The Canary Islands are the second most visited region of Spain after Catalonia and whilst the rest of the country is now packing away the sun loungers for another year, these seven specks of Spain are just gearing up for their busiest time of the year as hundreds of thousands of sun starved Northern Europeans [...]
Puerto del Carmen was the birthplace of the package tourist industry on Lanzarote, as this is the spot, formerly known to locals as La Tiñosa, where the first visitors to the island stayed, in and around the Old Town harbour area, some forty years ago. Today much has changed, as the resort has expanded enormously since [...]
With the best beaches on Lanzarote, a wonderful microclimate and an idyllic location right on the coast, seemingly within touching distance of near neighbour Fuerteventura, Playa Blanca boasts all of the right ingredients for an ideal holiday in the Spanish sunshine. Lanzarote´s fastest growing resort takes its name from the small white sand beach that [...]
The popular destination of Lanzarote in the Canaries is an ideal year round holiday choice as the sun rarely stops shining on this small speck of Spain, which is located off the coast of the Western Sahara, with the mercury reaching 20 Celsius even during the depths of winter. As a result this small volcanic [...]
Ninety plus beaches. Year round sunshine. A surreal volcanic terrain. It´s little wonder that Lanzarote, the most easterly of the Canary Islands is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Spain. Attracting around 1.5 million visitors every year. Tourism first took off on the island back in the 1970´s. As General Franco sought to [...]
The Canary Islands are an archipelago consisting of seven islands in the Atlantic Ocean. They are located 108 km off the north-western coast of Africa (Morocco and the Western Sahara) and form an autonomous community of Spain consisting of two provinces, Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
