Inland, off the main road

Not a beach destination: San Bartolomé sits in the eastern interior, and reaching it means coming off the main road and climbing into the village. Visitors head there for rural houses and for the quiet, and that inland position — away from the shoreline — is what alters the way the transfer is set up.

Route details

Origin: Aeropuerto César Manrique-Lanzarote
Destination: San Bartolomé
Duration: 20 min
Distance: 14 km
Indicative price: No price published

There is no published price for this route. The meter sets the amount: the fare starts at the minimum and adds the price per kilometre plus the airport-area surcharge.

Indicative distances and times: island traffic changes them at any hour.

Map of Lanzarote

Where the road leaves the coast

The run keeps to the south road only as far as the turn inland, and from there it climbs to the village. The view changes with it: installations and shoreline give way to vineyards and walls of volcanic stone. It is not a long journey, and it is not the most direct one on the island either — the inland detour is precisely what separates it from a drop at one of the beach settlements.

An address the driver can find after dark

The rural houses of San Bartolomé are dotted about the fields, and a good many of them carry nothing from the track to say they are there. Take the address in writing, street and number, and add something the driver will recognise at night — the square, the church, a junction. If the property has a gate or a dirt track leading up to it, say so before the turn-off: those things are corrected at the start of a journey or not at all.

Why the night changes it

In daylight the queue at the airport is enough. Arriving at night is another matter: a rural house with no landmark takes time to find in the dark, and the fleet inland is smaller than the one on the coast. Tell the San Bartolomé dispatch before your flight and leave the service settled — from Ireland, ring with 0034, Spain's international dialling code, in front of the number. This portal does not make that arrangement for you.

Bus, hire car, or the taxi

The bus comes through the village on the way south and costs less if you travel light, though it leaves a stretch to be covered to the rural accommodation. Hiring a car is the usual choice for country houses, because it takes you to the door and lets you move about the island. For the first arrival with cases, the taxi remains the most direct.

Frequently asked questions

Will the route take in the village even if I am not staying there?

The car goes to the address you give it and nothing else: if your accommodation is in the village, the inland detour is the journey; if you are heading elsewhere on the island, there is no need to come through here at all. Unsure? Ask the driver what route they intend to take — it is the quickest way to settle it.

Are the rural houses known to the drivers?

Some are and some are not, particularly those down minor tracks. That is why a written address and a landmark that stands out are worth having, along with a word about the gate or the final dirt stretch before you set off for the property.

Is there a rank in the village itself?

Signposted ranks do exist in the centre, though the traffic through them is nothing like the coast. For a pick-up at a set time, ring the San Bartolomé dispatch: it covers the municipality and will tell you honestly whether a car is free.