Elba Vecindario, Las Palmas: Pre-Cruise Hotel Review

The verdict

Elba Vecindario is for the flight, not the ship. It lists a free airport shuttle, free outdoor parking, a pool and a gym.

The terminal is about 33 km north by our map, so it ranks last for a cruise. Use it the night you land late, or the night after the cruise before an early flight.

Book it if

You land late the night before
You fly out early after the cruise

Look elsewhere if

You want Las Palmas on your last evening
You want to walk to the ship

Sail Morning

Your night before, from here

From check-in to the gangway, using only what Elba Vecindario publishes and our own map estimates.

Evening

Check in and settle

The El Lagar restaurant, per a photo caption on Elba’s page.

Before bed

Line up your morning

No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 33 km from our pin in a straight line, back past the airport.

Sail morning

Breakfast

Elba’s page doesn’t say whether breakfast is included.

Heading out

To the quay

This is an airport-area hotel south of LPA. The terminal is about 33 km north in a straight line, so take a taxi, or line 60 from the airport.

While you sail

Your car

Elba lists free outdoor parking and paid indoor parking. Neither is offered for a cruise week, and the ship is about 33 km away.

Score

Night-Before Score: 19 of 100

19No. 10 of 10

Distance to the ship10/30

Getting to the ship0/25

Parking while you sail0/20

Free breakfast0/10

The evening before9/15

Every point comes from Elba’s page for the hotel; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.

To the Ship

Getting here, and on to the ship

By our map estimate Elba Vecindario is about 10.5 km from Gran Canaria Airport in a straight line, and about 33 km from the cruise terminal. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.

Leg 1 · Gran Canaria Airport to the hotel

Free airport shuttle

Elba lists a free airport shuttle; no times are given, so ask when you book.

Leg 2 · Hotel to the ship

Shuttle not stated

No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 33 km from our pin in a straight line, back past the airport.

From LPA without a hotel shuttle

Global’s line 60 runs direct from the airport to Las Palmas, two buses an hour through the day, €2.30 to San Telmo and €2.95 to the Santa Catalina interchange beside the port, per Aena. Spain’s tourism board puts the taxi at about €30 to €50. The airport page has the fares.

Leg 1 · Drive in and park

Cruise parking unconfirmed

Elba lists free outdoor parking and paid indoor parking. Neither is offered for a cruise week, and the ship is about 33 km away.

Parking for your stay: Free outdoor parking; indoor parking for a fee, no price.

Leg 2 · Hotel to the ship

Shuttle not stated

No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 33 km from our pin in a straight line, back past the airport.

Flying in the morning you sail? A delayed flight leaves no slack on a one-way crossing, so the airport page recommends coming the day before; the airport page has the landing check.

Which quay

the cruise terminal

Ships use the new terminal on the Muelle de Santa Catalina, inside the Puerto de La Luz. Elba Vecindario is about 33 km from our pin for the terminal in a straight line, and about 32.7 km from Parque Santa Catalina. No source publishes the terminal’s exact position; the Las Palmas cruise guide has the rest.

Source: seatrade-cruise.com

Distance

~33 km, straight line

About 33 km from the cruise terminal in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.

Airport bus

Free airport shuttle

Elba lists a free airport shuttle.

Source: hoteleselba.com

Parking

Parking while you sail

Cruise parking

Cruise parking unconfirmed

Elba lists free outdoor parking and paid indoor parking. Neither is offered for a cruise week, and the ship is about 33 km away.

In town

No cruise parking rate published

We found no published cruise-parking rate at the terminal. A third-party port guide says parking on the port side is for workers and transfers, and names nearby public garages (Portoluz on Calle Albareda, Saba Santa Catalina on León y Castillo) without prices. MSC says its guests can book parking through MSC, again with no price shown. Come by taxi or bus.

The Night Before

The evening and the morning

The evening

Food or bar on site

The El Lagar restaurant, per a photo caption on Elba’s page.

Breakfast

Depends on the rate

Elba’s page doesn’t say whether breakfast is included.

Address

Avenida del Atlántico, Vecindario, south of the airport

Avenida del Atlántico 353, 35110 Vecindario, Gran Canaria
Hotel website

Fact Sheet

The fine print, in one place

Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Elba Vecindario and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm breakfast terms, check-in and check-out times, shuttle hours, so ask when you book.

Check-in and check-out

Check-inNot published

Check-outNot published

Breakfast

Elba’s page doesn’t say whether breakfast is included.

Parking for your stay

Free outdoor parking; indoor parking for a fee, no price

Pool

A pool and solarium, per Elba.

Pets

Not stated on Elba’s page.

Food and drink on site

El LagarRestaurant

Rooms

Standard and Executive rooms for up to three, 24 m², and Suites for four, 46 m², per Elba.

Accessibility

Elba Vecindario’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.

On site

GymYes
Sauna or spaNot stated
Family roomsNo
Pets allowedNot stated

Also worth knowing

Early check-in and late check-out subject to availability
Phone 928 724 300

Worth Knowing

Before you book

Worth knowing

Free airport shuttle, per Elba.
Free outdoor parking.
No check-in time published.

What we couldn’t confirm

Breakfast terms
Check-in and check-out times
Shuttle hours

Every hotel fact here comes from Elba’s page for the hotel, read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins; the terminal pin and most hotel pins are our estimates from the address.

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