My favourite family holiday destination, Lanzarote
Having travelled to Lanzarote 6 times, I could happily say that this is one of my favourite destinations having returned again in 2018
I have travelled both with children and without to Lanzarote - staying in the resorts of Puerto Del Carmen and Playa Blanca.
Lanzarote is a very barren island as it is volcanic, and is famous for being the place where Planet of the Apes was once filmed. Though bizarrely there are still many parts of the island that are green that were untouched from the eruption..
Puerto Del Carmen is the busiest resort on the island and has many bars, restaurants and night clubs to choose from, much more commercialised with a huge stretch of dark sand beach. Having stayed in both, Playa Blanca is my favourite as it has a coastal path which runs from one side of the resort to the other - stretching more than 5 miles along the coastline. This is simply stunning! The resort was once a tiny fishing village of which some older buildings and brightly coloured boats remain. In the tiny commercial centre, green-shuttered white buildings line the attractive waterfront walk, with its old-fashioned lamp posts and pavement bars. There is a large variety of accommodation here too from luxury hotels to small self catering apartments and villas. So we really were spoilt for chioce when choosing where to stay.
There is an old village as well as the newer Rubicon Marina which has lovely yachts and restaurants lining the waterfront. Perfect for our evening meal with some fantastic views out to sea. Costa Teguise is another very popular resort and is host to annual windsurfing championships too - it has a fab beach area and again some lovely hotels and apartments to suit most tastes. I hope to stay in this resort in the future.
There are other smaller, developing resorts too - such as Puerto Calero - an exclusive area with a marina and only 10 mins from Puerto Del Carmen.
Lanzarote offers year round sunshine - although we find it to be a little windier than it's neighbours in the Canary Islands - as it is more exposed.
A favourite place and one I can highly recommend you visit is Cesar Manrique's house - it is constructed from a lava bubble! Caesar was a very well known architect in and around the Canary islands and has many structures that he designed. The house is just one of them but it is breathtaking to see it - very 60's in it's decor but also has some very modern quirks!
Another favourite of mine has got to be the Timanfaya National Park - the home of fire mountain where you get to go around the volcano rim on a bus tour - my kids thought this was fantastic and tell all of their friends that they have seen a volcano now!
There is the Papagayo National Park too where you can see fabulous stretches of white sand beaches - reminds me of the Cornish coastline!
If you would like to know more about Lanzarote just let me know as I will be happy to share my thoughts and views with you.