciosa lies just off Lanzarote's northern tip and feels worlds away from the large coastal resorts.
Visitors reach the island by boat from Órzola and arrive in Caleta de Sebo, where sandy streets and a much slower pace replace hotel promenades.
For active families and couples, it can be one of the most memorable days of the holiday.
🌋 Timanfaya – The Landscape That Explains Lanzarote
Timanfaya is not simply another excursion. It helps explain why Lanzarote looks the way it does.
A series of major eruptions beginning in 1730 covered enormous areas of the island in lava and volcanic material. The resulting landscape contains cones, craters and immense dark lava fields with remarkably little vegetation.
Visitors cannot simply wander wherever they want across this fragile environment. Access is controlled to protect the landscape, so check current official arrangements before travelling.
The area is particularly easy to combine with a south-island itinerary including Yaiza, La Geria, El Golfo and Los Hervideros.
César Manrique & Lanzarote's Volcanic Attractions
Few holiday islands have been shaped so visibly by one artist.
Jameos del Agua
Part of the volcanic tunnel created by the Corona volcano, Jameos del Agua combines caves, an underground lake, architecture and art.
The interior water is home to Lanzarote's tiny blind albino cave crab, a species found naturally on the island.
Cueva de los Verdes
Another section of the same huge volcanic tunnel takes visitors underground through lava passages created by ancient eruptions.
Jardín de Cactus
One of Manrique's final major island projects, the Cactus Garden combines volcanic architecture with thousands of cactus plants in the landscape around Guatiza.
Mirador del Río
High in northern Lanzarote, this viewpoint looks across the strait towards La Graciosa and the Chinijo Archipelago.
Fundación César Manrique
The artist's former home demonstrates his distinctive approach to combining living spaces with volcanic bubbles, lava and island architecture.
Manrique's Legacy
His influence goes beyond individual attractions. Lanzarote's visual identity, low-rise development and relationship between buildings and landscape are important parts of the island's modern character.
La Geria – Wine Grown In Volcanic Ash
One of Lanzarote's most unusual landscapes is agricultural rather than coastal.
A Landscape You Won't See On A Normal Beach Holiday
In La Geria, vines are planted in depressions cut into dark volcanic material. Low stone walls help protect plants from Lanzarote's winds while the volcanic soil helps capture scarce moisture.
The result is a distinctive pattern of black ground, green vines and curved stone shelters stretching across the landscape.
A Good Adults' Day Out
The area contains wineries where adult visitors can learn more about island wine production and sample local varieties.
La Geria combines particularly well with Timanfaya, Yaiza and the volcanic south-west on a self-drive or organised excursion.
Lanzarote Family Holidays
Lanzarote works well for families because resort days are simple, while island attractions are usually manageable as day trips.
🏖 Family Beaches
Playa Flamingo and Playa Dorada around Playa Blanca, El Jablillo in Costa Teguise and Matagorda provide useful options for straightforward family days.
🌋 Volcano Adventure
Timanfaya gives children something completely different from the hotel pool and helps turn the island's unusual landscape into part of the holiday.
🦎 Rancho Texas
Families around Puerto del Carmen can consider Rancho Texas Lanzarote Park for an attraction-led day away from the beach.
🚤 Boat Trips
Marinas at Playa Blanca, Puerto del Carmen and Puerto Calero provide opportunities for organised sea excursions.
🕳 Caves
Jameos del Agua and Cueva de los Verdes can give older children a memorable introduction to Lanzarote's volcanic geology.
⛴ Island Hopping
Families based in Playa Blanca can consider a ferry day to Fuerteventura, while northern visitors can explore La Graciosa.
Lanzarote For Couples
Playa Blanca
A strong choice for couples wanting coastal walks, Marina Rubicón, restaurants and a relaxed south-coast atmosphere.
Puerto Calero
Better if marina dining and quieter evenings matter more than having a large resort immediately outside.
La Geria
Wine country and the volcanic interior provide one of the island's best days away from the beach.
César Manrique
Art, architecture and landscape make Lanzarote particularly rewarding for couples who want more than sunbathing.
Road Trips
The compact island lends itself well to exploring several places in one day.
Winter Escape
The year-round climate makes Lanzarote particularly attractive for adult breaks outside the main summer period.
Things To Do In Lanzarote
The best Lanzarote holidays usually include at least one or two days away from the resort.
Volcanoes, Caves & Landscape
- Visit Timanfaya National Park.
- Explore Jameos del Agua.
- Go underground at Cueva de los Verdes.
- Visit the Jardín de Cactus.
- Drive through La Geria wine country.
- Stop at El Golfo and the green lagoon.
- See the volcanic coastline around Los Hervideros.
- Visit César Manrique's former home and foundation.
Beaches, Towns & Island Trips
- Spend a day around the Papagayo beaches.
- Walk around Marina Rubicón.
- Explore Puerto del Carmen's old harbour.
