| Costa Teguise | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Lanzarote # Canary Islands |
| Coordinates: | 28.999°N -13.502°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous Community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Las Palmas |
| Subdivision Type3: | Island |
| Subdivision Name3: | Lanzarote |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Teguise |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 1 January 2018 |
| Population Total: | 8306 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | WET |
| Utc Offset1: | +00:00 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | WEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +01:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
| Postal Code: | 35508 |
Costa Teguise is a coastal town in the Municipality of Teguise on the island of Lanzarote (in the Canary Islands of Spain). It was built intentionally to accommodate tourism, and prior to building commencing the streets were planned, constructed, and serviced in advance.
The town has four main beaches, all of which are natural: Playa de los Charcos, Playa de las Cucharas, Playa del Jablillo and Playa Bastián.
The company Explosivos Río Tinto, then directed by Mr. Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, later President of the Government, bought a 12 million square meter property, in order to destine it to a high level tourist urbanization, which it baptized as "Urbanización Costa de Teguise", which was therefore planned from the beginning as a tourist nucleus of the island.[1]
Construction began in 1970 with the first five-star hotel on Lanzarote, the Gran Meliá Salinas, designed by architect Fernando Higueras with the collaboration of local artist César Manrique. This has been followed by many other 4 and 5 star hotels.
Costa Teguise has four main beaches.[2]
Costa Teguise Golf was designed by John Harris and built in the late 1970s.[4] For about 30 years it was the only golf course on Lanzarote until Lanzarote Golf was built in Puerto del Carmen.[5] The course is integrated with the landscape of the island, taking advantage of the palm trees and the picón (black volcanic gravel)[6] as part of the course.
Public transport on the island of Lanzarote consists of a bus service provided by the company Arrecife Bus. The following lines connect Costa Teguise with the rest of the island:[7]
Costa Teguise has one primary (CEIP Costa Teguise) and one secondary school (Instituto), as well as a private school. (Colegio Arenas Internacional).The schools teach a wide variety of subjects including languages, such as English, Spanish, German, French and Chinese.