Review of Villa Vista Reina in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote

At the end of March we took a trip to Lanzarote to get some winter sun. I’d been the year before and loved getting away from grey England to some much-needed Vitamin C. This year, my boyfriend, toddler, and I, stayed in the fab Villa Vista Reina in Playa Blanca – not far from all the fun of Flamingo Beach. Here’s my review…

Reggie, Ben and I arrived at Villa Vista Reina, in the Vista Lobos area, desperate to not be on any kind of transport any longer. It’d been a long day!

Maria, the villa rep was there, ready and waiting to greet us with a smile and the keys to relaxation. She helped us with our bags as we ascended up the stairs to the front door at Villa Vista Reina.

Oh it was good to be inside!

And Champagne? For us? Go on then.

The villa already looked great – Maria took us on a house tour around everything we needed and wanted for our 5 days away.

Sleeping at Villa Vista Reina

Villa Vista Reina is a 6-bed villa. The best two rooms were upstairs (bag those ones quick!) but we wanted to be downstairs as I already had my eye on the bunk bed room for my son. At two years old, and almost a metre tall already, I always worry where and how he’s going to sleep when we go away.

He’s still in a large cot at home, but he’s well past a travel cot.

I’d studied the photos of the villa online, and thought if I could turn the bunk bed round, he could sleep in there – with a barrier to stop him falling out. It worked perfectly. And he loved having all the space. He affectionately named it ‘New Bed’.

There were two single beds in this room, as well as the bunk bed, but we chose a double room on the same level as him. The one at the back with the other bunk bed, as it was the biggest bed.

There was still another double downstairs, with an en suite, and a single room downstairs too.

So, two double en suites upstairs, one large double with a bunk bed downstairs, one double en suite downstairs, one bunk and two singles in a room, and then a single too. Lots of space!

Eating at Villa Vista Reina

The first night we were there, Maria told us about Baily Bar over the road. It was just a 5-minute walk and seeing as we were well past our usual dinner time, it seemed the easiest option. I had chicken and chips (classic) and the lads had Spag Bol. Mine was fine, neither of those two could eat theirs though, saying it was grim.

Not what we wanted for our first night!

We walked back to the villa and had an early night after our travel day.

Next morning and I’d packed some instant porridges for Reggie, and together with the milk we’d been given in the fridge, he was fine. But what about us?

We walked into town, to SuperDino supermarket, to pick up some essentials for the house, and to make the most of the BBQ at the villa.