- Visit Teguise.
- See Arrecife and Playa El Reducto.
- Take a boat from Puerto Calero.
- Visit La Graciosa from Órzola.
- Take a ferry from Playa Blanca to Fuerteventura.
Lanzarote Airport & Resort Transfers
Resort position affects both your arrival and how easily you can explore.
Matagorda & Puerto del Carmen
These are among the most convenient major resort areas from Lanzarote Airport and suit visitors who prefer a shorter onward journey.
Costa Teguise
Costa Teguise lies north-east of the airport and provides a good base for exploring northern and central Lanzarote.
Playa Blanca
Playa Blanca lies at the southern end of the island and involves a longer transfer, but rewards visitors with Papagayo, Marina Rubicón and easy access to Fuerteventura ferries.
When Is The Best Time To Visit Lanzarote?
🌤 Winter
December through February is popular with UK travellers looking for mild weather, sunshine and a break from colder winter conditions.
🌼 Spring
March to May is excellent for combining beaches with Timanfaya, walking and sightseeing.
☀️ Summer
June through August brings hot, dry beach weather, with the island's Atlantic breezes often making conditions feel more comfortable.
🍂 Autumn
September and October remain warm and are excellent for beach holidays outside the busiest summer-school period.
Lanzarote Weather – Temperature & Sunshine By Month
Lanzarote's mild winters and warm, dry summers make it one of the Canary Islands' strongest year-round holiday choices.
Temperatures and sunshine hours are approximate monthly averages for general holiday planning rather than a forecast. Lanzarote can be breezy and conditions vary from day to day.
Is All Inclusive Worth It In Lanzarote?
Great For Winter Sun
All inclusive works particularly well when the main aim is an easy escape from the British winter.
Family Budgeting
Included meals, snacks and selected drinks can make everyday family holiday costs easier to manage.
Easy Resort Days
Many Lanzarote hotels are built around pools, entertainment and outdoor facilities, making full hotel days simple.
Still Explore
Timanfaya, Jameos del Agua, La Geria and Papagayo are worth leaving the hotel for.
Choose Location Carefully
Puerto del Carmen suits people who want plenty outside the hotel, while some Playa Blanca and Costa Teguise properties are better suited to resort-led holidays.
Check What's Included
Drinks, snacks, restaurant access and premium items vary between hotels. Always read the current provider information.
Lanzarote All Inclusive Holidays FAQs
Which Lanzarote resort is best for families?
Playa Blanca and Costa Teguise are excellent starting points. Playa Blanca suits families wanting beaches and a relaxed south-coast atmosphere, while Costa Teguise has strong family hotels and watersports.
Which Lanzarote resort is best for couples?
Playa Blanca is excellent for marina dinners and coastal walks, while Puerto Calero offers an even quieter marina atmosphere. Puerto del Carmen works better for couples wanting livelier evenings.
Is Playa Blanca quieter than Puerto del Carmen?
Generally yes. Playa Blanca has a relaxed resort feel with Marina Rubicón and a long promenade, while Puerto del Carmen has a larger concentration of bars, restaurants and nightlife.
Is Costa Teguise good for families?
Yes. It has established family hotels, several beaches and a good selection of restaurants and resort facilities.
Is Lanzarote good for winter sun?
Yes. Lanzarote is one of the Canary Islands' established winter-sun destinations. Winter is milder than summer and weather is never guaranteed, but the island is popular for outdoor holidays throughout the colder UK months.
Is Lanzarote very windy?
Lanzarote regularly experiences Atlantic trade winds, particularly in exposed areas. The breeze is one reason watersports are popular and can also make warm summer temperatures feel more comfortable.
Is Timanfaya worth visiting?
Yes. Timanfaya's volcanic landscape is one of the island's defining sights and helps visitors understand how major historic eruptions shaped Lanzarote.
Are the Papagayo beaches worth visiting?
Yes. The Papagayo coastline near Playa Blanca is one of Lanzarote's most recognisable beach areas, combining pale sand with undeveloped volcanic scenery.
Can you visit Fuerteventura from Lanzarote?
Yes. Ferries operate between Playa Blanca and Fuerteventura, making an island-hopping day possible. Check current schedules before travelling.
Can you visit La Graciosa from Lanzarote?
Yes. Boats depart from Órzola in northern Lanzarote for La Graciosa. Check current sailing times and island transport arrangements before travelling.
Do I need a hire car in Lanzarote?
No for a straightforward resort holiday, but a car can be extremely useful if you want to explore Timanfaya, La Geria, Teguise and the north of the island at your own pace.
Find Your Lanzarote All Inclusive Holiday
Choose Playa Blanca for relaxed south-coast holidays and Papagayo, Puerto del Carmen for the biggest choice of restaurants and evening entertainment, Costa Teguise for families and watersports, or Matagorda for something quieter. Then use our individual hotel guides to compare the properties that best fit your holiday.