Sands Beach Resort Hotel, proud to join ABTA

It’s always reassuring to know that your holiday resort is recognised by the experts, that’s why Sands Beach Resort Hotel is proud to have ABTA Principal membership. The Association of British Travel Agents is a well established watchdog and protector for holiday makers, they only accept the very best, and Sands Beach Resort Hotel has always strived towards that same goal.

So when you book to visit Costa Teguise and our beachfront, family resort, you know you have the backing of ABTA, founded in 1950 and representing 5,000 travel agencies and 900 tour operators. Maintaining high standards is a key role for ABTA, it’s also one of the guiding principles for Sands Beach Resort Hotel.

On the green front, Sands Beach Resort Hotel also has a Biosphere Hotel certificate for its commitment to sustainable development of Lanzarote. Responsible tourism is always at the core of our day to day activity, once you see the natural beauty of Lanzarote, you will share our determination to ensure that the island is protected from exploitation.

Lanzarote to star at Dublin Holiday World Show

The Irish love Lanzarote, and Sands Beach Resort Hotel is a favourite destination with them. So it will be a real pleasure for Sands to attend the Holiday World Show in Dublin from 22 Jan to 24 Jan to meet even more prospective visitors and travel agents.

The Canary Islands will have a large presence at the show in RDS Simmonscourt and Lanzarote can hold its head high offering great family holidays. Costa Teguise is a popular family friendly village and visitors to the Dublin Holiday World Show are bound to be impressed by the beachfront location and great sports and leisure facilities offered at Sands Beach Resort Hotel.

Sands Beach Resort at Fitur Travel Fair

If you’ve got it flaunt it, and Sands Beach Resort Hotel has just what it takes to help promote the wonders of Lanzarote at the Fitur Travel Fair in Madrid. It’s one of the biggest events on the holiday calendar, and from 20 to 24 January the Canary Islands will be promoting all the islands have to offer.

This year the islands are being sold in 4 categories, all of them perfectly embodied at Sands Beach Resort Hotel. There is the Water Sports Experience, well look no further than Costa Teguise for great surfing beaches and Sands promotes wind surfing and scuba diving in the resort.

Then there is the Volcanic Experience, Sands is perfectly placed to visit all the best volcanic sights in Lanzarote, and can offer a full range of excursions. Family Welcome is another category, and Sands prides itself on offering fun, games and supervision for all the family in its beachfront setting. Finally we have Wellness Delight, the gym and health centre at Sands Beach Resort Hotel is geared up to give top to toe pampering, and the lovely weather in Lanzarote is sure to make everyone feel good.

Ryanair books more Lanzarote flights

A massive vote of confidence and a commitment to Lanzarote, that’s the new extended deal between the Lanzarote government and Ryanair, that will see 37 flights a week, maintained until 2012.

British and European holiday makers can’t get enough of the golden beaches, laid back lifestyle, rugged volcanic scenery and friendly welcome, that all go to make Lanzarote a great family holiday experience. Sands Beach Resort Hotel welcomes many visitors off Ryanair flights, after all it’s just a short drive from Arrecife airport to the popular resort town of Costa Teguise.

The new flight deal will see 6,000 passengers a week fly in from 16 of the most popular airports, including Luton, Stanstead, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Glasgow, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Dublin and Shannon. The beachfront attractions of Sands Beach Resort Hotel will be waiting for them with a wealth of fun and games.

All aboard the Arrecife train

It’s a novel way to get around, but gives a slow and relaxed view of Arrecife, the capital of Lanzarote. The new tourist train is underfoing a trial run to see how popular it proves with locals and tourists in the historic seafront city.

The train has three carriages and can carry 70 passengers at a time, the trip starts from the car park at Charco de San Gines and chugs its way along the Avenida Maritima, where you can see the old fortress jutting out into the sea. It will also head inland and stop near the main bus station and the big shopping street of Calle Real.

For now it is a 15 day experiment but if it is popular, it could become a regular attraction in the capital of Lanzarote.

Top stars surf into Sands Beach Resort

Families return again and again to Sands Beach Resort Hotel in Costa Teguise, but they are not the only people to appreciate the wonderful weather, sea and beaches. Another international surfing competition has just been held in Lanzarote, and they picked Sands for their media launch and barbecue evening.

