Relaxia Lanzasur Club
Relaxia Lanzasur Club is a 3-star complex of around 228 self-catering bungalows and apartments in Playa Blanca, at the southern tip of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It's low-rise and spread out, every unit has its own kitchen, and the Aqualava Water Park sits a couple of minutes' walk from the entrance. Families come for that water park, three pools including a children's one, a short walk to Playa Flamingo and the Playa Blanca promenade, and the option of two bungalows joined together for a larger group.
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Is it worth it?
Who the complex suits, the booking decision that shapes a week here and the facts to skim before the detail.
Relaxia Lanzasur Club is a family complex at Avenida de Gran Canaria in Playa Blanca, run by Relaxia Hotels & Resorts. It's built low and spread across its site as around 228 individual bungalow and apartment units, each with a kitchen, so self-catering is central here rather than an afterthought. There's one buffet restaurant if you'd rather not cook, and all-inclusive is one of the board options.
The draw for most families is the Aqualava Water Park, which sits about 200 metres from the entrance. It's the reason to choose this complex over other 3-star apartments in Playa Blanca, but park access isn't automatic. It's a choice you make when you reserve, either a stay with unlimited access or an all-inclusive plan without it, rather than something every guest walks into.
What the complex doesn't advertise is childcare. No crèche or infant-care service is advertised here, so if you need one, assume it isn't available and check directly before booking. There's a children's animation programme through the day and evening, which is a different thing. For a family with an under-four who wants some time off, that gap is worth weighing.
Best for
You want a self-catering base with a kitchen, the Aqualava Water Park a couple of minutes' walk away, and a short walk to the beach and into Playa Blanca.
Maybe not for
You need a crèche or childcare for an under-four, you want dinner served every night, or a pram is your main way around a large, spread-out site.
Best ages
Children old enough for the water park's children's zone, up to the taller slides. Timan Fire needs 1.20 m, so its five big slides are for older children and adults, not the under-fives.
What stands out
The Aqualava Water Park next door, and the Bungalow Magma, two bungalows joined by an internal door for a large family.
What to check
Whether your booking includes Aqualava access, and, if you need childcare or baby kit, what the resort can actually provide.
Where is it?
In Playa Blanca at the southern tip of Lanzarote, about 30 minutes from the airport.
Quick facts for families
What the resort is like
The setting, the shape of the site and how self-catering and getting around actually work here.
The complex is in the south of Lanzarote, in Playa Blanca, which is quieter and more resort-focused than Costa Teguise or Puerto del Carmen further north on the island. It's a low-rise, spread-out site of bungalow-style units set among the pool areas, the playground and the buffet restaurant, the layout common to Canarian apartment complexes.
Every unit is self-catering, with a full kitchen, so you can shop and cook rather than eat out for every meal. The nearest supermarkets are in Playa Blanca town centre, about 1.5 km away, which is a walk of roughly 15 to 20 minutes along the seafront promenade.
Because the site is spread out, getting between your unit, the pools and the restaurant means walking across it. The resort is adapted for guests with reduced mobility, so if a pram is your main way of getting a child around, it's worth checking on arrival how the routes to the pool and the restaurant work for you.
Reception is staffed 24 hours, and the team speaks Spanish, English, German and French.
Every restaurant and bar
The buffet, what all-inclusive covers, the pool bar and the food you'll make for yourselves.
There's one restaurant on site, and it's a buffet. It serves an international spread with themed nights through the week that bring different cuisines together. Breakfast runs 08:00 to 10:00, lunch 13:00 to 14:00 and dinner 18:00 to 21:00.
All-inclusive is one of the board options, and all-inclusive board doesn't include the Aqualava Water Park, which is booked separately. If a children's menu, high chairs or a set dress code matter for your week, ask about them when you book.
For everything else, the kitchens are the point. Every unit has one, and the shops in Playa Blanca town centre, about 1.5 km away, cover the food and baby supplies you'd want for self-catering. There's also a pool bar by the pool and chill-out area.
