Hotels in South Lanzarote

South Lanzarote

South Lanzarote is the island's sunniest and most sheltered region and home to most of its beach hotels, from Puerto del Carmen and Puerto Calero on the south-east coast to Playa Blanca at the southern tip. Puerto del Carmen is Lanzarote's largest resort, with around six kilometres of beaches, a long seafront avenue of restaurants and bars, and an old fishing harbour. Just to the west, Puerto Calero is a quiet, upmarket marina with berths for yachts up to 80 metres, waterfront restaurants and boat trips along the coast. Playa Blanca combines calm town beaches with Marina Rubicón and a promenade along the whole seafront, and ferries leave its port for Corralejo on Fuerteventura. East of Playa Blanca, the Papagayo beaches are a string of golden coves with clear turquoise water inside the protected Los Ajaches Natural Monument. The west coast is shaped by volcanoes: the green lagoon of El Golfo lies inside a half-eroded crater, the Atlantic crashes into the lava caves of Los Hervideros, and the Salinas de Janubio still produce sea salt. On the northern edge of the region, Timanfaya National Park protects the fire mountains formed in the eruptions of 1730 to 1736, which can be explored on a coach tour or a camel ride. Inland villages such as Yaiza, Uga and Femés keep the island's white Canarian architecture, and Femés offers one of the best viewpoints over the southern coast. The south has the widest choice of accommodation on Lanzarote, including large all-inclusive resorts, adults-only hotels, family resorts with children's pools and holiday villas. For guests who come mainly for sun, beaches and reliable weather in every season, South Lanzarote is the natural first choice.