Hot Villa Holidays In Lanzarote
July 24, 2009 by Nick Ball
Filed under Destinations
The small Canary Island of Lanzarote is a hot favourite with families and couples seeking a good quality villa holiday. Thanks to a fantastic year round climate and high standards of accommodation.
Lanzarote, located just off the coast of Morocco, has been welcoming tourists for over forty years. Proving hugely popular with visitors from sun starved Northern European nations, such as the UK, Germany and Eire. As the island basks in temperatures of 20 Celsius plus all year round. Whilst rainfall is almost unheard of. Just as you’d expect on an island that is just a stones throw from what was once the Spanish Sahara.
Lanzarote has much more to offer visitors than just great weather alone though. For example, the scenery in the south of the island is particularly surreal – the legacy of volcanic eruptions which reshaped and remodelled the terrain during the 18th and 19th centuries. This whole area was declared a National Park in the 1970´s and is now dominated by mile after mile of lava fields punctuated by hundreds of volcanic peaks. All of which are now fortunately dormant!
Close by lies the Green Lagoon at El Golfo – a stunning sight that has been used as a backdrop by the makers of science fiction films, such as One Million Years BC, for decades. A land locked lake, located on a black sand beach has been turned green by an interaction between algae and sea water. Creating an emerald coloured lagoon.
Lanzarote also boasts a host of picturesque and atmospheric white washed villages, such as Yaiza and Haria. As well as the former capital of Teguise. The oldest settlement in the Canary Island dating back to the early 1400´s and a veritable treasure trove of colonial architecture.
The bulk of the best holiday villas in Lanzarote are located in the south if the island. In and around a relatively new resort called Playa Blanca. Which benefits from the best microclimate on the island as well as boasting some of the most stunning beaches, at nearby Papagayo.
The resort has a relaxed and laid back feel and many of the rental properties here offer great views across to the neighbouring island of Fuerteventura. Which is just a thirty minute ferry journey away.
All of the holiday villas in the resort boast private pools as standard and many offer lots of additional extras – such as Jacuzzis, ADSL connections, maid service and free car hire. With prices starting from around €400 per week for a standard two bedroom property.