Hotel Gran Tagoro Family & Fun
Hotel Gran Tagoro is a five-star family hotel on the seafront at Las Coloradas, on the southern tip of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It runs as two areas on one site: the original Castillo Area, built in tiered Moorish style around a complex of pools looking out over the Atlantic, and the newer Real Adventure Area, a castle-themed zone with a dragon waterslide, a splash park and rooms that give the children a bedroom of their own. The Papagayo beaches sit 15 minutes away on foot through the nature reserve next door.
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Is it worth it?
The quick read before the detail: who the hotel suits, what the two-area split means and the facts to weigh first.
Hotel Gran Tagoro 5* Family & Fun is run by Dreamplace Hotels & Resorts, a Canarian company, and it is built around children aged roughly three to twelve. The Castleland Club, the mini-disco, the themed days and the animation team are the reason families come, and the entertainment team is the thing guests praise loudest and most often. Rooms are large by Canarian standards, the entry room is 56 m² and cleanliness comes up in review after review.
The thing to understand before anything else is that this is two hotels on one site. The Castillo Area is the original: grown-up pools, the Gold Level suites, the main buffet and the two à la carte restaurants. The Real Adventure Area is the newer castle-themed zone with the dragon slide, the splash park, the children's buffet and the rooms with a separate children's bedroom. You book into one of them. Real Adventure guests can use nearly all of the Castillo Area at no extra cost, while Castillo guests pay a day pass each time they want the castle side, which surprises families who booked the cheaper room expecting the themed zone to come with it.
The childcare starts at three, so there is nothing supervised for a baby or a two-year-old. The beach in front is pebble, so while the hotel really is on the seafront, the sand is a walk away through the reserve at Papagayo.
Best for
You have a three to twelve-year-old who wants a castle, a dragon slide and a club to go to, and you would rather the entertainment team ran the week than you did.
Maybe not for
You want childcare for a baby or a toddler, sand at the bottom of the steps or a quiet resort where the theming stays in the background.
Best ages
Three to twelve, the ages the club and the programme are built around. Babies are catered for in the room and the water, though not with childcare. Teens have their own club.
What stands out
The animation team, the Kids Adventure Room with its own children's bedroom and a Gold Level tier with a private pool and buffet.
What to check
Which area you are being sold, and whether the room takes four people. Both Deluxe Superiors are pitched at three.
Where is it?
On the seafront at Las Coloradas, at the eastern edge of Playa Blanca in southern Lanzarote, with the Papagayo reserve starting where the hotel stops.
Quick facts for families
What the resort is like
Where it sits, how the ground lies underfoot and the split that runs through everything else on this page.
The hotel is on a flat coastal strip at Las Coloradas, right at the eastern edge of the built-up part of Playa Blanca, with the boundary of the Papagayo natural reserve immediately beyond it. The Castillo Area is white rendered buildings in a tiered Moorish style, stepped around the pool complex with terrace balconies looking out. The Real Adventure Area sits alongside it and looks nothing like it: castle architecture, bright colours and theming everywhere. The site is compact and the ground is flat, so you walk between the two, which is easy enough with a pushchair.
What that position buys you is quiet. The main Playa Blanca resort strip is about 2 miles (3 km) away, so the hotel is self-contained and nothing much happens outside its gates. What it costs you is spontaneity: a trip to the village shops, bars or restaurants means a bus, a taxi or a car rather than a walk out of the door. The car park is free, though spaces are limited and you cannot reserve one ahead.
One more thing worth knowing before you search for it. The hotel was widely called Gran Castillo Tagoro and a good many operators still use that name, and some still list it as four-star. Dreamplace itself grades it five-star. Part of the confusion is a separate Dreamplace property, Hotel Tagoro 4* Family & Fun, which is a different hotel in Costa Adeje in Tenerife, so if a review or a photo set you are reading mentions Tenerife, it belongs to the other one.
Castillo or Real AdventureThe two areas, and which one you book
The two areas are sold separately, and the choice matters more than any other decision here.