Inside the Aqualava Water Park there are two more places to eat, open to guests with park access: the Timi Kitchen Restaurant, with live cooking, a buffet, desserts and ice creams, and the Timi Shop, a café and cocktail bar.
The bungalows and villas
Every unit type, how each is laid out and which ones suit a family with young children.
There are seven unit types, from one-bedroom bungalows to two-bedroom villas. They share the same self-catering kit: a kitchen, a terrace, air conditioning, a safe, a fridge, a hairdryer, Wi-Fi, a television, a sofa bed and a telephone. The table sets out how each is laid out; the guidance after it is which works for a family. None of the seven come with a published floor size, so the table gives the layout of each rather than a square-metre figure.
| Unit | Layout | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Relaxia Style Bungalow | 1 bedroom, full bathroom, living room with kitchen, private terrace | The superior one-bedroom tier, with beach towels and a bathrobe included |
| Bungalow Lanzasur | 1 bedroom, bathroom with a bathtub, living room-kitchen, small terrace | A standard one-bedroom bungalow |
| Bungalow Relaxia | 1 bedroom, bathroom with a bathtub, living room-kitchen, terrace | A standard one-bedroom bungalow with a sofa bed |
| Bungalow Yaiza | 1 bedroom, shower bathroom, living room-kitchen, own terrace | Described as classic and cosy, in the quieter parts of the site |
| Villa Cori | 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, living room-kitchen, terrace with a jacuzzi | Renovated in 2020 |
| Villa Timi | 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room-kitchen, terrace with a jacuzzi | Renovated in 2020, the larger of the two villas |
| Bungalow Magma | 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living rooms, 2 kitchens | Two Bungalow Lanzasur units joined by an internal door; the resort calls it ideal for large families |
The one-bedroom bungalows are the standard rooms. The Relaxia Style Bungalow is the superior tier of them, and the only one that comes with beach towels and a bathrobe. The Bungalow Lanzasur and Bungalow Relaxia are the standard one-bedroom units, each with a bathroom that has a bathtub, and the Relaxia adds a sofa bed. The Bungalow Yaiza is a one-bedroom unit with a shower rather than a bath, described as classic and cosy and set in the quieter parts of the site.
For more space, the two villas each have two bedrooms and a terrace with a jacuzzi, and both were renovated in 2020. The difference between them is the bathrooms, with one in Villa Cori and two in Villa Timi. A family of four who want room to spread out and a jacuzzi on the terrace would look at these.
The one built for a larger group is the Bungalow Magma, which is two Bungalow Lanzasur units joined by an internal door, giving two bedrooms, two bathrooms, two living rooms and two kitchens. The resort calls it ideal for large families, and it's the one type made for six or more.
Three of them, freshwaterPools
All three pools are freshwater. There are two for adults, one of them heated so it works through the cooler months, and a separate children's pool. Around them are chill-out areas with hammocks, Balinese beds, parasols and a solarium, along with the pool bar. None of the three have a published size, depth or set of opening hours, so if a shallow end matters for a toddler, check with the resort before you go.
With a toddler, the children's pool is the one to make for. Keep small children within arm's reach in and around any pool, even if they can already swim or a lifeguard is on duty.
Aqualava Water Park
The headline for most families here: how you get in, the attractions one by one and what's inside.
The Aqualava Water Park is the reason a lot of families book Relaxia Lanzasur Club. It sits about 200 metres from the entrance, an adjacent and separately ticketed venue run alongside the resort rather than a free facility inside the gates.
Getting in is a booking decision, not a given. You choose either a stay with unlimited Aqualava access or an all-inclusive stay without park access, and an all-inclusive band on its own doesn't get you in. Check the opening times and season before you build a day around the park, especially for a winter trip.
