Archive for Island News
August 17, 2010
· Filed under at the Resort, Competitions, Island News
Those lingering strike clouds have now been blown away on both sides of the Atlantic and it’s all go for those long lazy days at Sands Beach Resort Hotel in Costa Teguise. Threatened industrial action by airport staff in Spain and the UK has been averted with each country calling off all talk of strikes. [...]
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May 11, 2010
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Prepare yourself for a truly amazing event that takes hold of Lanzarote every year. Saturday 22nd May is the annual Ironman competition with 1,550 competitors swimming 3.8 kms, cycling 180 kms, and rounding it off with a 42.2 km run. That’s just the focal point of the event in Puerto del Carmen, all over Lanzarote [...]
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January 18, 2010
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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 [...]
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December 29, 2009
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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 [...]
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December 4, 2009
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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 [...]
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October 27, 2009
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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 [...]
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October 27, 2009
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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 [...]
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September 25, 2009
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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 [...]
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September 16, 2009
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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 [...]
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September 15, 2009
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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 [...]
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