The Castillo Area is the original hotel. It holds the four swimming pools and the toddler splash pool, the Gold Level suites and their private facilities, the Las Coloradas buffet, the two paid à la carte restaurants, the beach club, the Vitanova Spa, the gym, the arcade and Castleland Club.
The Real Adventure Area is the newer zone, built for children. It has its own character-themed buffet, the Dragon Pool with its waterslides and pirate ship, the castle splash park, a baby pool for under-twos, a second family pool, the Princesa Aurora snack bar, the themed rooms including the Kids Adventure Room and the Teen Club.
Access runs one way. Book Real Adventure and you get almost all of the Castillo Area at no extra cost, the Gold Level solarium and bar being the exceptions. Book Castillo and Real Adventure is a paid day pass: €15 for an adult and €10 for a child on all-inclusive, or €35 and €20 on half board, with Gold Level guests getting 20% off (last checked 28 June 2026). So if the castle is what sold the holiday to your children, Real Adventure is the booking that gives you both sides, and a Castillo room plus a week of day passes is the expensive way round.
Gold Level itself is a Castillo Area room tier only. There is no Gold Level in Real Adventure, so the grown-up upgrade and the children's zone sit on opposite sides of the split and no booking has both.
For the island around it, our Lanzarote guide covers the beaches, the drives and when to go.
Every restaurant and bar
Each place to eat and drink on both sides of the site, then what each board level actually covers.
Buffet Restaurant Las Coloradas is the main buffet and the room most Castillo guests eat in three times a day. Drinks come to the table rather than you fetching them, and the food is international with Canarian dishes through it. Breakfast runs 7:30 to 10:30 am on weekdays and 7:30 to 11:00 am at weekends, lunch 1:00 to 3:00 pm and dinner 6:30 to 9:30 pm in winter or 6:45 to 9:45 pm in summer. Gluten-free pasta, pizza, bread, pancakes and desserts are made without a charge if you tell the staff at the entrance. There is no sportswear or swimwear in the buffets at any meal.
Buffet Restaurant Timanfaya is the Gold Level guests' buffet and nobody else's. Breakfast is à la carte, lunch and dinner are cooked in front of you, and the room is quieter than Las Coloradas. Breakfast and dinner run to the same hours as Las Coloradas. Gold Level half-board guests are not confined to it either: Dreamplace states you can top up at Las Coloradas as well, so the exclusive room does not narrow your choice.
Restaurant La Ricotta is traditional Italian, à la carte, and it is paid on every board basis including all-inclusive. Dinner is 7:00 to 10:30 pm in summer and 6:30 to 9:00 pm in winter. Restaurant Oishii is the Asian one, also à la carte and paid on every board, on the same hours. Both take reservations, which you make at reception in the first days of your stay rather than online before you travel, and both ask men to wear long trousers at dinner. With small children the winter opening at 6:30 pm is the sitting that works.
Isla de Lobos Beach Club is the poolside à la carte spot, wood and blue, serving à la carte from 12:30 to 3:30 pm and staying open until 5:00 pm. It is paid for everyone, Real Adventure guests included.
Las Coloradas Snack Bar sits beside the main family pool and is the useful one on a pool day: drinks 10:30 am to 6:30 pm, cold snacks 11:00 am to 6:00 pm and hot snacks 12:30 to 5:00 pm, all included on all-inclusive. The Sports Bar opens 5:00 pm to midnight with screens and a terrace, and Disco Castillo runs 8:00 pm to midnight as the evening entertainment room, with shows from the in-house team and visiting performers pitched at children and adults through the same night. Drinks at both are included on all-inclusive. The Gold Level Bar sits by the Gold solarium pool, 10:30 am to 6:00 pm, for Gold Level guests only.
