Car rental in Lanzarote for the Timanfaya volcanic park, the Jameos del Agua caves and the Cesar Manrique architecture trail. ACE airport is central.
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Sample prices for a 7-day rental. Final price, deposit and terms are confirmed on Localrent.
No-deposit options
About a third of cars in Spain come with no deposit hold at pickup - look for the "No deposit" badge.
Full insurance
Zero-excess cover available on most cars - nothing taken from the deposit if something happens.
Airport & city pickup
Desks at the airport and in the city centre.
Free cancellation
Cancel free on most bookings, often up to 48 hours before pickup.
Roads here are good and traffic is light, so pick by group size and how far inland you are heading, not by looks.
Economy
The cheapest way round the island and the most common pick. Fine for two with luggage.
Automatic
Easier on the climbs up to Haria and the north. Automatics are limited, so book early.
7-seater & van
For families or two couples sharing one car between the resorts and the sights.
Luxury & convertible
Open-top for the coast roads. Deposits run higher on premium groups.
Lanzarote is one island where a car earns its keep faster than almost anywhere on the Spanish coast. Buses connect the three resorts, but they skip the inland sights, so Timanfaya, La Geria, the Cesar Manrique centres and the ferry port for La Graciosa are effectively off the public network. Small cars here are among the cheapest in the Canaries, which is why most visitors compare car rental in Lanzarote rather than rely on coach tours.
The island is small - under 60 km end to end - so a single base reaches everything. From a Costa Teguise base, for example, every headline site is within about 35 minutes' drive.
Payment and deposit
When you book you pay only a small upfront amount - usually 15-20% of the hire cost. The rest is settled at the desk on pickup. The deposit in most cases is fully refundable, and about a third of cars in Spain are handed over with no deposit at all - those are marked in the results. If you only have a debit card, pick a no-deposit rate or a cash-deposit option: nothing gets frozen on your card.
The three resorts sit close together on the east and south coasts, so hopping between them is quick. Costa Teguise is around 16 km from the airport, Puerto del Carmen about 9 km, and Playa Blanca roughly 29 km down at the southern tip.
The drives that need a car are the inland and coastal ones. Timanfaya National Park sits on the LZ-2 - Playa Blanca is about 15 minutes from the gate, Puerto del Carmen around 20 minutes, and Arrecife roughly 30. The northern loop through Haria, Mirador del Rio, Jameos del Agua and the Cueva de los Verdes runs about 30 to 37 km from Arrecife, and Orzola, the port for the La Graciosa ferry, is at the far north tip. The La Geria wine region sits roughly in the middle, about 20 km from Arrecife.
End to end, crossing the island is short: Playa Blanca to Costa Teguise is about 25 miles and takes around 40 minutes by car.
Driving on Lanzarote - the basics
Arrecife, the island capital, is large enough that it falls under Spain's rule requiring towns over 50,000 people to bring in a low-emission zone, with vehicles graded by a DGT windscreen sticker (0, ECO, C or B).
For a hire car this does not cause problems. Cars rented on Lanzarote are modern and already carry the DGT sticker the zone requires, so a rental can drive into Arrecife with no extra paperwork. The fines target older, non-compliant private cars, not yours - just check the sticker is on the windscreen at pickup and photograph it.
Most car hire in Lanzarote starts at the airport, where the desks and the cheapest rates are. For terminals, supplier desks and the arrivals walk-through, see the Lanzarote Airport car hire page. You can also collect in resort - desks operate in Puerto del Carmen, Costa Teguise and Playa Blanca. Either way, an no-deposit rate with full cover built in avoids a deposit hold.
Prices are lowest in late spring and early summer - small cars in May and mid-size cars in June tend to be the cheapest stretches of the year, often a third below the rest. July and August are the peak: rates climb, automatics and 7-seaters go first, and La Graciosa ferries fill at weekends, so book a few weeks ahead. Winter stays warm in the high teens with the odd rainy day, the Timanfaya queues thin out, and a car still makes sense for the inland trips once you are past beach weather.
Yes. Cars rented on Lanzarote carry the DGT sticker the zone requires, so a hire car can enter freely.
Check the windscreen sticker at pickup and photograph it. The fines only apply to older, non-compliant vehicles.
Not long. Playa Blanca to Costa Teguise is about 40 km and around 40 minutes by car.
Most drives between the resorts and the main sights are under 35 minutes.
A credit card is not always required - it is needed to hold the security deposit. At pickup the supplier freezes the deposit amount on the card: the money is not charged and is released when you return the car undamaged.
Without a credit card you still have options: choose a cash-payment rate (the «Cash» filter option) or a no-deposit rate, and nothing is held.
The deposit is an amount the rental company holds as a guarantee for the car. Road fines or damage can be deducted from it.
If the car comes back without problems, the deposit is released in full. It is a temporary hold on your card, not a charge.
It depends on the car class and the supplier - you can see the exact amount on each car's card.
You can set a maximum deposit in the filter and the catalogue shows only matching offers. The lower you set it, the fewer cars remain.
Yes. To see cars with no deposit, use the «No deposit» filter option. There are also cars with a small deposit or cash payment.
Note that "no deposit" means no hold at pickup, not no booking payment - a small upfront amount is still taken when you book. If nothing suits, contact our support team.
The deposit is the amount frozen on your card at pickup and released when you return the car undamaged.
The excess is the part of any damage you pay yourself even with insurance - anything above it is covered by the insurer.
In practice, damage is taken from the deposit up to the excess, so the deposit is often set to match it. A full, zero-excess policy removes both: you do not pay for damage and the hold is usually waived.
Cover comes in levels:
You see the available rates on each car's card when booking.
If you would rather not depend on the deposit and excess, choose the full rate.
Yes, some cars can be paid in cash - use the «Cash» filter option.
You pay a small upfront amount by debit or credit card when booking (usually 15-20% of the total), and the rest in cash at pickup.
Yes, paying for the car with cryptocurrency is possible - contact our support team to arrange it.
Taking the car by ferry to Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria or other islands must be agreed with the supplier in advance, and not all of them allow it.
It is often simpler to hire a separate car on the second island. If you plan a ferry, check the terms with our support team.
Yes. In the search, set a pick-up and a drop-off point - for example collect at the airport and return in Playa Blanca or Costa Teguise.
By default the car is returned to the same place you collected it.
Most are manual, as across Spain. Automatics cost more and sell out first, especially in summer, so book one early if you need it - it makes the climbs up to Haria and the north easier.
You need a passport, a driving licence and the rental voucher - the voucher can be shown on your phone or tablet.
It states the final price with your chosen options and insurance, so the amount due at the desk will not change.
To hire through our rental companies you need at least 2 years of driving experience.
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