The best Gran Canaria resort hotels
An insider's guide to the best resort hotels in Gran Canaria, featuring the best places to stay for fun swimming pools, peaceful gardens, relaxing spas, and beachside locations, in locations including Maspalomas, Meloneras and Playa de Mogán.
This self-contained, family-friendly resort is sandwiched between beach and golf course near the island's southern tip. Two of its three main swimming pools are heated in winter and there is a trio of children’s pools. Staff really throw themselves into their roles, whether that be refereeing pool volleyball, preparing home-made sangria, or keeping children entertained at the miniclub. There’s a Kinesia wellness centre next to the reception and Suites & Villas guests are free to use the facilities of the adjoining four-star Dunas Maspalomas Resort.
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This large resort, situated on the outskirts of Los Caideros, adopts a “Yes, I Can!” level of service with everything possible done to ensure guest satisfaction. A bijou spa features a spa circuit of Finnish sauna, hammam, and whirlpool tub, and treatments are available. Sporty types will appreciate the padel (Argentinian hybrid of squash and tennis), tennis, and volleyball courts. There's an on-site supermarket to stock up on essentials.
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Set apart from Meloneras’ shopping centres, you would be forgiven for thinking Villa del Conde isolated - until you realise, as its name suggests, that it’s a village in its own right. There's a plaza that feels more like a square, while accommodations mimic traditional Canarian houses. The resort gardens include a putting green and there’s a new and improved gym on the third floor of D block. Meloneras hotels are noted for their wellness facilities, and Lopesan Villa del Conde is no exception. The 18+ Corallium Thalasso is open daily from 11am to 7pm. Packages, ranging in duration from three days up to a week, include circuits, facials, and algae wraps.
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Sheraton took the natural environment into account when building this resort, and chose to construct something that blends into its surroundings. The end result is not unlike a miniature Jenga tower set into the hillside. Ochre-coloured stone from the south of the island’s Ayagaures has been used in the exteriors, reflecting the area’s volcanic landscape. Facilities include an 11th-floor infinity pool, two golf courses, a fitness centre and the Aloe Spa, with Finnish sauna, steam bath and offering a range of treatments.
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Set back from the port and Mogán’s crescent-shaped bay, the hotel is just a five-minute walk from the beach. It aims to offer guests something approaching an authentic Gran Canaria stay and, accordingly, reception staff and waiters are dressed in traditional Canarian attire. Indeed, there are ecumenical tones everywhere, not least with the lobby’s stained-glass windows. The complex is more like a village than anything else, complete with its very own chapel, as well as more standard facilities such as pool, spa and four restaurants.
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Maspalomas is not as built up as its noisy neighbour Playa del Inglés, so hotels tend to be closer to the beach from which the resort takes its name; Seaside Palm Beach is no exception. The dunes and the five-mile stretch of shoreline that make up a coastal nature reserve are within comfortable walking distance. The hotels has a considered 1970s style, with colours that are big and bold, but reflect the hotel’s location. Vivid oranges and yellows represents the sun, beige the sand, and blues the ocean and sky.
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The idea of the Riu Palace Meloneras is to wow guests with the architecture – something it achieves with a lobby that reimagines Bath’s Royal Crescent as a single entity; replacing Georgian stone with a shiny bright crystal and white-paint combo. Inside, the look is neo baroque with a corridor of mirrors overlooked by giant chandeliers. The hotel's gardens with their palm trees offer plenty of shade and are a pleasure to stroll through. There’s also a gym and Body Love wellness centre, five swimming pools and four restaurants.
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The pristine exterior of Sentido's Gran Canaria Princess resort practically glows under the sunlight. In the reception, the orchids in giant vases and the colourful leather sofas soften the impact of the minimalist design. The hotel’s grounds are the focal point: sun loungers surround the two popular pools, while outdoor Balinese beds, external massage tables and hot tubs at the spa offer pleasant spaces to relax in the sunshine (a sauna and steam room are located indoors). Guests can also avail themselves of a tennis court and fitness centre.
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A popular choice with families, thanks to its position on the beach near Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria. The main facilities are water-based ones with two outdoor swimming pools and an indoor thalassotherapy centre featuring 28 individual treatment cabins for the purpose of alleviating anxiety and combating rheumatic conditions. There is also a spa with steam room and sauna, a fitness centre and kids' club.