Over on the other side, Buffet Restaurant Real Adventure is the children's buffet: character theming, and built to be the room a five-year-old wants to be in. Breakfast matches the Castillo hours, and dinner is 6:45 to 9:45 pm in summer or 6:30 to 9:30 pm in winter. Snack Bar Princesa Aurora is designed for children, with parents welcome, and the theming is deliberate: it is meant to make leaving the pool a smaller argument. It runs 10:30 am to 6:00 pm and is included on the Real Adventure all-inclusive. Isla Mágica Bar sits by the playground at the Real Adventure entrance, 4:30 to 11:30 pm.
On the food itself, the honest picture from guest reviews is a hotel that does breakfast well and dinner less well. The buffets carry reasonable variety and breakfast is consistently well rated, while dinner is where the criticism gathers, with the protein choices called basic by more than one guest. It is the weakest recurring theme in the reviews, and it sits against a five-star badge.
What each level coversBoard and what it includes
You book half board or all-inclusive, into one area, with Gold Level as a Castillo Area tier on top of either.
| Board | In the Castillo Area | In the Real Adventure Area |
|---|---|---|
| Half board | Breakfast and dinner at the Las Coloradas buffet. Drinks are not included at meals, and everything else is paid. | Breakfast and dinner at the Real Adventure buffet, plus the Princesa Aurora snack bar. Drinks are not included at meals. |
| All-inclusive | All three meals at Las Coloradas, plus the Las Coloradas snack bar, the Sports Bar and Disco Castillo. The à la carte rooms are still paid. | Breakfast and dinner at the Real Adventure buffet, plus the Princesa Aurora snack bar and the Isla Mágica Bar. The à la carte rooms are still paid. |
| Gold Level half board | Adds breakfast and dinner at the Timanfaya buffet and the Gold Level Bar, with the option of topping up at Las Coloradas. | Gold Level is a Castillo Area tier only. |
| Gold Level all-inclusive | Adds breakfast and dinner at Timanfaya, the Gold Level drinks menu and the Gold Level Bar. | Gold Level is a Castillo Area tier only. |
All-inclusive runs 10:00 am to midnight, and not every named or branded drink is in it. On half board, drinks are not included at your meals, which is the line to price up before you decide the two boards are close: a week of drinks at dinner for four is not nothing.
Rooms and suites
Every category with its official size, which ones suit a family with young children, then the pools and the beach.
There are nine bookable categories, six in the Castillo Area and three in Real Adventure, and they are big: the entry room is 56 m² and the largest runs to 150 m². The table is the full line-up with the official sizes and occupancies, and the guidance after it is which of them work with a baby or a toddler.
| Room | Area | Size | Sleeps | What sets it apart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deluxe Superior | Castillo | 56 m² | 2 adults + 1 child (max 3 adults) | The entry room. King or twin, a 1.60 m sofa bed, shower and bath, kettle, 55in TV and a terrace. Some units are adapted for reduced mobility. |
| Deluxe Superior Ocean View | Castillo | 62 m² | 2 adults + 1 child (max 3 adults) | As the Deluxe Superior, with sea views and a hydromassage shower. |
| Gold Level Junior Suite | Castillo | 60–80 m² | 2 adults + 2 children (max 3 adults) | The cheapest Castillo room that takes two children. Gold Level extras: Nespresso, a beach bag and towel, one spa circuit, bathrobes and slippers and a pillow menu. Sold with and without a sea view. |
| Gold Level Senior Suite Ocean View | Castillo | 111 m² | 2 adults + 2 children (max 3 adults) | Sea views, two 55in TVs and a large terrace. |
| Gold Level Senior Suite 2 Rooms | Castillo | 92 m² | 4 adults + 2 children (max 5 adults) | Two separate bedrooms and a living room, with a 1.60 m sofa bed in the living room and two 55in TVs. |
| Gold Level Grand Suite | Castillo | 130–150 m² | 4 adults + 2 children, or 2 adults + 4 children | The largest on site. Two bedrooms, floor-to-ceiling windows and a large terrace with Atlantic views. |
| Junior Suite Real Adventure | Real Adventure | 62 m² | 2 adults + 2 children (max 3 adults) | A sliding door between the bedroom and the living area, hydromassage shower and bath, a 43in Smart TV, a terrace and themed amenities. |
| Kids Adventure Room | Real Adventure | 62 m² | 2 adults + 2 children | A master bedroom plus a separate children's area with two twin beds and educational wall games, divided by a sliding door. A 55in TV in the bedroom and a 43in in the children's area. |
| Grand Suite Real Adventure | Real Adventure | 92 m² | 4 adults + 2 children (max 5 adults) | Two independent bedrooms, some with a living room, plus a walk-in wardrobe. |
Start with the occupancy column, because it decides more here than the size does. Both Deluxe Superiors are pitched at two adults and one child, so the two cheapest rooms in the hotel do not take a family of four. Four people means a Gold Level Junior Suite at 60 to 80 m² on the Castillo side, or any of the three Real Adventure rooms. That folds the room decision into the area decision, so work out which area you want first and price the rooms inside it.
