Gran Canaria Airport to San Agustín
About 22 km from LPA and the first resort stop on line 66, reached in roughly 25 minutes for under €4.
The oldest of the southern resorts and still the quietest of the three — a dark-sand cove, a low-key promenade linking to Playa del Inglés, and a long-standing Scandinavian and German winter crowd.
Every way to get there
Our verdict: for San Agustín, a private transfer is the easiest door-to-door option (from €36). Travelling light on a budget? The bus is cheapest (from €3.4) but slower, with a change in the city.
What it costs for your group
The bus is charged per person, while a taxi or private transfer is one price for the whole car — so the more of you there are, the better door-to-door value looks.
| Group | Bus (per person) | Private transfer | Best value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo · 1 traveller | €3.4 | €36 | Bus |
| Couple · 2 travellers | €6.8 | €36 | Bus |
| Family of 4 · 4 travellers | €14 | €36 | Bus |
Which option should you choose?
| If your priority is… | Our pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | Bus | From €3.4, though slower with a change in the city. |
| Speed & comfort | Private transfer | Door-to-door, fixed price, a driver waiting for you. |
| A group of 3–4 | Transfer or taxi | One flat fare splits cheaper than several bus tickets. |
| A late-night arrival | Transfer or taxi | Both run 24/7 when buses and the tram have stopped. |
By transport mode
Bus / shuttle
Slightly under the Playa del Inglés fare and about five minutes quicker. The resort is compact enough that most stops are a short walk from most hotels, which is not true further south.
Where to catch it: San Agustín comes before Playa del Inglés on the 66, so it's the shortest of the resort runs — board at the arrivals-level stops.
Best for solo & budget travellersTaxi
€35–48 by day. San Agustín's hotels sit close together, so the meter varies less here than at the sprawling resorts further along.
Where to catch it: Straight down the GC-1 from the rank, the shortest metered resort run on the south coast.
Best for small groups in a hurryPrivate transfer
The long-stay winter crowd here books ahead almost by default — many arrive for a month or more and treat the transfer as part of the package rather than a decision.
Where to catch it: A booked car tracks the flight number, so a delayed arrival doesn't leave you paying a waiting charge or hunting for a rank at midnight.
Best for families, groups & late arrivalsCar rental
Handy for a long stay — the resort is quiet by design, so having a car to reach Maspalomas, Mogán or the hills stops it feeling small after a fortnight.
Where to catch it: Twenty-five minutes of motorway; several San Agustín hotels have their own parking.
Best for travellers who want to exploreSan Agustín & Las Palmas in photos
Buying tickets in Las Palmas
There is no train on Gran Canaria. Two bus operators matter: Global runs the green intercity guaguas including every airport line, and Guaguas Municipales runs the yellow city buses inside Las Palmas only. Airport routes are line 60 to Las Palmas (€2.80 to San Telmo, €3.45 to Santa Catalina), line 66 south to San Agustín, Playa del Inglés (€3.90) and Faro de Maspalomas (€4.05), and the 91 express west to Puerto Rico (€6.25) and Puerto de Mogán (€6.90). Buying through the Global app or website is normally about 20% cheaper than paying the driver, and takes a moment while you wait for bags. You can also pay cash on board for any journey.
Taxi scams & safety in Las Palmas
Gran Canaria's airport is straightforward and taxi fraud is uncommon: cars are metered, the rank sits directly outside arrivals, and rates are regulated. Join the official queue rather than going with anyone who approaches you in the hall. Expect roughly 20% more at night and at weekends — that is the published surcharge, not a driver inventing a number. Because the airport sits between the capital and the resorts, the most common genuine mistake is not a scam at all but taking the wrong bus terminus: line 60 ends at two different points in Las Palmas, four kilometres apart, so check which one serves your hotel before boarding. For car hire, inspect and photograph the vehicle before leaving and confirm what the excess actually is.
Getting from LPA to San Agustín
San Agustín came first. Before Playa del Inglés was a grid and before Meloneras had five-star frontage, this was where Gran Canaria's tourism started in the sixties, and it has aged into the quietest of the three southern resorts — a dark-sand cove, a low promenade that connects north towards its noisier neighbours, and a lot of Scandinavian and German visitors who have been coming for twenty winters. Twenty-two kilometres from the airport, twenty-five minutes, and the first resort stop the bus makes.
The shortest resort run on the south coast
Global's 66 reaches San Agustín before it gets to Playa del Inglés, which makes this both the quickest and the cheapest of the resort fares — somewhere between €3.40 and €3.90, about twenty-five minutes from the arrivals stops. The other advantage is one that doesn't apply further south: San Agustín is compact. Most of its hotels sit within a short walk of most of its bus stops, so the "which stop do I want" problem that catches people in the Playa del Inglés grid barely exists here. For a resort arrival, that's about as easy as the Canaries get.
A different kind of guest, and a different pattern
The long-stay winter market shapes this place. People arrive in November for a month or three, not for a fortnight, and the transport decisions they make are different: transfers booked as part of a package before leaving home, hire cars taken later in the stay rather than on arrival, and a general expectation of the same apartment year after year. If you're arriving for a week you're in the minority here, which is worth knowing when you find the restaurants quiet on a Tuesday in January and half the promenade speaking Swedish.
What the meter costs, and why it varies less
€35 to €48 from the rank, twenty-five minutes down the GC-1, with the standard night and weekend uplift. That band is tighter than the equivalent for Playa del Inglés or Maspalomas, and the reason is straightforward: San Agustín's hotels sit close together rather than spread over several kilometres, so there's less scope for the meter to run. Whatever your hotel, the fare will land near the middle of that range.
Booking ahead, and the winter-arrival argument
A private car runs €36 to €50 and holds the price whatever time you land. The specific value for this resort is the flight-tracking: a great many arrivals here come on winter charters from northern Europe that are prone to weather delays at the departure end, and a booked car that follows the flight number doesn't leave you at a rank at two in the morning in January having lost three hours in Stockholm. For a month-long stay the cost is trivial against the total; for a week it's a judgement call.
Walking north, and the beach question
Useful orientation. The promenade runs from San Agustín north-east past Playa del Águila and on towards Playa del Inglés — a walk of perhaps forty-five minutes end to end, along the sea the whole way. That means the nightlife and the shopping centres of Playa del Inglés are accessible on foot if you're prepared to walk, and a two-euro local bus if you're not. San Agustín's own beach is darker sand than its neighbours and usually less crowded, which is either the appeal or the drawback depending on what you came for.
The car for a long stay, not a short one
From €20 a day, and several San Agustín hotels have their own parking. For a week, probably unnecessary — the resort is walkable and the 66 handles the coast. For a month, most people take one eventually, because the point of a long winter stay here is to get out into the island rather than sit on one beach, and Fataga, Tejeda, Agaete and the north are all beyond comfortable bus range for a day trip. Rates soften considerably for longer hires, which is worth asking about rather than booking a week at a time.
Practically: €3.40–3.90 on the 66 is the easiest resort arrival on Gran Canaria and the stops are close to the hotels, so most people should just take it. Book a car ahead if you're on a winter charter that might slip, and think about hiring later rather than at the desk on day one.
