One of Europe's best beaches.
Famara faces the North Atlantic swells head-on. When they break, the waves can reach four metres. In summer at low tide, a perfect school for beginners. A dozen certified surf schools in the village.
The great beach
Famara, where Lanzarote runs out of words.
Six kilometres of golden sand under a 600-metre cliff. Across the water, the sharp outline of La Graciosa, the eighth island. Surfers at dawn, kitesurfers at noon, children with buckets until sunset. The great beach of an entire island.
Sunset, low-tide mirror
Walkers beneath the cliff
Caleta de Famara from above
Black sand, turquoise water
Pools beneath the cliff
6 kmof golden sand
670 mFamara cliff
30 minfrom Tinaguache
Top Europesurf destination
A ferry away.
Opposite Famara, the eighth Canary island — La Graciosa — a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. No paved roads, no traffic. The ferry leaves from Órzola, forty minutes by car. Perfect day: surf in the morning, La Graciosa in the afternoon.
Caleta de Famara.
A traditional fishing village, today the sanctuary of European surf. Restaurants with the day's catch, board shops, low houses facing the ocean. César Manrique grew up watching this horizon; he painted it a hundred times.
Atlantic mirror.
When the tide drops, the wet sand turns into a mirror. The sun falls behind the cliff and for ten minutes the landscape inverts: clouds at your feet, sky doubled. Famara's sunsets are renowned across Europe.
Weather now
Climate in Caleta de Famara.
Steady northerly breeze, clean sunsets. The cliff's microclimate makes the beach a year-round surf destination.
Twenty minutes by car from Tinaguache. Leave with a board, return with calm.
Want to sleep in Famara itself? We manage another house there: Famara Risco House →