The Kids Adventure Room at 62 m² is the one built for young children, and it is in the Real Adventure Area only. The children get their own area with two twin beds and educational games on the wall, separated from your bedroom by a sliding door, with their own 43in TV and a 55in in yours. A sliding door is not a solid wall, so it will not silence a bedtime, though it does mean a napping child is behind something rather than in the corner of your room. The Junior Suite Real Adventure at the same 62 m² has the same sliding-door layout between bedroom and living area, without the children's beds built in.
For a bigger party, the Gold Level Senior Suite 2 Rooms at 92 m² and the Grand Suite Real Adventure at 92 m² both give two proper separate bedrooms and take five adults. The Gold Level Grand Suite at 130 to 150 m² is the largest on site and the only one that will take four children with two adults, which is worth knowing if you are travelling with another family or with grandparents.
Two bed measurements are worth having before you book, because they catch people out. The sofa beds are 1.60 m wide, which is wider than a single but is a sofa bed, not a spare single bed, so an older child on one is sharing your living space. Single beds are 1.10 m and doubles are 2.0 m.
Every room comes with free Wi-Fi, a furnished terrace or balcony, a professional hairdryer and a kettle with tea and coffee. With a baby the kettle counts, since you can make a bottle at 3:00 am without leaving the room. There is a free safe, and the minibar comes empty with refills charged, so it is somewhere to put your own milk rather than a stocked one. Gold Level minibars are stocked on request.
Cots are free for children up to two. Check-in is from 3:00 pm and checkout by 11:00 am, with late checkout charged at reception: €25 to keep the room until 2:00 pm or €50 until 5:00 pm, free until 2:00 pm for Dreamplace Club members subject to availability (last checked 28 June 2026).
On room position, Dreamplace does something unusual and useful: you can browse a 3D map of the hotel and choose your actual room for an extra cost, paid at check-in. If a ground-floor room for the buggy, or a room within sight of the pool, is the thing that would make your week, that is a decision you can make now rather than hope for later.
Pools and water features
The Castillo Area has four swimming pools, and a separate splash pool for toddlers alongside them, so five bodies of water in all, looking out over the Atlantic. The main pools are heated, usually to around 25°C, and in winter that is where a small child will actually swim, because the sea off Lanzarote sits at 18 to 19°C from January to April and no toddler is going in it. The Castillo pools are open 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Sunbeds cannot be reserved, and the pool staff will help you find a space rather than let anyone claim one with a towel at 8:00 am. Under Spanish regulations, only swimming aids are allowed in the water, so leave the inflatable unicorn at home and bring armbands or a float jacket. Pool towels are free against a €20 deposit per towel, refunded when you leave, and you swap them 10:00 to 11:00 am or 4:00 to 5:00 pm (last checked 28 June 2026).
Gold Level guests have their own Solarium pool, with a whirlpool, Balinese beds and the Gold Level Bar beside it, open the same 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. It is the part of the Gold tier guests talk about most warmly.
