Qualla: Costa Teguise

Costa Teguise: Introduction

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Paul Holloway from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0. The developer's name tells you everything about how Costa Teguise came to exist: Rio Tinto Explosives. In the 1970s, when Lanzarote's tourism potential was just being recognized, creating a resort here meant blasting through some of the toughest volcanic bedrock in the Atlantic. What emerged from that explosive birth was a planned community on the island's eastern coast, seven kilometers from the capital Arrecife and fifteen from the airport. Today nearly 9,000 residents call this place home, though that number swells dramatically when sun-seeking visitors from Northern Europe arrive to escape their grey winters on the black-sand beaches and along the broad promenades that now stand where raw lava once ruled.

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Image: Paul Holloway from Birmingham, United Kingdom | CC BY-SA 2.0

Costa Teguise: Manrique's Square

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0. At the heart of Costa Teguise stands Pueblo Marinero, a square that embodies the aesthetic vision of Cesar Manrique, the artist-architect who did more than anyone to shape modern Lanzarote. Where other resorts might have surrendered to generic Mediterranean styling, Manrique insi...

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Costa Teguise: Beaches and Breakwaters

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Stevekeiretsu, CC BY-SA 4.0. The eastern coast of Lanzarote catches the morning light but misses the sunset, a geographical fact that shapes the rhythm of beach days here. Playa de las Cucharas stretches as the main resort beach, its golden sand interrupted midway by a breakwater that calms the Atlantic swel...

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Costa Teguise: A Royal Retreat

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0. High on the headland stands La Mareta, a mansion built for King Hussein of Jordan in the 1970s when Middle Eastern royalty discovered the discreet charms of the Canary Islands. Hussein himself never stayed here, and in 1989 he gifted the property to King Juan Carlos I of Spain. T...

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Costa Teguise: Island Crossroads

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Coola boola, CC BY-SA 4.0. Costa Teguise serves as a convenient base for exploring Lanzarote's otherworldly landscapes. To the south lies Arrecife, the working capital with its castle and lagoon, while the main tourist rival, Puerto del Carmen, sprawls along the southern coast. Northward, the island reveal...

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