Timan Fire is the set of five slides with loops and sharp turns, and it has a minimum height of 1.20 metres, which puts it out of reach for under-fives and leaves it to older children and adults. Corsario Bay is the children's area, with slides, ramps and a giant octopus, and water depth set for children, so it's the part of the park aimed at younger ones. Unlike Timan Fire, it has no minimum height.
Aqualava Beach is a saltwater wave pool, which the park describes as the only one of its kind on Lanzarote. Magma River is a lazy river you drift along on one- or two-person floats, calm and open to all ages.
The park has lifeguards on duty, first aid, showers, changing rooms, lockers to rent, umbrellas and hammocks, Wi-Fi, a photography service and reduced-mobility access. The two places to eat inside it, the Timi Kitchen Restaurant and the Timi Shop, are covered above.
Down at the shoreThe beach
The nearest beach is Playa Flamingo, 300 metres from the resort along the surfaced seafront promenade, with Playa Dorada close by too. It's worth seeing the beach for yourself on arrival for the sand, the water and any beach bar, sunbeds or shade, and keeping young children within reach near the water. Spanish beaches use a flag system to show the day's sea conditions, so check the flags before anyone goes in, at Playa Flamingo or further afield.
For a bigger beach day, the Papagayo beaches are the draw. They're 10.1 km away, part of the Los Ajaches natural park and among the best on the island. They're not walkable, so it's a hire car or a taxi, with the drive somewhere between 10 and 25 minutes depending on the route.
Babies and toddlers
What's here for younger children, the honest picture on childcare and baby kit, and the rest of what fills a day.
There's a children's pool on site, and a daytime and evening animation programme for children. Some booking sites describe a kids club for ages 4 to 12, though the resort's own pages don't name one, so treat that age range as unconfirmed and check it directly before you book. The programme is animation for all ages rather than a signed-up club with set hours.
For play there's an outdoor playground with swings, slides, climbing bars and springs, and an indoor games room with billiards, ping pong, darts, arcade machines and children's attractions for a hot or windy afternoon.
The gap to know about is care for the youngest children. No crèche or babysitting is advertised, so plan on there being none and confirm with the resort before booking if that's a dealbreaker. Baby kit is the same picture, with cots, high chairs and bottle warmers not listed anywhere, so plan to bring what you need and check with the resort. The kitchen in every unit at least makes bottles and baby food straightforward.
Around the siteThings to do
Alongside the playground and the games room, there's a gym with a personal trainer, charged as an extra, and massages on request, also an extra, rather than a full spa. The animation team runs recreational and sporty activities for all ages through the day and into the evening. Wi-Fi is free across the resort, and there's a television and reading room.
On services, reception handles car and bicycle hire and excursion booking, and there's a laundry, shops on the complex, currency exchange, free luggage storage and late check-out for an extra charge.
The area and days out
Playa Blanca on the doorstep, and what the rest of the island holds once you have a car.
Playa Blanca town centre is about 1.5 km away, a walk of roughly 15 to 20 minutes along the promenade, with restaurants, bars, shops, cafés and the harbour. It's lively without being a party resort. Marina Rubicón, with more restaurants, boutiques and a small harbour, is nearby too. Playa Blanca as a whole is the quieter, more resort-minded corner of Lanzarote, away from the busier Costa Teguise and Puerto del Carmen further north.
To see the rest of the island you'll want a car. Timanfaya National Park, the volcanic landscape with camel rides and coach tours, is roughly 30 to 40 minutes' drive. The La Gería wine region, where vines grow in volcanic hollows, is about 30 minutes. Closer in, the Charco de los Clicos, a green crater lagoon, is 15 to 20 minutes and free to look at, and the Salinas de Janubio salt flats are a short drive.
Out on the water, the underwater sculpture museum by Jason deCaires Taylor sits off the coast and is reached by glass-bottom boat or on a dive, and a ferry runs from Playa Blanca harbour to Corralejo on Fuerteventura, a crossing of about 35 minutes and an easy day out. For the island as a whole and how the south compares with the rest of it, see our Lanzarote guide.