The Real Adventure Area is where the water gets interesting for children. The Dragon Pool is its centrepiece, with dragon waterslides, a pirate ship and mushroom fountains, shallow throughout and lifeguarded during opening hours, which puts it in reach of a child who is still learning to swim as well as an older one who just wants the slide. The baby pool is a separate pool for children under two and is the only water on site made specifically for them. A second family pool for all ages sits next to the Princesa Aurora snack bar. The Splash Park is themed as a medieval castle, with interactive water games, and it is built open so you can watch from a lounger a few metres away rather than standing in it. All the Real Adventure water opens 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.
If a specific depth is what decides it for your child, ask the hotel before you book. There is also an indoor pool inside the Vitanova Spa, which is part of the paid thermal circuit rather than a pool you can swim lengths in.
The beach
The hotel is on the seafront and the beach in front of it is Playa de las Coloradas, which is pebble with very little sand. You can walk out and get into the sea, and you cannot build a sandcastle, dig a hole or do most of what a four-year-old means by a beach day.
The sand is at Papagayo, 15 minutes away on foot through the Monumento Natural de Los Ajaches, the nature reserve the hotel backs onto. These are several coves rather than one beach, some of them with calm water, and they are among the beaches families rate most on the island. Playa Mujeres is the nearest of them. There is no hotel shuttle and there cannot be one, because the route crosses protected land, so it is your legs or your car. Fifteen minutes each way is a fine walk with a five-year-old and a long one with a buggy, a cool box and a windbreak, which is why a hire car helps here more than at most hotels.
In the other direction, the Paseo Marítimo seafront promenade runs from the hotel towards the village on flat ground, so it is a walk a buggy can do.
Babies and toddlers
What the hotel has for the under-threes, what it does not and everything that fills a family day here.
Castleland Club, from three, is the only supervised childcare on site. Other Playa Blanca hotels are marketed as taking younger children into a nursery, so if you have a baby or a two-year-old this is a point worth settling before you get as far as comparing rooms.
What the hotel does have for them is a good deal, once you have adjusted the expectation. The baby pool in the Real Adventure Area is for children under two, and it is the only water made specifically for that age. The toddler splash pool in the Castillo Area sits alongside the four main pools, so a toddler has somewhere shallow while the rest of you are in reach. In winter the sea is too cold for a small child, and the heated Castillo pools are the alternative.
Cots are free for children up to two, and the room helps: the kettle makes a night feed possible without a trip anywhere, and the minibar comes empty so there is space for milk. The Kids Adventure Room is the one to look at if you want a door of sorts between a sleeping child and the rest of the evening, though it is in the Real Adventure Area only, which is another reason the area decision comes first.
At the table, there is a daily menu of baby purées at the buffet, and the kitchen will do a custom one, which may carry a charge; tell the restaurant rather than assuming it appears. High chairs and bottle warmers are confirmed on site, and so are pushchairs if you would rather not fly with yours. The gluten-free range at the buffet covers pasta, pizza, bread, pancakes and desserts at no extra cost.
On timing, dinner opens at 6:30 pm in winter and 6:45 pm in summer at both buffets. That is the early-dinner window, and it is a reasonable one: a 6:30 pm sitting gets a small child fed, out and into bed at something like a normal hour, which is not true at every Spanish hotel.
Castleland, the Teen Club and the restThings to do
Castleland Club takes children from 3 to 12. It is in the Castillo Area and open to Real Adventure guests as well, which is one of the things that makes a Real Adventure booking the more flexible one. Inside there is a large pirate ship for climbing and running about, a climbing area pitched at the younger end, an interactive play area and a space for arts and crafts. Aurora and Tagorín, the resort mascots, turn up in the theming all over the site. Sessions run daily 11:00 am to 12:45 pm and 3:00 to 4:45 pm, and those hours shift with the season. Check what the club costs when you book.
The programme is broad: football, dodgeball, water games, table tennis, craft workshops, video games, mini-basketball championships and themed days including Castleland Day, Spaceland, Under the Sea, Pirates Day, Sport Day and Olympic Day. The mini-disco is at 8:30 pm every night. This is the part of the hotel guests rate most, and the animation team gets named individually in reviews.
