Seaside Grand Hotel Residencia
Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Location
In a Maspalomas palm grove
In an ancient palm grove at Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, a five-minute walk from the Maspalomas beach and dunes nature reserve, around thirty to forty minutes from Gran Canaria airport.
Transfer
A Gran Canaria transfer
Around thirty to forty minutes from Gran Canaria airport, to the palm grove at Maspalomas in the south of the island.
Villas
Around 94 rooms & suites
Around ninety-four spacious rooms and suites in two-storey white-washed colonial villas, with Alberto Pinto interiors and private terraces framed by bougainvillaea; an intimate, formal, adults-oriented house.
Best For
Who it suits
Adults-oriented and quiet — couples and discerning solo travellers seeking calm luxury, with a high-repeat, owner-managed feel and a jacket required for the roof-terrace dinner — Gran Canaria's only Leading Hotel, in a palm grove by the Maspalomas dunes.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast or half board, with a set roof-terrace menu most nights, a gourmet restaurant and a poolside restaurant for tapas and light meals.
About the Resort
An intimate adults-oriented grande dame of Maspalomas
Seaside Grand Hotel Residencia is the intimate adults-oriented grande dame of Maspalomas — Gran Canaria's only Leading Hotels of the World member, at the highest Gran Lujo classification, with just ninety-four rooms in white-washed colonial villas set in an ancient palm grove by the Maspalomas dunes. Alberto Pinto interiors, a heated saltwater lagoon pool and a salt-cave spa set the tone, and dinner is a formal four- or five-course affair on the roof terrace, jacket required. Quiet, calm and owner-managed, it draws couples and discerning solo travellers seeking calm luxury, with concierge-arranged golf at eight nearby courses. The setting is the south of Gran Canaria: the protected dunes and beach of Maspalomas, a vast nature reserve of shifting sand, lie a five-minute walk away, the resort town of Playa del Ingles runs alongside, and the volcanic interior of the island, from Roque Nublo to the mountain villages, rises behind. It is the intimate, quiet-luxury grande dame of the Canaries, the only Gran Canaria choice here — distinct from the islands' big family resorts. Year-round winter sun.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
Around ninety-four spacious rooms and suites sit in two-storey white-washed colonial villas, with Alberto Pinto interiors and private terraces framed by bougainvillaea, an intimate, formal, adults-oriented house. With so few rooms in an ancient palm grove, the feel is closer to a private estate than a resort, quiet and owner-managed, the dunes a short walk away.
Entry
Superior Room
Sleeps two. A colonial-style room with a planted private terrace, garden or dune-side.
Private terraceGarden outlook
Pool
Deluxe Pool-view Room
Sleeps two. A room overlooking the saltwater lagoon pool.
Pool-viewPool outlook
Suite
Junior Suite
Sleeps two. An open-plan suite with an espresso machine and a sofa, over the garden, dune or pool.
Open-planGarden outlook
Top
Master Suite
Sleeps two. A separate lounge and bedroom, the top tier.
Top tierGarden outlook
Food & Drink
Dining
Dinner is a formal four- or five-course affair on the roof terrace, jacket required, joined by a gourmet restaurant with open-air terraces and a poolside restaurant for tapas and light meals. It is old-school, ceremonious dining, a rarity on the islands and part of what keeps guests returning. The kitchen leans on Canarian and Mediterranean produce, the roof terrace open to the warm island night.
Signature
The roof-terrace dinner
The roof-terrace dinner, a four- or five-course menu; jacket required.
Gourmet
The gourmet restaurant
The gourmet restaurant, with open-air terraces.
Poolside
The poolside restaurant
The poolside restaurant, tapas and light meals.
Wellbeing
The spa & pools
A wellness oasis brings a salt cave and ice fountain, a Turkish bath, sauna and treatments and an outdoor fitness area, joined by a heated saltwater lagoon pool and a second pool, with the Maspalomas beach a short walk away. Wellness here is intimate and unhurried, the salt-cave spa and the lagoon pool the quiet heart of a calm-luxury stay.
A salt-cave spa
A salt-cave spa, and ice fountain.
A saltwater lagoon pool
A saltwater lagoon pool, heated.
The Maspalomas dunes
The Maspalomas dunes, a short walk away.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The intimacy, the palm grove and the formality define a stay — settle into one of just ninety-four rooms in colonial villas, relax by the heated saltwater lagoon pool and the salt-cave spa, and dress for the formal roof-terrace dinner. The Maspalomas dunes and beach, the volcanic interior of Gran Canaria and golf at eight nearby courses, concierge-arranged, all lie within reach, with the dunes a five-minute walk from the gate.
Gran Canaria's only Leading Hotel
Gran Canaria's only Leading Hotel, at Gran Lujo classification.
An ancient palm grove
An ancient palm grove, by the Maspalomas dunes.
Alberto Pinto design
Alberto Pinto design, in white-washed colonial villas.
The salt-cave spa
The salt-cave spa, and lagoon pool.
Formal roof-terrace dining
Formal roof-terrace dining, jacket required.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Gran Canaria
Around thirty to forty minutes from Gran Canaria airport.
In the grove
Maspalomas
In an ancient palm grove at Maspalomas, a short walk from the dunes.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Seaside Grand Hotel Residencia. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast or half board.
Year-round
- Year-round, subtropical winter sun.
Made for couples
- Made for couples and calm-luxury seekers.
Getting there
- Around thirty to forty minutes from Gran Canaria airport.
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