Getting there and when to go
The journey in, the months that suit young children, the weather behind them and how the complex sits against its neighbours.
Lanzarote Airport, ACE, near Arrecife, is about 22 miles (35 km) away, roughly 30 minutes by car. A taxi or a hire car are the usual ways in, and the resort also runs its own transfer and excursion service, which has to be booked in advance rather than laid on automatically. Parking is free, both on site and in the public spaces outside, with no booking needed. A hire car is the practical choice if you plan to get out to Papagayo, Timanfaya or the vineyards. Swimwear is for the beach and pool in Spain, not the streets or the promenade, and fines apply if you're caught wearing it elsewhere. Pets aren't allowed at the resort, other than guide dogs.
On timing, the shoulder months of April to June and September to October give warm days without the peak-summer heat or crowds. July and August are the hottest and busiest, with strong sun and the odd calima, a hot dusty wind off the Sahara that can make a day outside unpleasant, though most visits won't run into it. Winter days are mild rather than hot, and the heated adult pool matters more then, since the sea stays cool.
Month by monthWeather
Lanzarote is one of the driest and sunniest of the Canary Islands, with around 100 mm of rain in a whole year. Sun protection matters all year, and the UV is at its strongest from June to August. The sea is coolest in spring and winter, sitting around 18°C, and warmest in late summer at about 22°C, so you'll rely on the pools more than the sea with young children outside the hottest months. Even winter holds around 7 hours of sunshine a day, more than many UK summer days, so there's still plenty of daylight for time outdoors while the water stays cool.
| 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.
How it compares
Within Playa Blanca, what sets Relaxia Lanzasur Club apart at its price is the Aqualava Water Park next door and the self-catering base that comes with it, plus the Bungalow Magma for a large family. Tour operators class it as a family water-park resort, with First Choice listing it under its SplashWorld banner. For a review score, check TripAdvisor, Google or a booking site directly.
The five-star Princesa Yaiza and the more adult-focused H10 Suites Lanzarote Gardens are different propositions, aimed at different budgets and holidays, so the closest comparison is other 3-star apartment complexes in the area without a water park attached.
Questions
The things families ask most, and where to see the photos.
Does an all-inclusive booking include the Aqualava Water Park?
No, the two are booked separately. All-inclusive covers the buffet board, not park entry, so if the water park is your main reason for coming, make sure your booking is the one with unlimited access before you pay.
Is there childcare so we can get an evening to ourselves?
Not in the way a crèche would. There's no crèche or babysitting advertised here, and the children's animation programme is supervised activity rather than drop-off care. If a child-free evening is part of the plan, confirm exactly what's on offer before you book rather than counting on it.
What should we pack for a baby?
Plan to bring your own cot, high chair and feeding kit. None of it is listed as provided here, so don't count on borrowing it, and check with the resort if you'd rather not carry it all. The one thing in your favour is the kitchen in every unit, which makes bottles and baby food easy without a bottle warmer.
Is the Aqualava Water Park open all year?
Don't assume it runs year round. For a winter or shoulder-season trip especially, check the current opening times and season with the resort before you book around the park.
Do we need to hire a car?
Not for the resort itself. Playa Blanca town is a 15 to 20 minute walk and Playa Flamingo is 300 metres away. You'll want a car, though, for Papagayo, Timanfaya and the vineyards, none of which are walkable. For the airport it's a taxi, a hire car or the resort's own transfer, booked ahead.
Can young children swim at the nearest beach?
Playa Flamingo is a 300 metre walk along the promenade. Keep small children within reach at the water's edge and check the day's beach flags before anyone goes in. For a fuller beach day the Papagayo beaches are the bigger draw, and those need a car or a taxi.
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Useful links
- Relaxia Lanzasur Club: the resort's own site for the units, the board options and Aqualava access.
- GOV.UK Spain travel advice: entry rules and safety updates before you travel.
- Lanzarote with little ones: our guide to the island, its beaches and when to go.
Last updated 17 July 2026.
