This guide is built from the live property pages and booking engine of Lanzarote Retreats — sleeping capacities, inclusions, distances and prices come from the operator, never invented. We have not stayed in these homes ourselves; we research them and send readers.

What the Eco Luxury Villa Actually Is

Most of the 21 homes at Finca de Arrieta are cottages, yurts or small houses. The Eco Luxury Villa is the one that looks and feels like a proper villa. Lanzarote Retreats describes it as a classical aljibe, a water repository, that has been transformed into a house with wooden flooring and traditional stone walls, furnished with a mix of Moroccan and Indonesian pieces, and recently renovated with a strong commitment to sustainability. In plain terms: thick stone walls that stay cool in summer and cosy in winter, hardwood floors and a lot of character.

The headline numbers from the operator are 200 m² of interior space on a single level, two bedrooms, an en-suite bathroom plus a further shower room, a partially open-plan lounge and dining area with double patio doors, a custom hardwood-and-granite kitchen with an oven, grill, four-ring hob and fridge/freezer, and free fast wifi. Outside there is a private walled and gated garden with a shaded dining hut, a day bed, a hammock and a barbecue, plus access to the Finca’s shared pool. Because everything is on one level, it also works for grandparents or a toddler who has just discovered stairs.

One honest framing: we have not stayed here. We research Lanzarote Retreats’ homes from the operator’s own pages and booking engine and send readers who ask us where to stay, so everything below is what the operator says, with our judgement about who it suits.

Room by Room: Who Sleeps Where

The villa sleeps up to four adults plus two children or infants. The master bedroom has mountain views, antique furniture and a king-sized four-poster bed (180 cm), a built-in wardrobe, and an en-suite bathroom with a walk-in shower, a bath and a WC. The second bedroom has wooden floors and hand-painted Chinese furniture. The lounge has six seats, a Moroccan coffee table and an Indonesian day bed that the operator says comfortably sleeps additional guests.

For a family that works out like this:

• Two adults and two children: parents in the four-poster room, children in the second bedroom. Easy, with space to spare.
• Two adults and up to four children or infants: the extra children sleep on the lounge day bed, which the operator says sleeps additional guests. Check the exact bed set-up with the reservations team when you book.
• Two couples (or grandparents plus a family): two bedrooms and two bathrooms make it workable, with the day bed for a child.

The listing mentions a second shower room but does not say the second bedroom has its own en-suite, so if privacy between two couples matters, ask Lanzarote Retreats how the bathrooms are laid out before you pay the deposit.

The Garden, the Pool and the Village Around It

This is where the villa earns its price. The walled, gated garden is private, so small children can play without anyone watching the gate, and the shaded dining hut means breakfast and long lunches happen outdoors even when the sun is strong. There is a barbecue, a hammock and a day bed.

The pool is shared rather than private: the Finca’s solar-heated pool is 13 m × 2.5 m and the operator says it is open all year. It is a lap-and-splash pool, not a resort lagoon, and in winter it is the village’s one pool for everyone, so if a private pool is the point of your holiday, the Eco Luxury Farmhouse (with its own solar-heated pool) is the home to look at instead.

Around you is the rest of Finca de Arrieta: a play park, giant chess, ping-pong, donkeys, chickens and fresh eggs from the hen house, a honesty shop open 24/7, and a paella evening on Mondays subject to availability. A 300 m track leads down to Playa de la Garita, an 810 m golden-sand beach with a beach bar and restaurant, showers, a play park and generally calm water that the operator calls ideal for first-time surfing and body-boarding.

What Off-Grid Means in a Villa This Size

Finca de Arrieta runs on solar panels with a generator back-up. Lanzarote Retreats says you can use ordinary appliances as you would on the mains, but to conserve energy it does not fit dishwashers, televisions, electric kettles, electric water heaters, high-watt bulbs or irons. Hot water comes from a gas water heater in each home, and hairdryers are available on request rather than provided as standard.

For us that is a feature, not a flaw: it is a villa where the evening plan is a barbecue and a card game instead of a screen. But it is worth being clear with teenagers. You get free fast wifi, so phones work; you do not get a television. There is also no air conditioning and no heating. The operator says temperatures sit around 18–28 °C year-round and the stone walls do the work, with fans on request; the weather table the operator publishes shows January averaging 18 °C and February 18 °C. In practice that means a fleece for the evenings and a light waterproof in case of a shower.

What a Winter Week Costs: Real Quotes From the Booking Engine

Lanzarote Retreats has no fixed rate card: the price depends on dates. When we checked the booking engine on 23 October 2026, it quoted these totals for 7 nights for 2 adults. Children 17 and under go free at Finca de Arrieta, so adding children did not change the quote in our other Finca samples; treat the numbers as a dated snapshot and check the live calendar.

