Villas in Lanzarote: Where to Stay and Which Area Suits You

Puerto del Carmen is the island's best-known resort and the busiest choice, a town of around 30,000 people about 6 minutes from the airport. Playa de los Pocillos is its long beach, and Rancho Texas Park, a zoo, is a popular day out with children. Neighbouring Tías, 4 minutes from the airport, adds Playa de Matagorda and gives you a slightly more residential base close to the same coast.

Playa Blanca, at the southern end of the island, is the second most searched resort and has its own ferry port. Costa Teguise, on the east coast, is smaller, with Playa del Jablillo and Playa de los Charcos, and the Royal Residence of La Mareta, used by the Spanish royal family, on its edge. Arrecife, the capital, is a working town rather than a resort, with Castillo de San José and the Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo.

Inland, Teguise has the Fortress of Saint Barbara above it, Nazaret is home to the Fundación César Manrique, and Haría and Tinajo are small, quiet places. On the coast, El Golfo, with barely 500 residents, is the gateway to Timanfaya, and Guatiza is the village for Jardín de Cactus.

The three coastal resorts are where most of the island's holiday accommodation is concentrated, so this is where you will find resort hotels and apartment complexes within reach of a beach. Puerto del Carmen, as the largest, gives the widest choice; Costa Teguise is the smaller, quieter alternative on the east coast; Playa Blanca suits those happy to be at the island's southern tip.

If you are after villa holidays to Lanzarote, think about the type of place you want around you. The small inland villages and tiny coastal settlements such as El Golfo or Mala trade shops and promenades for space and quiet, which is what most people booking villa hire in Lanzarote are looking for. For villas in Lanzarote with a private pool, filter the listings on this page, as the facilities vary from property to property.

Arrecife, the capital, is better suited to a city hotel than a beach stay, useful for a short break or a night before an early flight.

Most British travellers book Lanzarote as a package: flight, accommodation and transfer together. Lanzarote airport (ACE) has direct flights from the United Kingdom, and because it sits 6 minutes from Puerto del Carmen and 5 from Arrecife, transfers are short. You can compare package deals from Jet2holidays, TUI, loveholidays and On the Beach here, alongside live hotel prices, and check the board basis on each offer, from self catering to all inclusive.

With highs of 21°C to 29°C and rain on only a handful of days a year, demand is steady across the calendar, and UK school holidays push prices up in general. If you want cheap Lanzarote hotels, travel outside those weeks and compare dates. Couples looking for Lanzarote adults only hotels can narrow the search with the filters on the hotel listings.

If you are staying in a villa or an inland village, compare car hire on this page too: Timanfaya, Jardín de Cactus and the Fundación César Manrique are all easier to reach with your own wheels.