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Places To Stay In Lanzarote

By RomanticHeart | April 26, 2009

The small Canary Island of Lanzarote has been welcoming tourists for over forty years. And as a result offers a whole raft of high quality holiday accommodation options. Encompassing everything from small studio apartments through to top end luxury villas and luxurious five star hotels. In locations across the island.

Lanzarote holiday villas as with the rest of the Canary Islands can be found to suit all budgetary requirements which makes the Canaries a very popular destination.

The best and biggest selection of apartments in Lanzarote can be found in the island’s oldest resort of Puerto del Carmen. Which was the spot where tourism first took off on Lanzarote back in the late 1960´s. Springing up around the Old Town harbour area and expanding rapidly. To the point where today the resort now stretches some 8km from the big beach at Los Pocillos through to the upmarket residential enclave of Los Mojones.

Puerto del Carmen is Lanzarote´s oldest and most popular resort. And is currently undergoing a real transformation. As island authorities are investing millions of euros to improve facilities and amenities in order to ensure that Puerto del Carmen remains competitive for decades to come. As newer destinations such as Dubai and Egypt start to vie for the attention of British tourists.

Despite it´s popularity Puerto del Carmen is serviced by only two main Lanzarote hotels. The San Antonio and the Los Fariones. With the bulk of this type of accommodation located in the southern resort of Playa Blanca. Which boasts a strip of new four and five star establishments along the seafront – all offering very reasonable room rates.

Here, new four and five star hotels line the seafront, from the beaches at Papagayo in the west through to the lighthouse at Faro de Pechiguera in the east. All of these have been built in the last ten years – so tourists are able to enjoy modern facilities and amenities at very affordable prices. With a nights stay starting at around €70 per room oper night in one of Lanzarte´s better four star hotels.

Playa Blanca also boasts the highest concentration of holiday villas in Lanzarote. As unlike the older resorts on the island these were integrated into the development blueprint from the word go. Some of the best of these properties are located in and round the Rubicon Marina – providing an atmospheric backdrop for a relaxed holiday on the island.

As well as good quality accommodation Lanzarote also boasts a host of
interesting tourist attractions. Such as the Timanafaya Volcano Park, the green lagoon at El Golfo, The Valley of 1000 Palms and the Cactus Garden. Fortunately the island is small, which makes sightseeing very manageable. And car hire in Lanzarote is also relatively cheap – making touring the island affordable too.

For more detailed information about Lanzarote villas visit the holiday villas in Lanzarote website