Lanzarote fuels Jenson Button’s fitness

It’s amazing what regular breaks in Lanzarote can do for you, Jenson Button, who uses Lanzarote for fitness training between racing seasons, has just roared to victory in the Australian Grand Prix. Not bad for a driver who was without a team and looking at a glum future just a few months ago.

Jenson is a familiar face around the island when he uses Club La Santa in Tinajo as his training base, he finds Lanzarote life so good for his routine, he even takes part in local triathlon events. If you come to stay at Sands Beach Resort Hotel in Costa Teguise, we can’t promise to turn you into an international sports star, but we can provide a wide range of sporting pleasures such as scuba diving and wind surfing lessons. 

If you want to follow Jenson in this years Grand Prix, you will be pleased to know that we show all the big sports events on a big screen in the Soleil Bar. If you fancy having a go at racing, there is always the Go Karting at Puerto del Carmen, or if you just want to relax and do nothing, we have the pools and the weather to make your holiday pit stop a special one. 

Your Lanzarote holiday awaits you

So, a Lanzarote holiday, what’s in it for you, and why choose Sands Beach Resort Hotel ? There are so many reasons but here are just a few, once you have been, you will be able to think of loads more.

• Beachfront location. Hugging the coast of Costa Teguise, Sands Beach Resort Hotel gives instant access to the golden beach and the coastal walkway, that’s perfect for sunlit or romantic strolls.
• Family friendly. The six plazas that are surrounded by apartments and villas, have a large and paddling pool, and a play area so you can keep an eye on the little ones, and the sea water lagoon has it’s own soft sand crescent, well away from the open sea - perfect for toddlers.
• Choice of food. You can choose from full or part board, and dip in and out of La Hacienda restaurant, its pizzeria and take away, Mai Tai pool bar and restaurant and the Soleil Bar with its outside terrace.
• Sport. Have a go at tennis, use the gym, learn wind surging and scuba diving in the resort, or mix and match in the games room.
• Attentive staff. With our fully clued up reception staff, childrens entertainers, professional singers, and sports instructors, the answers to your questions are always close to hand, and our experience can guide you to get the best from the resort and the island.

All that, and we haven’t even mentioned the wonderful weather, great excursions, and incredible scenery. Don’t miss out, book today.

 

Lanzarote band to take a bite of the Big Apple

Oscartienealas are a Lanzarote musical success story, the local band have built a strong fan base on the island and are now off to America and Mexico to teach them how to rock. The boys fly to New York on March 28, and then on to Los Angeles and finally, Tijuana in Mexico.

The New York concert is part of a hispanic music season in Manhattan, and it’s a similar event in Los Angeles a few days later. Tijuana is a bigger leap musically and geographically and rounds off the short tour before they fly back to their beloved home island of Lanzarote. All this is on top of a recent performance at the annual Barcelona music festival that features 25 bands.

Lanzarote has a thriving music scene, from fiestas to open air concerts and live music in bars. Sands Beach Resort Hotel in Costa Teguise loves to offer a full range of music to its guests, and the Soleil Bar is the place to go for good family pleasing musical treats each night.

Flight boost for Irish love of Lanzarote

The Irish know all about the rugged beauty of nature and appreciate a great landscape, add in year round sunshine and fantastic beaches, and you can see why Lanzarote is such a popular destination for travellers from Ireland. Now a new weekly flight service from Ireland West Airport at Knock, will open the door for even more visitors to sample the delights of Sands Beach Resort Hotel in Costa Teguise. 

Sunway Holidays have announced that from Friday June 12 to October 30, weekly flights will link the west of Ireland with Lanzarote. Marketing and Route Development Manager at Ireland West Airport, Annette Kearney, welcomed the new route “We are confident that the very popular Lanzarote programme will be well received by the public and travel agents in the region”

Costa Teguise appeals to a wide range of nationalities and Sands Beach Resort Hotel is pleased to see many Irish visitors return each year to enjoy the beachfront setting and family atmosphere.

 

 

Music as varied as the Lanzarote landscape

The diverse landscape, the range of nationalities visiting the island and a wide age range, has helped to form  a interesting and challenging music scene in Lanzarote. That’s why the annual Canarian Festival of Alternative Music finds such a willing home in Arrecife, the capital.

This year is no different and over the next 3 Friday nights, 2 venues will host some great live performances. Starting on March 13, Paraiso 76 at 61 Calle Jose Antonio, presents Miniatura, a local pop/rock group and DJ Job, with more of a dance feel.

Then on March 20, the action switches to El Almacen (pic) , the main Cultural Centre, at 33 Calle Jose Betancort. There is a strong jazz flavour that night with Dos Caras de la Misma Moneda providing a contemporary feel, and Perez and Hernandez Sociedad Liberada, chipping in with some jazz/rock.

Finally it’s back to Paraiso 76 on March 27 for the electronic influenced Line, and hard edged dance music with Neketan PD vs Save My Life DJ. There will be a lot of spin off events to, with so much music bursting to get heard. To find out the latest on new additions, check out the website at www.canariasfmas.com . Even after a late night, Costa Teguise and the comfort of your Sands Beach Resort Hotel apartment, is just a 20 minute taxi ride away.  

Football icon takes a shine to Lanzarote

There was a very special visitor to Lanzarote this week, a shining sporting star of last summer, and a sight to lift Spanish hearts. Football’s European Champions Trophy, won by an immaculate Spain team in a thrilling final against Germany, held visitors spell bound in Arrecife, at the headquarters of the Lanzarote football delegation.

Sports fans queued to pose for photos with the trophy, currently on a tour of the Canary Islands. It may only weigh 8 kilos, and stand at just 60 centimetres high, but the trophy is an inspiration to all young football fans. Arrecife was an appropriate setting, as the Lanzarote capital is the home of the island team, UD Lanzarote, who play in the 3rd tier of Spanish football. Home games are normally at 11am on a Sunday morning, and it’s just a 20 minute journey from Costa Teguise. Some of the Lanzarote players used to have a long term stay at Sands Beach Resort Hotel, it is perfect for the sport minded, with its beachfront setting, 6 pools, tennis courts, and full TV coverage of major sporting events.

 

Team Aqua on the crest of a sporting wave in Lanzarote

The sea of Lanzarote proved to be the perfect racing strip for the start of the 2009 RC44 class sailing World Championship, and Team Aqua from the United Arab Emirates found fair winds to guide them to victory. Canadian skipper Chris Bake celebrated in traditional style by popping champagne in the Puerto Calero marina, with his sailing partner Cameron Appleton of New Zealand.

Barely an hour away from Costa Teguise and the Sands Beach Resort Hotel, a frenzy of World media gathered to enjoy the race and also the delights of Lanzarote. In second place Artemis, flew the Swedish colours under skipper Torbjorn Tornqvist and Team Organika from Poland, came in third under skipper Marciej Nawrocky.

Many spectators will have been inspired by the on sea action, and they will be pleased to know that Lanzarote is the perfect setting to enjoy sailing at any level, as well as many other water sports.