Travel Tips

Most people associate Lanzarote with package holidays. A link that isn´t entirely unjustified as the island is a very popular tourist destination. Especially with travellers from the UK and Ireland.

But only around 20% of tourists stay in hotels on the island on an all inclusive basis. With many more instead opting for self-catering accommodation – in the form of Lanzarote holiday villas and apartments.

Some of the best accommodation on the island can be found away from the main resorts of Puerto del Carmen, Playa Blanca and Costa Teguise. As rural tourism starts to grow in popularity.

So which are the best destinations on the island for a tranquil rural holiday?

Nazaret
Oasis de Nazaret is a luxury residential enclave

As summer turns to autumn there is still one holiday destination where the sun loungers are not being packed away. As the Canary Islands, located off the coast of West Africa, offer great weather all year round. Thanks to their location on the same line of latitude as parts of Mexico and the Bahamas.

The Canaries were first conquered by the Spanish crown in the early 1400´s and today are the second most popular holiday destination in the country after Catalonia. Attracting an estimated 9 million plus visitors every year.

Lanzarote is the eastern most of the seven islands and boasts a surreal volcanic landscape that was created by a series of eruptions in the 18th and 19th centuries. Leaving much of the south