Lanzarote Family Holidays

Lanzarote Best Beaches and Watersports

• Have fun on more than 90 beaches, most of them very child friendly. We particularly recommend Punta del Papagayo for its sandy coves.

• Head to Puerto Calero, where Lanzarote's Submarine Safaris tour lets you sit on the floor of the seabed for up to an hour and watch everything walk or swim on by, while the Canarian Cetacean Museum teaches you all about whales and dolphins.

• Make a beeline for Famara with its great windsurfing school (Lanzarote has some very good surf).

• Go sailing. There are plenty of opportunities to get on a boat around the island and for kids to learn the ropes catamaran-sailing (such a smooth ride that even buggies are allowed on board).

• Enjoy a day out at the Aquapark Costa Teguise or Aqualava Playa Blanca water parks.

• Take a boat-trip further afield; there are several daily ferry crossings to Fuerteventura 45 minutes away.

Lanzarote Outdoor Activities

• Learn about the history of the Timanfaya volcano, whose lava tempers just about everything about the island, at Timanfaya Park with its more than 100 craters, the Montañas del Fuego ('Fire Mountains'), left as a result of the last buzz of activity. It also has a restaurant, El Diablo, that uses the geothermal heat for cooking.

• Check out Jameos del Agua, a series of interlinked caves and caverns that now house a restaurant in a volcanic tunnel, with the feel of a James Bond movie set. Other architectural gems include El Mirador del Rio, a rock-and-glass lookout post overlooking neighbouring Graciosa.