Read it as: late January is the cheapest of our samples, and February is the dearest. That is for the whole villa, which sleeps up to six. The operator’s rules are the usual ones: a 30% non-refundable deposit at booking, balance 30 days before arrival, and a deposit that is forfeited if you cancel, so we would take out travel insurance.

Before 18 December 2026 the same booking engine can also price November and early-December weeks; ask for a quote for your dates, and remember that Christmas and New Year dates are excluded from the code that covers pre-18 December stays.

Eco Luxury Villa vs Farmhouse vs Barn vs Garden Cottage

If you are weighing this against its neighbours, here are the four we would put on the list, with the winter quotes from the same day:

The Eco Luxury Villa5% off · code inside is the best fit for a family of four to six who want space, a bath and a private garden but are happy to share a pool. The Eco Barn5% off · code inside is the value family home for two adults with up to three children. The Eco Garden Cottage5% off · code inside is the cheapest way to get four adults or a family of six into the village. And the Eco Luxury Farmhouse5% off · code inside is for big groups who want their own pool.

Getting There and Getting Around

Finca de Arrieta is about 20 km from Arrecife airport. Lanzarote Retreats can arrange a private return transfer for Finca guests, and the package includes a complimentary 5-seater car for up to 7 days (7-seaters are extra; drivers must be 25+ with at least two years’ licence; request at least 48 hours before arrival). Child car seats are free on request. A bus stop sits on the main road by the Finca, so a car-free day is realistic, but for Timanfaya, the César Manrique sites and the island’s markets you will want wheels for at least part of the week.

From Helsinki the flight is roughly six hours and Lanzarote is two hours behind Finland in winter; from the UK it is about four hours and the same time zone. Check-in is from 16:00 and check-out by 10:00; self check-in works, and the Finca has an on-site team and a WhatsApp concierge.

Who Should Not Book It

We would steer you elsewhere in a few cases. If you want a private pool or a hot tub, book the Farmhouse or a villa in the south. If you want air conditioning, only Arrecife Sands has it, and the north coast in winter does not need it anyway. If you are a big group of eight or more, look at the Farmhouse, Casa Pino or Villa Palacio & Yurts. If you want a restaurant-and-nightlife holiday, Arrieta is a quiet fishing village with seafront fish restaurants and a pizzeria, not a resort. And if you need a television for the children, the Finca will be a culture shock, which some families find is the best part.

How to Book With the Hungrytravelfamily Codes

Bookings are made directly with Lanzarote Retreats on lanzaroteretreats.com; we never take payment. Pick your dates on the Eco Luxury Villa5% off · code inside page and enter the code in the discount-code field at checkout: HUNGRYTRAVELFAMILY5 for stays up to and including 18 December 2026 (Christmas and New Year excluded) or HUNGRYTRAVELFAMILY275 for stays from January 2027. Either way it is 5% off. The price on the property page is the normal price; the discount comes off at checkout. If you would rather book by WhatsApp or phone, ask the reservations team to apply the code through the web page. We are Lanzarote Retreats’ affiliate partner and may earn a commission on bookings made with our codes — the 5% discount is yours either way. Our full overview of the island’s homes is on our Lanzarote stays hub.

FAQ

Our Honest Final Word

We have not slept in the Eco Luxury Villa, so we will not tell you what the four-poster feels like. What the operator’s pages and booking engine tell us is that it is the Finca’s best all-round family villa: 200 m² on one level, two bathrooms, a private garden, a beach 300 metres away, and a weekly price that does not grow with the number of children. The caveats are the ones that come with off-grid living: no television, no air conditioning, a shared pool and a fleece for the evenings.

If that sounds like your kind of week, book directly on lanzaroteretreats.com and use code HUNGRYTRAVELFAMILY5 for stays until 18 December 2026 (Christmas and New Year excluded) or HUNGRYTRAVELFAMILY275 for stays from January 2027 — 5% off either way. Compare the Eco Luxury Villa5% off · code inside with the Eco Luxury Farmhouse5% off · code inside, the Eco Barn5% off · code inside and the Eco Garden Cottage5% off · code inside before you decide, and book winter weeks early.

5% off · reader codes below

Our Finca de Arrieta picks

Tap a home to see live availability and the exact price for your dates on the operator’s own site. At checkout enter HUNGRYTRAVELFAMILY5 for stays until 18 December 2026 (Christmas & New Year excluded) or HUNGRYTRAVELFAMILY275 for stays from January 2027 — 5% off either way.

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We are Lanzarote Retreats’ affiliate partner and may earn a commission on bookings made with our codes — the 5% discount is yours either way.