Alpharooms

offer an extensive range of holiday options in Lanzarote from cheap self catering aparthotels to luxurious all inclusive 5* hotels. You can build your holiday to include flights or simply just book your accommodation.

Please click through to the resorts of Lanzarote below to find the full range of accommodation available or just use the search box to find the very latest offers from Alpharooms.

Puerto del Carmen

Because the choice of accommodation is so big in this resort, we have split the Puerto del Carmen resort into five areas:

Old Town                Playa Grande          Barranquillo              Los Pocillos           Matagorda

Please click on the name of the local area within Puerto del Carmen that you would like to stay in for a full list of hotels and self catering accommodation that range from 1 key to 5 stars and include self catering to all inclusive options, these can be booked as package holidays including flights or just accommodation.

Costa Teguise

We have selected a range of hotels and self catering accommodation in Costa Teguise that can be booked as a package holiday including flights or just accommodation. The hotels range from 1 keys to 5 stars and offer a selection of self catering, bed & breakfast, half board or all inclusive options to suit all. There are five beaches in the resort of Costa Teguise, we have made a note of the nearest beach to each hotel. Costa Teguise Hotel Accommodation

Playa Blanca

We have selected a range of hotels and self catering accommodation in the area of Playa Blanca. There are two main beaches in the resort Playa Flamingo is towards the lighthouse and Playa Dorada by Marina Rubicón, the third is Playa Blanca in the centre and of course the magnificent selection on offer at Papagayo on the outskirts of Playa Blanca at the foot of the mountains Monumento Natural de Los Ajaches. Playa Blanca Hotel Accommodation

Puerto Calero

The marina of Puerto Calero has a four star hotel and a five star hotel, offering fabulous facilities in luxurious surroundings. Puerto Calero Hotel Accommodation  read more »

The Rojillos fight back from 1-2 down with 10 men to draw level in the final minute of play with a penalty converted by Lanzarote’s top scorer Rubén Rodriguez.

The opening stages of the game did not flow well with the Referee stopping and starting the game with unnecessary free kicks being awarded to both sides. The Conejeros (locals) then began to start enjoying the majority of the ball and in the 9^th minute the home side took the lead. A free kick swung into the six yard box from Rubén was chased by Carlitos, without touching the ball his run deceived both defence and goalkeeper and the ball ended up in the bottom left hand corner giving Lanzarote a fortunate 1-0 lead. The Rojillos were now looking to increase their lead. In the 25^th minute an inch perfect through ball from Jotha found Carlitos but the striker got the ball stuck under his feet and he was crowded out of the way by a host of Tenerife defenders. A minute later and a 20 yard effort from left back Juachi looked destined for the top left hand corner but the Tenerife keeper acrobatically dived and brilliantly saved with his right hand and only conceded a corner kick. The Tenerife manager was not happy with what he was seeing and on the half hour he ordered two of his subs Airam the leagues top scorer, and ex- Rojillo Oscar Martin to warm up. This seemed to do the trick as the Primera Liga’s B side gradually edged back into the game and went into the half time break trailing by a single goal.  read more »

Loved by the Irish and plane spotters, Matagorda is part of Puerto del Carmen and situated on the sea front along from the airport.

Despite the petit size of Matagorda there is a full range of accommodation in this area starting at the top end with three 4* hotels (Beatriz Playa, Sol Lanzarote and Los Jameos Playa) down to 2 key self catering apartments at Club Don Paco Castilla and all within a few minutes walk of the beach.

Matagorda is home to the island’s only drive thru McDonalds! There is another branch in Puerto del Carmen if you’re missing your Big Mac’s and french fries that much. The trilingual private primary school is situated here too, Colegio Europeo Daos takes children from 4 month old babies up to 11 years old and they are taught in English, Spanish and German.  read more »

Are you English learning to speak Spanish or Spanish learning to speak English and living in Lanzarote? Ian from the Puerto del Carmen office of the Lanzarote estate agency Estupendo has organised for a night of Intercambio, this is where you mix with others learning or looking to practice their languages in a relaxed atmosphere.

It promises to be a good evening as Bodegas Stratvs have donated cases of their award winning wines for tasting, that should make everyone a bit more fluent!

Apender Ingles con Intercambio!

¿Usted tiene gusto de practicar el hablar de inglés?

Viernes 9 abril 2010…. Desde 17:00 Café La Perla Rosa, Marina de Puerto Calero

Entrada libre Y tambian hay cota de vinos!

Venga y ensamble en la conversación y haga a los nuevos amigos

Por mas informacion ian@grupoestupendo.com - El gratis y divertido manera hablar Ingles  read more »

Playa Blanca residents were saddened by the loss of Helen Stevens recently and have organised a number of events to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.

Helen Stevens a well recognised face in Playa Blanca unfortunately lost her fight against cancer on 5th February 2010 aged only 25. A popular waitress in La Bocaina Restaurant in Playa Blanca Helen was always a welcome face there. But more often than that Helen would be recognised out in the town usually singing in the various bars on karaoke with her powerful but elegant singing voice and making everyone enjoy themselves with her infectious laugh. Originally only visiting the island for two weeks to visit her friends Paul & Nina Ecob at the restaurant like many she ended up staying for over two years.

The resort of Playa Blanca will sadly miss Helen and so the owners of La Bocaina restaurant and many local residents are putting together a charity evening to celebrate her life. A charity dinner, auction and raffle amongst other fundraising efforts are being organised for the 17th of April to raise money for her family's choice charity Cancer Research UK . The restaurant will be donating 50% of the ticket directly to the charity as well as the usage of the restaurant throughout the afternoon and evening for other fundraising efforts.  read more »

Lanzarote hosted the XXX Gala Nacional del Deporte on Monday 8th March 2010. The event brought some of the best Spanish sportsmen to the island together with 100 journalists, this was the first time the awards ceremony had been held outside the mainland of Spain in 30 years. The awards were presented at the Jameos del Agua auditorium and broadcast on Spanish TV which was followed by a celebration dinner at the Monumento al Campesino and accommodation at the 5* Hesperia Hotel in Puerto Calero.

Spain’s sportsmen achieved some fabulous results during 2009 including……

Tennis

Spain have won the Davis Cup 4 times and all within the past decade - 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2009.

Football

FC Barcelona had the best year in the club’s history and the first team to ever win six titles in one year including La Liga, 2009 Supercopa de España, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, 2009 FIFA World Cup and the Copa del Rey!

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Olenka Frenkiel reported on BBC2 Newsnight recently about former priest Bill Carney who is currently residing in the Canary Islands. Although not specified it is clear from the video that he is in the resort of Playa Blanca, Lanzarote.

Bill Carney was reported in the Murphy report and cited as one of the worst child abusers in Dublin's Catholic diocese, prior to his winter residence in Lanzarote he was living quietly in Scotland and his history was unbeknown to his wife who he married in 2004. The Murphy report quotes a psychiatric assessment about the priest which said that he suffers from “psychopathic personality disorder”.  read more »

A classical music concert is planned for the evening of Sunday 21st March 2010.

This concert is to celebrate the arrival of spring and will be performed on the beach at Playa Las Cucharas in Costa Teguise, Lanzarote. The musicians are a three piece group known as Trío Armonía performing with a violin, contrabass and piano.

From 7pm to 8.30pm.  read more »