Lanzarote overview

Despite the volcanic nature of the island, Lanzarote boasts a handful of beautiful white beaches such as those found at Playa Blanca and Punta del Papagayo. The majority of beaches, however, are covered with black volcanic sand like the beach at Playa Quemada.
The Montanas del Fuego (Fire Mountains) were created in the early 1730s when more than one hundred volcanoes erupted devastating this area of the island. In 1968 this area of Lanzarote was declared a national park, Parque Nacional de Timanfaya, and is a must see for any visitor to the island because of its amazing lunar-type terrain and rare plant species. To add additional flavour to your trip to Timanfaya, there is even a restaurant that serves typical Canarian cuisine using geothermal heat so you can enjoy a steak that has been cooked over a crater!
Lanzarote is famed for its water-sports and the ideal weather conditions, coasts of clear waters and fine sands make it a popular destination for wind-surfers, surfers and sailors, and the plethora of underwater caves, reefs, shipwrecks and fish such as barracuda and angel shark, make it a popular holiday destination for diving, snorkeling and big game fishing.
Lanzarote along with the rest of the Canary Islands enjoys an equivalent to duty free status and goods can be purchased in supermarkets, with discounts available on cameras, videos etc in electrical shops. T-shirts and interesting handcrafted items such as a timple, a small ukulele-like instrument used by the local musicians can be picked up at the large market in Teguise each Sunday morning.

Lanzarote's most famous inhabitant was Cesar Manrique; painter, sculptor, architect, ecologist and preserver of natural landscapes and urban planner. Manrique felt that he had to transform the island before the increasing number of visitors overwhelmed it and with his great intuition and artistic ability his legacy lives on to be enjoyed by tourists and locals alike. You can visit his amazing home at Tahiche in the north of the island as well as seeing many examples of his work on the Island's roundabouts!

Have a browse of a small collection of hotels.....there are many many more we are able to book, just drop us an email and we are more than happy to check them out for you!