The Islas Canarias Santa Pro 2009, featuring the Six Stars Prime Event, is the last major competition on the international circuit for 2009, so there was intense interest surfers and officials gathered. Pictured are (left to right)  Councillor of sport for the  Cabildo of Lanzarote, surfers Patrick Beven and José María Cabrera, Councillor of  Tourism for the  Gobierno of the Canarias Rita Martín, the mayor of Teguise Pedro Hernandez and Director of Sands Beach Resort Juan Carlos Albuixech.

All major countries were represented with Clay Marzo leading the way for North America, Patick Beven for France and Jonathan Gonzalez for the Canary Islands. The action took place on Playa de San Juan in Famara, and with 145,000 dollars up for grabs as prize money, the competition was sharp.

As the frantic media activity went on, it was business as usual for the lucky holiday makers, they continued to splash in the pools, enjoy top food and soak up the beachfront setting.

Cruising into Lanzarote

Lanzarote has an international reputation and is a popular stop off on the cruise liner routes. Tuesday 27th October will go down as one of the busiest days for visitors at Arrecife port as 4 huge liners docked and 7,146 passengers spilled out to enjoy the delights of the capital city and surrounding areas.

With a day to explore, many will have made the short (20 minute) trip to Costa Teguise, home of Sands Beach Resort Hotel, and some of the nicest beaches on the island. Independence of the Seas led the way with 4,161 passengers and crew, Arcadia with 1,991 seemed almost a ferry beside the giant, Gran Voyager and Hanseatic also played their part in making this a special day for Puerto de los Marmoles.

The port authority pulled out the stops to ensure all the visitors had a memorable day, they put on 25 free buses to carry some of the passengers around locally. Lanzarote’s fame as a great family holiday island is about to be spread even further around the world as these happy passengers continue on their voyage.

Nico does Sands proud in Hawaii Ironman

To compete in any Ironman event takes a special sort of dedication, to make it through all 22 of the years events to make the World Championship in Hawaii, is an amazing feat.

Nicolas Ward, Nico to his many friends, proudly wore his Sands Beach Resort Hotel sponsorship badges as he pushed himself through last weeks big final event in Kona, Hawaii. Just imagine a stamina sapping 3.8 km swim, 180 kms cycling and finally 42.2 kms running, Nico did well to finish 77th among the vast field of competitors.

Ironman was originally devised by a group of  US Navy Seals as the ultimate test of mind and body strength, and is now a world wide sporting success story. Lanzarote is proud to host it’s own round each year at Puerto del Carmen, a great spectacle for those supporting the athletes and enjoying the round of parties that go with the event.

Lanzarote is the perfect setting for such a challenge, it is rugged and hot and guaranteed to test even the most hardened competitor. Of course for those lucky ones merely watching, it is the usual paradise with great weather and stunning scenery.

You’d be mad not to visit Lanzarote

Noel Coward famously sung “Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun” well there was a touch of English madness in the Lanzarote air as the Monster Raving Looney Party launched their new overseas branch in Costa Teguise.

This far from serious political group got an invite from former member Dick Knowles, founder of British FM radio in Lanzarote, a 15 year resident on the island. The leader of the Monster Raving Looney Party, Alan “Howling Laud” Hope flew in to open the new party headquarters at The Bulldog Bar in Costa Teguise.

Alan is an old friend of the late lamented party leader Screaming Lord Sutch, and was met at Arrecife airport by party supporters dressed in silly fancy dress costumes. The first proposal from the new Lanzarote branch was to export cans of sunshine back to the UK, marketed as Canned Heat.

As you can see the British sense of humour is thriving in the suuny surrounds of Lanzarote, and with great family friendly beachfront settings like Sands Beach Resort Hotel, you really would be mad not to visit Costa Teguise.

New bus link to Famara from Costa Teguise

There are many ways to get around Lanzarote, one of the cheapest and less restrictive is the island bus service. Don’t let the name Arrecife Bus miss lead you, although the main depot and interchange is in the capital city Arrecife, these large white coaches cover the island.

The latest route to be added links Costa Teguise with Famara on the north coast, it runs every 2 hours, Sundays and fiesta days included, and goes from the bus stop just along from Sands Beach Resort Hotel - the turnaround point in Costa Teguise.

The new number 31 route takes you up through Teguise town, the ancient Lanzarote capital, and on to La Caleta on the Famara coast. Exploring can be fun in Lanzarote, small towns and villages are warm and inviting and the food and drink is incredibly cheap.

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