Arrecife

Arrecife is the capital city of Lanzarote, with the island's airport and sea port, and a population in 2022 of 63,750. It's a workaday commercial and administrative hub with limited tourist sights, and most visitors are bussed straight from the airport to their beach resorts further along the coast. Wikivoyage

Population 70,811 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Spain

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Spain
Daylight 10 h 18 in Dec, dark by 17:58 · 13 h 59 in Jun
  1. January: 10 h 29 of daylight
  2. February: 11 h 10 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 58 of daylight
  4. April: 12 h 51 of daylight
  5. May: 13 h 35 of daylight
  6. June: 13 h 59 of daylight
  7. July: 13 h 49 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 12 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 21 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 30 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 43 of daylight
  12. December: 10 h 18 of daylight
Tourist office · 1.3 km Information Marina Lanzarote

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

All 26 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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