César Lanzarote

Style

Open studio opulence

Setting

Volcanoes and vineyards

Desires to wander will desert you at César Lanzarote, an artist’s residence turned boutique hotel set in sun-kissed Lanzarote countryside – 10 minutes from package-holiday favourite Puerto del Carmen and yet a world away from Puerto del Carmen. Lingering is made art form, thanks to ravishing, rustic rooms and suites, all-day dining, elegant salons, and alfresco terraces in abundance. The main enticement to stay put, however, is the hotel’s pool – a curvaceous showstopper, set in scenery that rolls all the way to the coast. Those day trips to the beach may have to wait…

Facilities

Rooms

20, including two suites.

Checkout

Noon; earliest check-in, 3pm. Both are flexible, subject to availability.

More Details

Rates include a buffet breakfast with à la carte options.

Also

César Lanzarote has one ground-floor room with the dimensions and features to accommodate guests with limited mobility.

Fitness Center

Free Internet Access

Laundry

Pet Friendly

Pool

On-Site Restaurant

Room Service

At the Hotel

Salons, outdoor gym, bikes to borrow, paid laundry service, and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: air-conditioning, minibar, Nespresso machine, tea-making kit, free bottled water, beach towels, and Eight & Bob bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

There’s a polished simplicity to all rooms at César Lanzarote: whitewashed walls and wooden floors create a rustic backdrop for the villa’s original features teamed with shades of green, statement stripes and sculptural motifs, plus a pleasing number come with a freestanding wooden tub. We love the ground-floor Superior Rooms with Terrace and Sea View, which overlook the pool and deliver oodles of outdoor space. The Master Suite with Terrace and Sea View earns top spot with a corner position and a private roof terrace that’s one of the biggest we’ve seen (and we’ve seen a lot).

Poolside

Accompanied by rolling views to the coast, the heated outdoor pool is a curvaceous wonder that takes centre stage at the rear of the property and – given the boutique size of the hotel – is surprisingly large (open 10am until 8pm). It’s edged by black sand, palms and cacti and sits on a terrace above a striped-countered pool bar: bar level is also where you’ll find the curved stone-wall basking spots for two, each furnished with a pair of striped-cushioned loungers and utterly private (their design is not unlike the windbreaks you’ll find in the vineyard).

Packing Tips

Charcoal, pencils and paper to capture the arid island landscapes; wide-brim hats to counter the Canaries sunshine, and basalt-proof boots for navigating Natural Park trails.

Also

The hotel has an outdoor gym with timbered cardio machines, benches and free weights; personal training can be arranged, too.

Children

The hotel has a sophisticated grown-up feel and is for over-16s only.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

Tucked behind the sunset lounge area is a pergola-shaded dining spot where up to eight guests can enjoy a private dinner. And downstairs from the main dining room is another intimate spot for two. You’ll need to book with 24 hours’ notice.

Dress Code

Dining at an artist’s former home calls for artistic flourishes – bright hues and sculptural accessories would both get the nod from César.

Hotel Restaurant

César Lanzarote’s restaurant is open all day, starting with an accomplished buffet breakfast (pastries, cereal, yoghurt, fruit, juices, and coffee), plus egg dishes cooked to order. Then it’s onto brunch for the late-risers; followed by lunch à la carte: as with dinner, you can expect Canarian cuisine – surf or turf – incorporating island produce as the seasons (and chef’s whim) allow. The hotel’s tasting menu, for private dinners, is a 14-course feast.

Hotel Bar

Pull up a high stool at the gleaming white bar mounted on a slab of volcanic rock or head to one of the lounge-bar’s low-slung sofas and order spirits and mixers from a high-calibre optics run. As you’d expect from a vineyard-side stay, wines are in ready supply, too. On a terrace below the pool, an outdoor bar is your option for daytime refreshments to your sunlounger.

Last Orders

Breakfast is served, 8am until 11am; then it’s brunch until 1pm, lunch between 1pm and 3pm. Pool service is available, 11am until 7pm. For dinner, it’s 7.30pm until 10pm.

Room Service

A dedicated menu stars a choice of caviar, seafood snacks (anchovies on toast, clams or pickled mussels), sandwiches and burgers; available 8am until 11pm.

Planes

Sharing a namesake with the hotel, César Manrique International Airport is a 15-minute drive away: the hotel can arrange private transfers from €70 one-way, or €120 return.

Automobiles

Taxis may be all you need for forays to the coast or island towns, but if you are hiring wheels, there’s a free outdoor carpark at the hotel.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

If hiking across lunar landscapes is on your wishlist, the walking trails of Los Volcanes Natural Park are on your doorstep. Make a day trip of exploring Lanzarote’s windswept beaches to the north, starting with famed surfer spot Famara, then making a beeline for the village of Órzola, at the island’s northern tip, where there are beaches east and west, of which the island-atypical white sands at Caletón Blanco win by a nose. Head back via the west coast, and Playa del Risco, where a broad sweep of cliff-backed sand looks across the sea to La Graciosa. Let César Lanzarote’s namesake be your inspiration for cultural jaunts: wander the Manrique-designed Cactus Garden at Garafía, head to Jameos del Agua, a series of volcanic caverns transformed by Manrique that are now home to a restaurant, museum, and picturesque lagoon: for a different perspective, they also hold Jameos Nights here, when the basalt formations are illuminated. On the outskirts of Arrecife, the Castillo de San José, a former fortress, houses the International Museum of Contemporary Art (no prizes for guessing which creative force directed its transformation), where Canarian, Spanish and international works hang in storied stone galleries. And there are extra points if you can spot a César ‘wind toy’ on any of the island’s roundabouts.

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