The Best Golf Resorts in Lanzarote
Lanzarote plays its golf on volcanic ash under a guaranteed sun: two courses, John Harris's 1978 original at the foot of a volcano in Costa Teguise and Ron Kirby's 2008 layout above Puerto del Carmen, and a ring of seriously good hotels around them. No hotel on the island owns a course, so the ranking is honest about what each base actually serves. Here are the five that matter.
Photograph: Costa Teguise Golf, via Google
How we chose
This list was researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk, and every designer, opening year and fee on it was checked against course and hotel published sources in June 2026. The golf math on Lanzarote is simple: Costa Teguise Golf, designed by John Harris and open since 1978, a par 72 threaded through more than 3,500 palms and cacti at the foot of an old volcano, and Lanzarote Golf at Puerto del Carmen, Ron Kirby's par 72 from 2008 with Atlantic views down the south coast. Costa Teguise publishes 2026 green fees of 106 euros for 18 holes in summer, May through September, rising to 122 euros in the winter high season, indicative; always confirm directly before booking.
With both courses public and twenty odd minutes apart, the hotel question is really a resort comfort question, so we ranked the five bases that combine genuine quality with practical golf access, leading with proximity to the island's senior course. The island works all year, which is the point: this is where a January buddies trip goes when Ireland is underwater. Context sits in our Canary Islands golf holidays page.
The best in Lanzarote, ranked
Barcelo Lanzarote Active Resort, Costa Teguise
The golfer's default. The Barcelo sits one kilometer from Costa Teguise Golf, close enough that the first tee is a five minute hop, and it backs that location with the island's most complete activity setup: multiple pools, a serious sports and wellness center, and the kind of buffet to a la carte spread that keeps a mixed group fed without leaving the property. The rooms are big, the vibe is energetic rather than hushed, and the price is honest for what it delivers. For a society or buddies trip built around morning rounds on the Harris course and afternoons doing nothing in the sun, nothing on the island is more convenient. Our verdict: the practical number one for golf first trips.
Access: hotel public, golf booked with the course; book winter tee times ahead. Check stay and play rates.
Hotel Costa Calero Thalasso and Spa, Puerto Calero
The south coast answer. The Costa Calero overlooks the smart marina at Puerto Calero, a short drive from Ron Kirby's Lanzarote Golf above Puerto del Carmen, and pairs spacious rooms and multiple pools with a proper thalasso spa circuit for the post round hours. The marina below supplies the evening: a strip of waterfront restaurants a stroll away, with the bustle of Puerto del Carmen ten minutes off when the group wants more noise. As the closest quality base to the island's newer course it anchors the southern half of a two course week perfectly. Our verdict: the pick when Lanzarote Golf is your main event, or for couples who prefer marina calm to resort strip.
Access: hotel public, golf booked with the course. Check stay and play rates.
Princesa Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort, Playa Blanca
The best hotel on the island, with a commute. Princesa Yaiza is Lanzarote's most prestigious address, a suite led beachfront resort on the Playa Blanca shore with a swagger of pools, restaurants and family facilities that no other property here matches. The honesty clause: it is the farthest of our five from the golf, roughly half an hour to Lanzarote Golf and the best part of fifty minutes to Costa Teguise, so the golfer trades drive time for the island's finest rooms and the best non golfer program by a distance. For a family trip where golf is two mornings out of seven rather than the spine of the week, the trade is obviously right. Our verdict: the luxury pick; let the golf fit the hotel, not the reverse.
Access: hotel public, golf booked with the courses; hire car advised. Check stay and play rates.
Melia Salinas, Costa Teguise
The grown up room. The Melia Salinas is Costa Teguise's architectural landmark, an oceanfront house built around a famous hanging garden atrium, run adults first with an a la carte restaurant and a pool scene pitched at quiet rather than cannonball. The golf logistics match the Barcelo's, Costa Teguise Golf is minutes away, but the audience is different: two couples on a winter escape, a four ball that has outgrown buffet queues, anyone who wants the after golf hours to feel like a hotel rather than a holiday camp. Rooms on the garden side are the ones to ask for. Our verdict: the civilized base for the Harris course, and the best sunset bar of the five.
Access: hotel public, adults focused; golf booked with the course. Check stay and play rates.
Hotel Grand Teguise Playa, Costa Teguise
The value engine. The Grand Teguise Playa plants a big, well run four star directly on the Costa Teguise beachfront, five minutes' drive from Costa Teguise Golf and around twenty from Lanzarote Golf, which makes it the rare base that serves both courses without fuss. The atrium lobby and pool decks carry their scale well, the room rate routinely undercuts everything above it on this list, and the saving across a week funds a lot of green fees at 106 to 122 euros a round. It lacks the polish of the Melia and the activity sprawl of the Barcelo, and on a value per golf trip basis it out punches both. Our verdict: the budget conscious group's correct answer.
Access: hotel public, golf booked with the courses. Check stay and play rates.
Designers, opening years, distances and fees verified June 2026 by the GolfForKings editorial desk from course and hotel published sources. Rates shown carry their season and year and are indicative only; always confirm directly with each property before booking.
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Building the trip
A Lanzarote golf week is the easiest itinerary in this guide: fly into Arrecife, pick one base from the list, and alternate the two courses with rest days in between, Costa Teguise's palms and volcano one day, Kirby's wider modern test above Puerto del Carmen the next. Hungrier groups bolt on a second island; the ferry and short hop options to the bigger rosters of Gran Canaria and Tenerife are laid out in our Canary Islands golf holidays page, with Gran Canaria packages covering the most common pairing and our Tenerife green fees guide pricing the third island. The mainland alternative is in Spain golf holidays. To see how the island's bases compare beyond Spain, browse the best golf resorts in Europe, then let plan my trip put the whole thing in one brief.
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Researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Costa Teguise Golf's John Harris design, 1978 opening, par 72 and 2026 green fees of 106 euros in summer and 122 euros in winter verified June 2026 against the course's published rates page; Lanzarote Golf's Ron Kirby design, 2008 opening and par 72 verified against course and operator published pages; hotel locations, distances and facilities verified against hotel and golf operator published pages. Last reviewed June 2026.