The Teen Club is in the Real Adventure Area, with archery, excursions and activities off site including the Grand Karting centre.
Elsewhere on site, the arcade next to the Fitness Zone in the Castillo Area is open 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, and the Multitrack outdoor sports courts are in the Real Adventure Area. The fitness centre beside the spa has cardio machines and weight benches, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm. Evening shows run nightly in Disco Castillo, mixing the in-house animation team with visiting performers, and they are written to hold children and adults in the same room. Excursions are booked at reception on +34 928 595999.
The Vitanova Spa & Wellness Center is open 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, with a thermal circuit of hydromassage pools, a sauna, a whirlpool, aroma showers and a Kneipp massage, plus paid massages, facials and body treatments. What makes it unusual is that children can use it. Ages 4 to 12 get Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and 2:00 to 5:00 pm, plus Saturday and Sunday mornings, always with an adult and no more than two children per adult. Adults have it to themselves Tuesday and Thursday and on weekend afternoons. Under-fours are not allowed in at all. Gold Level guests get one thermal circuit each per stay at no charge.
The area and days out
The village down the road, the drives worth doing, then what families say and how it stacks up against the local rivals.
Playa Blanca is Lanzarote's southernmost resort, on the tip of the island. It was built later than Puerto del Carmen and Costa Teguise, so it is newer and calmer than either, with no nightlife to speak of. That is why families choose it.
The village holds the shops, bars and restaurants, strung along the Paseo Marítimo, plus the sandy Playa Dorada beach and the ferry terminal. Three ways to reach it: a 45-minute walk along the promenade, a 10-minute local bus or a 5-minute taxi costing roughly €4 to €6. With young children the taxi wins most days, and it is cheap enough that it is not really a decision.
The ferry to Corralejo in Fuerteventura leaves from the Playa Blanca port and takes 25 minutes, which puts the Corralejo dunes within reach as a day out. It is the most interesting thing about this end of the island, and the reason people book Playa Blanca over the older resorts.
By car, Timanfaya National Park is about 25 minutes north and is the closest of the big Lanzarote sights: the volcanic landscape the island is known for. Rancho Texas Lanzarote Park, a zoo with a water park attached, is about 35 minutes at Puerto del Carmen, and AquaPark Costa Teguise is about 40 minutes north. Jameos del Agua and the Cueva de los Verdes, the lava tube caves, are about an hour north, and Arrecife, the capital, is about 50 minutes for the MIAC museum and the El Charco de San Ginés lagoon. Famara, the long beach and lagoon under the cliffs with its surf school and windsurfing, is about 45 minutes. Closer in, Playa Flamingo is another beach families like, about 5 minutes along the coast and within walking distance of the village.
Cars and bicycles are hired at reception, which saves a trip to the airport desks, and the free car park means you are not paying to keep one.
What families sayLoves and gripes
We have not stayed, so this is our read of what families consistently say across the review sites. As of June 2026 the picture is a well-liked hotel rather than a top-ranked one: Google has it at 4.6 out of 5, HolidayCheck at 4.9 out of 6 with a recommended badge for 2025 and Dreamplace's own ReviewPro figure sits at 9.1 out of 10. TripAdvisor has it lower, at 4.2 out of 5 from roughly 8,000 reviews, ranking 26th of 43 hotels in Playa Blanca, and Booking.com has it at 8 out of 10 with a Traveller Review Award for 2026. Roughly half the TripAdvisor reviews rate it Excellent and only a small share sit at the bottom. Treat all of that as a rough steer rather than a score to book on: those counters move every week.
What families love
- The animation and entertainment team, which is the loudest and most consistent praise, described as working hard with the children and named individually by guests.
- Spacious, clean rooms, with housekeeping rated reliably well.
- The breadth of what there is for children, and a hotel that is clearly run for families rather than tolerating them.
- Breakfast and the general variety at the buffet.
- The Gold Level pool, called quiet and good, with better cocktails. Guests who use the tier tend to endorse it strongly.
