Archive for March, 2008
March 29, 2008
· Filed under Island News
If you want to know where to choose for a family holiday, have a look at where the travel agents go. Elite Travel Group, a consortium of nearly 150 small independent UK travel firms, is to hold their 2008 conference in Costa Teguise. Visitors to Sands Beach Resort hotel will already be aware of the [...]
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March 20, 2008
· Filed under Island News
You will find plenty of fine wines on the menu in the restaurants and bars of Sands Beach Resort hotel, many of them produced locally. Many assume that the dark volcanic soil is not good for growing vines but it contains rich elements that help to create the award winning flavour. Award winning wine The [...]
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March 13, 2008
· Filed under in Lanzarote
Do you fancy yourself as a budding Alonso or Hamilton? If you feel the need for speed, Lanzarote has just the thing for you, one of the biggest karting race tracks in Europe. Just inland from Puerto del Carmen is Gran Karting Club a 2,346 metre race circuit that caters for all skill levels and [...]
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March 13, 2008
· Filed under Island News
The Lanzarote triathlon season began with a flurry of action in Playa Blanca on Saturday March 8, as two members of the Spanish Olympic squad for Pekin emerged as winners from a field of 140 competitors. The rugged beachfront and sturdy modern roads through the volcanoc landscape proved to be the ideal testing ground for [...]
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March 8, 2008
· Filed under Island News
Cycling is popular for exercise and competitive sport in Lanzarote and one of the islands biggest events takes place on Saturday March 29 at Costa Teguise beachfront. Playa de los Charcos, next to Sands Beach Resort hotel, is the starting point for the 9th annual bike marathon. Last year attracted 80 competitiors, and at least [...]
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March 6, 2008
· Filed under Island News
Holiday makers are always made to feel welcome in Sands Beach Resort hotel, and the government of the Canary Islands like to do everything they can to encourage more tourists. The government has just launched the new Excellence Club discount card, which brings savings at 2,000 outlets across the 7 Canary Islands, including many [...]
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March 6, 2008
· Filed under Island News
The 3 man crew of a helicopter, filming a television advert in Yaiza, escaped with minor injuries after the chopper clipped a road sign and crashed into the ground early yesterday morning. The crew were filming in a remote area of Hervideros and had swooped low to get their shots for a car advert, [...]
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March 3, 2008
· Filed under in Lanzarote
Adventure and animals, a perfect combination to thrill the family, and on a Lanzarote holiday, Rancho Texas Park, can offer both of those and much more. Just a few yards down the road from Sands Beach Resort hotel, a free bus will pick you up to take you the short distance to Puerto del Carmen [...]
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March 2, 2008
· Filed under Environment
Palm trees offering cool shade around the pools and plazas of Sands Beach Resort hotel, can easily be taken for granted, just like the other varied species of plants and flowers that give Lanzarote such a colourful landscape. Once you and your family start to explore, you will soon discover a garden of natures wonders, [...]
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