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.

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.

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.

Free Guidebook To Lanzarote Out Now

Visitors to Lanzarote and the Sands Beach Resort can get their hands on a comprehensive 96 page guide to Lanzarote – entirely free of charge. As the new Autumn edition of Lanzarote Guidebook is out now.

Lanzarote Guidebook is researched and written by long term residents – so it provides visitors with the real inside track to the island.  And is published quarterly, so is always accurate and up to date.

The new Autumn edition of Lanzarote Guidebook is packed with information as well as high quality photography.  Including guides to all of the islands resorts, towns, places and attractions.  As well as an introduction to the work of the ubiquitous local artist Cesar Manrique, who campaigned for the controlled evolution of tourism on Lanzarote.

The new Autumn edition includes information about upcoming events – such as the Costa Musica Festival later this month and the WQS La Santa Surf Pro contest taking place in Famara in November.  Along with a guide to the best beaches on Lanzarote, information about excursions and a handy Essentials section which covers all of the holiday nitty gritty such as shop opening hours. Emergency numbers and bank opening times.

Lanzarote Guidebook is published in an easy to carry A6 size format and is distributed free of charge to tourists on the island. Copies of the new edition of Lanzarote Guidebook can also be downloaded fast and for free by visiting the Lanzarote Guidebook website.

Canada, latest recruits to Lanzarote

When you have an island as special as Lanzarote, it’s only fair to share it with the world. That’s why Canadians will now have the chance to enjoy the sun, beaches and rugged landscapes of Lanzarote.

As of winter 2009, Toronto will be linked to Arrecife by regular flights, via Madrid or Barcelona, although there are already plans for direct flights. Total Vacations are the tour operators running the flights, and the deal struck with the Lanzarote government, includes promotional materials in Toronto and features for in flight publications.

A trial link was set up in 2007, attracting 2,384 visitors between January and April, but this time with a big push behind the connections, the numbers are expected to really take off.

Broken Embraces lures UK to Lanzarote

After sneak previews in Lanzarote, the new Pedro Almoldovar film, Broken Embraces has opened in the UK to warm reviews, and although Penelope Cruz looks stunning as always, the scenery of Lanzarote has almost stolen the glory.

Filmed last year in key locations around the island, the cast and crew became enchanted by the natural beauty of Lanzarote, the director Pedro Almoldovar has been happily singing its praises ever since, but now cinema audiences can make up their own minds.

Location filming was spread around the island but places like the natural volcanic bowl at El Golfo couldn’t help but impress with their rugged charms. When you come and visit Lanzarote, allow some time to get out and about to see the coast, the mountain walks and the Timanfaya National Park, where the turbulent volcanic past is brought to life. A good base is essential, Costa Teguise is well placed for all excursions and Sands Beach Hotel Resort can offer trips and travel advice to ensure you see the main sights.

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