Browsing and booking holiday villas in Lanzarote has just become a whole lot easier. Thanks to the launch of a new website – HolidayVillasInLanzarote. Which features a selection of top quality holiday properties available for rent across The Island of Fire. Lanzarote has long been a popular holiday destination with British and Irish tourists. Who accounted for over one million tourists visits to Lanzarote during the course of 2008. Drawn Read More ...
Lanzarote – the Island of Fire – looks set to be one of the hottest holiday destinations for 2009. Thanks to the upcoming release of Pedro Almodovar´s latest film Broken Embraces. Which stars Penelope Cruz and which was shot on location across the island. Just as Mamma Mia benefited the tourist trade on the Greek Island of Skopelos Broken Embraces is expected to ignite interest in the most easterly Canary Read More ...
Lanzarote´s grand old dame of tourism – Puerto del Carmen – is about to get a facelift. As local authorities react to increased competition from younger and fresher rivals for the custom of overseas visitors. Once a small fishing village called La Tiñosa, the resort has exploded since package tourism first took off on Lanzarote back in the 1970´s. Transforming this quiet pueblo into the most popular holiday destination on the island. Read More ...
Despite the credit crunch and the weakening pound British tourists clearly remain reluctant to surrender their holidays in Spain. As new research just released by AENA, the Spanish airport authority, reveals that visitor numbers to Lanzarote from the UK have jumped by 15.6% during the first half of 2008. The AENA figures will confound many industry observers who have been predicting the death of the foreign holiday. As Lanzarote Read More ...
Whilst Lanzarote is a Spanish island, it in fact lies off the coast of Saharan Africa. And like the rest of the Canaries has a cultural identity that is more Latin American than Iberian. A legacy of the islands historic strategic position as a trading post in-between the Old World and the New. This favorable geographic location – the island sits on the same line of longitude as parts Read More ...