- Reception and restaurant staff, with individuals singled out for going beyond what was asked.
Common gripes
- Dinner. Food quality and consistency at the evening meal is the weakest recurring theme, buffet-led with the protein choices called basic.
- Bar staff, noted by some guests as less friendly than the rest of the team.
- The day-pass split, which catches out families who booked Castillo expecting the castle side.
How it compares
The obvious rival is Princesa Yaiza, the other five-star in Playa Blanca, and on paper it wins the points that matter to the youngest families. It scores higher on Booking.com, sits on the sandy Playa Dorada rather than a pebble beach and advertises a crèche for under-threes. Gran Tagoro's answer is theming and range: nothing at Princesa Yaiza looks like the Real Adventure Area, and the breadth of programming for three to twelve-year-olds is what this hotel is for. It is the more entertainment-led of the two, and Princesa Yaiza is the quieter luxury one.
TUI BLUE Flamingo Beach is the holiday-village-style option in Playa Blanca, next to Playa Flamingo, and advertises a BabyClub for nought to threes. H10 Suites Lanzarote Gardens is a four-star over in Costa Teguise, two minutes from Playa de las Cucharas, with moderate pirate theming and an advertised crèche from six months.
If a nursery for an under-three is the thing that decides your booking, confirm it directly with whichever of them you are looking at.
Getting there and when to go
The journey in, the months to pick, the weather month by month and the practical layer underneath it all.
Arrecife, the Lanzarote airport, is the arrival point, about 45 minutes away by coach. The hotel arranges transfers, and this is the bit to catch: you have to pre-book one by contacting reception, because it is not laid on with the room. The fare is set by the size of your party: €72 for one to four people or €90 for five to eight, rising to €94 and €112 respectively for a pick-up between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am, with a child seat at €9 extra (last checked 28 June 2026), so a late flight and two car seats is a different number from the one you first see. A public coach runs from the airport to Playa Blanca as the cheaper option, and cars are hired at reception if you would rather sort your own.
UK flight-and-hotel packages to the hotel are ATOL protected.
On timing, Lanzarote and the hotel both run year-round, and the island's south coast is drier and a little warmer than the north. May and June, then September and October, are the months we would look at first with young children: warm enough for the pools and the beach, quieter than the school holidays and short of the 28°C that small children find hard work in August and September. Winter works too, on the understanding that swimming means the heated Castillo pools rather than the sea.
Evenings are cooler than the daytime figures suggest, especially November to February, when January drops to around 13°C after dark. Layers go in the case even in a warm month.
Month by monthWeather
The table below covers the full year, since the hotel does not close. February and March carry the calima risk, the Saharan dust wind that can hang over Lanzarote for up to ten days and take visibility, air quality and sometimes flights with it, usually clearing with a short burst of rain.
| Month | Daytime high | Overnight low | Rain | Wet days | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21° | 14° | 17 mm | 3 | 19° |
| February | 21.5° | 14.5° | 16 mm | 2 | 18° |
| March | 23° | 15° | 11 mm | 2 | 19° |
| April | 24° | 16° | 4 mm | 1 | 19° |
| May | 25.5° | 17.5° | 1 mm | 0 | 20° |
| June | 27° | 19.5° | 0 mm | 0 | 21° |
| July | 29° | 21° | 0 mm | 0 | 22° |
| August | 30° | 21.5° | 0 mm | 0 | 23° |
| September | 29° | 21° | 4 mm | 0 | 23° |
| October | 27.5° | 20° | 12 mm | 2 | 23° |
| November | 24.5° | 17.5° | 15 mm | 3 | 22° |
| December | 22° | 15.5° | 17 mm | 3 | 20° |
Typical monthly averages from weather-station records. Sea temperature is the open-water figure, so a sheltered bay can feel a degree or two warmer. The hotel and the island both run year-round.
