Exploring and Touring On Lanzarote
Many holiday destinations offer visitors little more than the chance to unwind in the sun for a week or a fortnight. But the small Canary Island of Lanzarote is different – as there’s loads to do and see here, as well as lots of wonderful beaches and fascinating towns and villages to explore.
Lanzarote is one of the seven Canary Islands and as a result enjoys good weather whatever the time of year. Making it possible to enjoy beach holidays in Lanzarote even during the depths of winter. With temperatures averaging out at 20 Celsius all year round.
The island has long been popular with British tourists, as well as guests from Germany and Eire. Whilst during the summer months many Spaniards abandon the mainland to enjoy the relatively cooler weather in Lanzarote. As the island is kept from getting too warm by the trade winds that blow throughout the summer months.
The vast majority of visitors arrive on board flights to Lanzarote but a growing number now also visit the island by sea. With some 250,000 cruise passengers docking here last year.
Accommodation in Lanzarote covers all of the bases from basic apartments though to luxury hotels. The best known of which is the Gran Melia Salinas located in the resort of Costa Teguise in the north of the island. This five star establishment was partially designed by a local artist called César Manrique
and enjoys a great beach front location right in the heart of the resort.
Costa Teguise is one of just three main holiday resorts on the island. Puerto del Carmen is the largest and oldest and is located close to the airport. Whilst Playa Blanca in the south is the newest and fastest growing – enjoying the best weather especially during the winter months. Due to its favourable microclimate.
Wherever tourists stay the island is in fact quite small – making it easy to get out and explore. Lanzarote measures just 60km from end to end so all of the main attractions are accessible. The most popular of these are the Fire Mountains of Timanfaya – hundreds of now dormant volcanoes which erupted in the 18th century. Turning a large portion of the island into a lunar like wasteland.
Elsewhere a local artist called César Manrique created a number of unique visitor attractions such as the Mirador del Rio and the Cactus Garden which all work in harmony with the islands volcanic terrain.