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Which Lanzarote Resort Should I Stay In?

“I am coming to Lanzarote for the first time – which resort should I stay in?”

This is a question I am asked a lot, each of the three resorts in Lanzarote are very different from each other. It’s hard to know where to start as all the resorts are loved by the full range of visitors from teenagers, families, couples, sports enthusiasts and pensioners.

Puerto del Carmen

Playa Grande in Puerto del Carmen Puerto del Carmen is Lanzarote’s original resort and closest to Arrecife Airport. What started out life as a small fishing village called La Tiñosa now stretches for 6km along the coast with natural golden sandy beaches.

Puerto del Carmen is probably best known for it’s lively nightlife, just ask for Centro Atlantico which is situated on the main avenida opposite Playa Grande for a plethora of pubs, nightclubs, disco pubs etc.  Don’t let this put you off though, there is much more to this resort than dancing the night away.

You will always find sports enthusiasts swimming, running or cycling along “The Strip”  read more »

AccuWeather, Lanzarote 15 Day Forecast


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BBC Weather, Lanzarote 3 Day Forecast


Canarias7, Canary Islands Weather Forecast

Live Weather Report, Lanzarote

 

 

This live weather report is brought to you by a private weather station situated at La Concha (in between Playa Honda and Arrecife) and courtesy of  Lanzarote Webcam. This is the best weather report I have seen for the island! You can even subscribe for a daily report by email or follow them on twitter (@lanzaweather) – what a fantastic service.

Lanzarote Average Annual Weather Charts

Lanzarote has a lovely all year round climate, the temperature chart below shows the average minimum and maximum temperatures for each month, in the coldest months of January and February the temp can drop to 14 degrees over night and up to 22 in the day, in the hottest months July through to September, the evening temperatures are 20 degrees celsius and the daytime an average of 29 but can reach into the 40’s.

Lanzarote_Average_Temperature_Chart  read more »

Satellite View, Canary Islands

View of the Canary Islands from Meteosat 9. Click here for a selection of Lanzarote Webcams

400,000 Flight Seats To Lanzarote For Summer 2012

Minister for Tourism Ástrid Pérez announced recently that the major UK tour operators will increase seats to Lanzarote this summer. Incoming Flight LanzaroteMore than 400,000 seats have been scheduled on flights for Summer 2012 between various UK airports and Lanzarote including:

Monarch Travel Group 185,000

TUI Group 111,000

Jet2 112,300

Tui have confirmed they will increase seats by 11% compared to summer 2011. Jet2 have increased  read more »

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