Laundry, supplies and getting around
There is a free self-service laundry opposite the gym, with washing machines, dryers and an ironing station, open 8:00 am to 8:00 pm and opened with your room key. On a family holiday with a pool, a beach and a toddler, that means you can pack half the clothes. There is an ironing area rather than an iron in the room, so plan for the walk if you have brought something that creases.
For supplies, the shops are in Playa Blanca, about 2 miles (3 km) down the road, so nappies, formula, sun cream and calamine are a bus or taxi ride away rather than a trip to reception. It is worth arriving with enough for the first day or two. Pushchairs are available on site if you would rather not fly with your own.
On accessibility, some of the Deluxe Superior rooms are adapted for reduced mobility, and availability is not guaranteed with the booking: you call after booking to confirm one. The ground itself is in your favour, since the hotel sits on a flat coastal strip and the site is level throughout. If you need a lift or a step-free route to a particular room, ask reception before you book.
Dreamplace runs the hotel on 100% clean energy certified by Ecoenergética de Canarias, holds a Bronze Ecostars sustainability certificate and partners with Elprimerviaje.org on Cory's Shearwater conservation, the seabird that nests on the Canaries.
Questions
The things families ask most, then the official pages worth a bookmark.
We want the castle pools but a calmer room. Which way round does that work?
Book Real Adventure. It is the only side that reaches both, so you get the dragon slide without paying a day pass for it, and the Castillo pools are a walk away when you want the quieter water. The cost of going that way round is Gold Level, which you can only book on the Castillo side.
Our baby is one. Is there anywhere to leave them for an hour?
No, and if an hour to yourselves is part of why you are booking, look at the Playa Blanca hotels that advertise a nursery instead. Castleland Club is the only supervised option here and it takes children from three. For a one-year-old the hotel is set up around you being there: the under-twos baby pool, the toddler splash pool, a free cot and purées at the buffet.
We are two adults and two children. Which rooms actually take us?
Not the two cheapest you will see quoted. A family of four starts at the Gold Level Junior Suite on the Castillo side, or at any of the three Real Adventure rooms. Check the occupancy line on any quote before you compare it with another, since the cheapest rate advertised is often for a room that will not take your four.
Should we book the hotel transfer or hire a car?
It depends on whether you plan to leave the site. A transfer covers the airport run and nothing else, so the village means a bus or a taxi every time and Papagayo means the walk. Hiring a car at reception turns both into ten-minute trips and costs nothing to park. If you are staying put all week, the transfer or the public coach is enough. Either way the transfer has to be pre-booked with reception.
Can the children build sandcastles in front of the hotel?
Not in front of the hotel, no. The sand is at Papagayo, and with a bucket, a windbreak and a toddler in tow that walk turns into a planned outing rather than something you drift down to after breakfast. If a spade and a bucket are most of what your children want from a week away, the Playa Dorada hotels down in the village put them on the sand and this one does not.
Can we pick a ground-floor room near the pool?
Yes, and it is the one thing about your room you can settle in advance. Dreamplace lets you browse a 3D map of the hotel and choose your actual room for an extra cost, paid at check-in. Worth it if a buggy and stairs are your worry, or if you want the pool in sight from the terrace.
Is there anything for a teenager?
Yes, the Teen Club, and it sits in the Real Adventure Area, so it falls behind the same area split as everything else there: book Real Adventure and it is included, book Castillo and it is a day pass each time. Ask reception where the age line falls if your eldest is near the top or the bottom of the teens.
Hotel Gran Tagoro photos
The two areas, the rooms, the pools and the Dragon Pool, in one place.
Open the Hotel Gran Tagoro photo gallery →Useful links
- Hotel Gran Tagoro 5* Family & Fun: the hotel's own site for the two areas, the rooms, the restaurants and its FAQ. Reception is on +34 928 595999, and it is also where you book transfers and excursions.
- GOV.UK Spain travel advice: entry rules and safety updates before you travel, including the swimming safety guidance for the Canaries.
- Lanzarote with little ones: our guide to the island, its beaches and when to go.
Last updated 15 July 2026. Board conditions, hours and prices change, so check the current position before you book.
