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The Royal Hideaway is the splurge. Two restaurants hold a MICHELIN star each, the thermal circuit has three saunas, and there’s an outdoor pool and a 24-hour gym.
It scores on the evening and loses on the morning. The terminal is about 2.9 km off by our map, a ten-minute drive per Hotels.com, and breakfast is extra, about €27.
Book it for the dinner, then take a taxi to the ship.
Book it if
- The last night ashore should feel like the trip
- You want a starred dinner without leaving the hotel
- A spa evening matters
Look elsewhere if
- You want to walk to the ship
- You want breakfast in the rate
- You’re bringing a pet
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Royal Hideaway publishes and our own map estimates.
Two restaurants with a MICHELIN star each, Muxgo by Borja Marrero and Poemas by Hermanos Padrón, plus 1890 La Bodeguita, a piano bar and a rooftop cocktail bar, per Hotels.com.
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 2.9 km from our pin in a straight line; Hotels.com puts the port about ten minutes’ drive.
Not in the base rate: a buffet for about €27 for adults and €23 for children, per Hotels.com.
the cruise terminal is about 2.9 km away in a straight line, so it’s a ride, not a walk. Your boarding documents set the check-in time, not the hotel.
Hotels.com lists on-site parking at €20 a day, limited. It’s for your stay; nothing says you can leave a car for a cruise.
Night-Before Score: 32 of 100
Every point comes from Barceló’s spa page for the hotel, with Hotels.com’s listing for rooms, times and fees (named where used); the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
By our map estimate Royal Hideaway is about 20.9 km from Gran Canaria Airport in a straight line, and about 2.9 km from the cruise terminal. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
No airport shuttle listed; Hotels.com puts the airport about 28 minutes’ drive.
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 2.9 km from our pin in a straight line; Hotels.com puts the port about ten minutes’ drive.
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.
Hotels.com lists on-site parking at €20 a day, limited. It’s for your stay; nothing says you can leave a car for a cruise.
Parking for your stay: On site, €20 a day, limited, height limits, per Hotels.com.
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 2.9 km from our pin in a straight line; Hotels.com puts the port about ten minutes’ drive.
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 terminalShips use the new terminal on the Muelle de Santa Catalina, inside the Puerto de La Luz. Royal Hideaway is about 2.9 km from our pin for the terminal in a straight line, and about 2.7 km from Parque Santa Catalina. No source publishes the terminal’s exact position; the Las Palmas cruise guide has the rest.
Source: seatrade-cruise.comDistance
~2.9 km, straight lineAbout 2.9 km from the cruise terminal in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.
Airport bus
Not statedThe hotel’s pages we read don’t say where the airport bus stops.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedHotels.com lists on-site parking at €20 a day, limited. It’s for your stay; nothing says you can leave a car for a cruise.
In town
No cruise parking rate publishedWe 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 evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteTwo restaurants with a MICHELIN star each, Muxgo by Borja Marrero and Poemas by Hermanos Padrón, plus 1890 La Bodeguita, a piano bar and a rooftop cocktail bar, per Hotels.com.
Breakfast
ExtraNot in the base rate: a buffet for about €27 for adults and €23 for children, per Hotels.com.
Address
León y Castillo, in Parque DoramasLeón y Castillo 227, 35005 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Royal Hideaway and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm rooms, times and fees on barceló’s own pages; we read hotels.com for those, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Not in the base rate: a buffet for about €27 for adults and €23 for children, per Hotels.com.
Parking for your stay
On site, €20 a day, limited, height limits, per Hotels.com
Pool
An outdoor pool, 10:30 to 17:30, with a lifeguard, per Hotels.com.
Pets
Not allowed, per Hotels.com.
Food and drink on site
- Muxgo by Borja MarreroOne MICHELIN star
- Poemas by Hermanos PadrónOne MICHELIN star, selected days
- Bar CarabelaPiano bar
- Alis RooftopCocktails, selected days
Rooms
204 rooms over five floors, with family rooms and suites for three, per Hotels.com.
Accessibility
A lift, accessible parking and an accessible desk, per Hotels.com.
On site
- GymYes
- Sauna or spaYes
- Family roomsYes
- Pets allowedNo
Also worth knowing
- Thermal circuit with three saunas and a heated hydrotherapy pool, per Barceló
- Spa access €15 a day, per Hotels.com
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Breakfast about €27 for adults, per Hotels.com.
- Spa access €15 a day.
- Parking €20 a day, limited.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Rooms, times and fees on Barceló’s own pages; we read Hotels.com for those
Every hotel fact here comes from Barceló’s spa page for the hotel, with Hotels.com’s listing for rooms, times and fees (named where used), 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.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Royal Hideaway: the Las Palmas cruise guide and Las Palmas as a port of call.
A starred dinner in the park, a taxi to the ship.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Royal Hideaway for the night before. No payment on the form.
Royal Hideaway FAQ
Does Santa Catalina Royal Hideaway have MICHELIN-starred restaurants?
Yes, two: Muxgo by Borja Marrero and Poemas by Hermanos Padrón, per Hotels.com. Book ahead.
Is breakfast included at Santa Catalina, a Royal Hideaway Hotel?
Not in the base rate. Hotels.com lists the buffet at about €27 for adults and €23 for children.
How far is the Royal Hideaway from the cruise port?
About 2.9 km in a straight line from our pin for the terminal; Hotels.com puts it about ten minutes’ drive.
Booking the cruise too?
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