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Experience the Canary Island of Lanzarote

By RomanticHeart | December 25, 2009

Lanzarote is a popular holiday island, located in the Canaries. Which are the seven strong Spanish owned island group situated off the coast of West Africa. On the same line of longitude as parts of Mexico and the Bahamas. Enabling visitors to enjoy great weather whatever the time of the year. This wonderful weather has helped the Canaries to become the second most visited holiday destination in Spain. With over 1.5 million tourists enjoying their holidays in Lanzarote – the fourth largest of the islands – over the course of last year alone.

So lets check out a little more about the island and island life to see why winter holidays in Lanzarote remain so popular and choosing to stay in one of the many Lanzarote villas and apartment that the island offers has become almost the most popular do it yourself accommodation choice for a good proportion of visitors to the island.

Lanzarote has a unique character and charm. And is much drier, more arid and barren than the other seven islands. Thanks to the fact that it experiences very little in the way of rainfall and boasts a volcanic terrain created by years of violent eruptions during the 1730´s.

Today this region of the island occupies about a quarter of Lanzarote´s total land mass. And is a hugely popular visitor attraction, known locally as The Fire Mountains or Timanfaya. Where visitors can view a lunar like landscape that has served as a backdrop for a number of science fiction films and most recently the latest release from Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, Broken Embraces. Which stars Penelope Cruz and which was shot on location around the island.

Lanzarote´s tourist industry has been operating for over forty years so there are plenty of god quality places to stay. Ranging from cheap apartments through to luxurious Lanzarote villas and hotels. With most of the accommodation located in the three main tourist resorts of Costa Teguise, Puerto del Carmen and Playa Blanca. Demand for rural holidays has also started to grow over the last few years.

Lanzarote offers more than just sunshine and volcanoes alone though. There are over ninety beaches for visitors to explore. The best of which can be found in traditional coastal villages such as Playa Quemada, Famara, Orzola and Arrieta – which all remain largely unspoiled. Whilst each resort boasts a good selection of beaches too – although many of these are man made, created by using sand from the nearby Sahara desert.

Lanzarote was unfairly dubbed Lanzagrotty by Michael Palin during the 1970´s. But this epithet couldn’t be further from the truth. As the island offers a wealth of cultural attractions. With over a dozen museums – such as the fascinating house musem the Palacio Spinola in Teguise. Which provides an insight into the life of an 18th century island merchant. Along with the many works of the local artist César Manrique. Who famously fought for the controlled development of tourism on the island of his birth.

For holiday bargains and villa offers be sure to visit the villas in Lanzarote travel website.