The current credit crunch and decline of the pound against the euro had sparked widespread media speculation that many British tourists would opt for a holiday outside of the Euro zone this year.  

 But the Lanzarote Guidebook figures, along with the release of statitisics from Monarch holidays, which show a similar increase of 13% in bookings for holidays and flights to Lanzarote, illustrates that these fears may well prove to be unfounded after all.

 According to Liz Savage of Monarch ”Despite early indications that holidaymakers were looking to head east for their holidays this year, the picture to date is somewhat different. The Canary Islands which benefit from year-round sunshine and are only a four hour flight time from the UK, are the surprise destination leaders for both holiday and flight-only bookings this winter, with Lanzarote in particular already 13% ahead of holiday bookings vs 2008.”

 Lanzarote has always been a popular holiday hot spot amongst British tourists. Thanks to the fact the island boasts over ninety breathtaking beaches and enjoys a great year round climate, with temperatures topping 21 Celsius even during the winter months.

 In total the Lanzarote Guidebook website received 639 enquires for villa and apartment accommodation on the island during the course of last month.  Traditionally one of the busiest times of year for bookings.  A figure which has increased by 14.2% versus January 2008.

 The majority of holiday makers – 75.5% – were seeking a villa as opposed to an apartment.  And Playa Blanca, the newest resort in the south of the island, emerged as the most popular overall destination.  Accounting for 41% of all enquires. Indeed, demand for holiday villas in Playa Blanca outweighed enquires for this type of accommodation in all of the islands other main resorts.  

 Puerto del Carmen was the number one pick for anyone planning to book a holiday apartment.  Accounting for 56.6% of all enquires.  Reflecting the fact that Lanzarote´s oldest resort has the highest concentration of apartment complexes of any destination on the island.

 Rural tourism also proved surprisingly popular.  With enquires for villas and apartments in Lanzarote´s unique volcanic countryside outweighing demand for accommodation in Lanzarote´s third largest resort of Costa Teguise.

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Holiday Accommodation in Lanzarote

Tourists seeking a holiday apartment in Lanzarote are spoilt for choice. As the island boasts over two hundred complexes in all of the main resorts.

Puerto del Carmen offers the highest concentration – as the island most popular resort was specifically developed with apartment holidays at the fore of the blueprint. As a result prices remain reasonably competitive, with a typical weeks stay starting from around £250 for a standard one bedroom or studio apartment. Given the abundance of cheap flights to Lanzarote with operators such as easyJet, Thomas Cook and Monarch that makes a weeks stay in the sun possible all year round from as little as £300 per person.

Playa Blanca is the best resort for those seeking more upmarket accommodation.. As this former fishing village at the southern tip of the island is home to the most modern and well appointed selection of holiday villas in Lanzarote. Prices here reflect that – as standard villas with private pools start from around £500 per week.

Playa Blanca is also home to the best selection of four and five star hotels in Lanzarote. As the resort was the most recently developed on the island, so delivering a wide range of popular, modern establishments such as the Princesa Yaiza and the newly opened Papagayo Arena.

Lanzarote isn´t all just about beaches and sunshine though. And anyone in search of a more cultural twist to their holiday should head for the resort of Costa Teguise in the north of the island. Which makes an ideal base for touring the Lanzarote´s key attractions – most of which were developed under the aegis of the island born artist and architect Cesar Manrique.

Hail Cesar

Manrique is the man responsible for ensuring that his beloved island was saved from over development during the boom years of package tourism in the 1970´s.

“I believe that we are witnessing an historic moment,” Manrique stated, in response to the potential threat of mass-market tourism; “where the huge danger to the environment is so evident that we must conceive a new responsibility with respect to the future”.

At the time, this sort of ecological approach was quite revolutionary – as high-rise holiday apartments, hotels and water parks were being thrown up with abandon along the Costas and on other Canary Islands.

Manrique however illuminated an alterative path for development on the island. By creating a unique set of tourist attractions that worked with nature, rather than against it. And his key works such as the Jameos del Agua and the Mirador del Rio remain the backbone of the islands tourist industry today.

As a result of his efforts Lanzarote was the first island in the world to be declared a UNESCO protected biosphere in 1994.

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