Lanzarote Holiday

Holiday Ratings
Recommended days	7
Budget	£
Difficulty	Easy

Why Lanzarote

Lanzarote offers year round sunshine and lots of beaches, if that’s your thing. It wouldn’t be my first choice as a holiday destination as it isn’t exactly swarming with historical sights. This was a family break with Mum and Steve so it was chosen as a budget break for us to spend time together.

We stayed in Costa Teguise, a quiet resort on the coast and travelled all over the island, enjoying the sunshine and seeing the sights on offer. To be fair, Lanzarote without beaches offers enough to do for a week and prices were good value.

I made no notes on this holiday in Lanzarote so this is really more of a photo essay with occasional comments.

Mirador del Rio

After settling in to our apartment, our first day trip was just a drive around the island, stopping at Mirador del Rio to have food and watch the sunset.

Timanfaya

The main attraction on the island is Timanfaya National Park and we spent a day exploring it. This is a gealogical park, formed as a result of eighteenth and nineteenth century volcanoes. The park has almost no vegetation and an almost moon like landscape.

Being good little tourists we even took the camel tour and a guided walk to look at some of the active thermal vents. We drove further into the park on some very interesting roads, the abuse the poor hire car took was quite sad!

Jardin de Cactus

One of the surprise hits of our visit was a cactus garden in a caldera on the island. This had, as the name implies, a fantastic array of cacti and also a very welcome cafe.

Teguise

Teguise is the old capital of the island and Mum and Deb wanted to visit the large outdoor market there. Luckily there was also a Museum of Piracy in the fort on the hill so everyone was a winner.

Cueva de los Verdes

This was another hit of the holiday, the Green Caves were quite spectacular. We took the guided tour and saw the lava tubes and underground lake as well as learning about the history of the caves, being used as a hideout for locals from North African slavers in the 15/16th centuries.

Arrecife

On one of my stupidly early mornings I did a quick trip to the port at Arrecife to watch the sunrise. I didn’t actually see anything of the town as I left before 8 to be back home for breakfast. It did look a pretty little place to visit.

El Golfo

Our final visit, leaving Steve to sunbathe in the resort, was to El Golfo. This is a small village with a black sand beach and a bright green lagoon. Nothing spectacular but nice to see.

Conclusion

Lanzarote without beaches isn’t somewhere I’d visit again, unless I actually wanted to sunbathe. The island does have a few other attractions but the main appeal is the weather, the sea and the beaches. Nice for a weeks holiday but that’s it.

5 thoughts on “Lanzarote Holiday”

Mum 16 April 2020 at 09:03


Love those photos, did bring back some nice memories of the place and I remember how windy it was. A nice break though and the Timanfaya photos are spectacular 🙂
1. Marcus Hurley 16 April 2020 at 09:24
  
  
  Yes, one of those places I’m glad I went to but wouldn’t go again. I’m sure Steve could spend a fortnight there just in the resort sunbathing though!
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1. Marcus Hurley 29 September 2020 at 21:41
  
  
  Possibly, once I’ve got everything up to date I can revisit all of these pages.