Choose Holidays In Lanzarote

Lanzarote has been welcoming tourists for more than forty years and it continues to be a popular destination. Chiefly because its weather remains some of the best to be found in Europe.

And as Lanzarote flights are only four hours long from both the UK and most European cities, the island is much more accessible than the Caribbean or the islands in the Indian Ocean. Many people dislike the idea of spending nearly a whole day on a plane.

Due to reasonably strict controls, the island has also been saved from some of the worst aspects of tourist development. The coastline has not been built up, as in some resorts on the Spanish mainland and the other island of the Canarian archipelago.

The newest resort of Playa Blanca has followed in the low key format which dominates, with hotels that are only three floors high. Whilst the vast majority of accommodation comes in the form of Playa Blanca holiday villas, with most modern, airy and spacious in design.

Leading the way is the oldest resort of Puerto del Carmen. As the original holiday town on the island, it has a different mix of accommodation, reflecting the demands of tourists over the years. There is a good range of apartments in the town as well as quality holiday villas in Puerto del Carmen, mostly in the Los Mojones area.

But visitors to Lanzarote are not simply restricted to the resorts as there are numerous other styles of accommodation available. Everything from boutique hotels to Mongolian yurts can be found on this cosmopolitan island.

Part of the reason for this eclectic mixture has to be due to the work of locally born artist, César Manrique. Whose influence on the island’s tourist development has been so profound that it persists to this day, almost twenty years since his death.

His contribution to the island’s culture can be seen in any of the seven attractions he designed. But it also encompasses the invisible, as thanks to his interventions, Lanzarote has no road side bill boards or advertising.

And the building controls which restrict construction to the height of a palm tree are also still in place. It is this type of initiative that has kept the island as pristine as it is, especially when compared with other holiday destinations.

With such a distinctive pedigree it is easy to understand why visitors are still charmed by the island.