Lanzarote Winter Breaks
Written by John Unwin on November 7th, 2008If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed, or use one of the many feed readers available from the 'subscribe' button. Thanks for visiting!
Whilst the rest of Europe is packing away the loungers and the suntan lotion the Canary Islands are preparing themselves for the busiest holiday season of the year. As these seven specks of Spain that lie just off the coast of Africa are Europes only genuine Winter sun destination.
The most easterly of the Canary Islands, Lanzarote, is home to a population of around 127,000 people and is a unique melting pot of African, European and South American influences. Thanks to its historic position as a staging post between the Old World and the New.
Such is Lanzarotes popularity that over one million British and Irish tourists are expected to visit the island during the course of the year. Thanks in part to the fact that flights to Lanzarote are just a manageable four hours in duration. With plenty of operators competing for custom, so keeping prices affordable. And with new operators such as Kiss Flights also entering the market.
As a result demand for Lanzarote property has remained relatively stable. Whilst prices have started to fall on the island there has been none of the sharp reductions and adjustments currently evident in the British market. As the island’s tourist industry has remained buoyant.
Many of these overseas investors find that Lanzarotes attraction extends beyond just sunshine and great weather alone. Here they can enjoy an idyllic outdoor lifestyle - visit over 90 beaches, explore the islands volcanic terrain and take in unique cultural attractions. All in an environment that remains largely unspoiled by the advent of tourism.
Manrique was studying his craft and hanging out with the likes of Andy Warhol in New York when package tourism first started to take off in Spain. Alert to the damage that this could cause to his birthplace Manrique returned home to ensure that his beloved Lanzarote was not buried beneath a sea of five star concrete.
As a result of his efforts Lanzarote has largely been spared the type of over development now commonly found in other Spanish sun spots. High rise buildings are banned, advertising hoardings are outlawed and all of the islands three main tourist resorts are well contained.
Manriques other main initiative was to create a unique set of tourist attractions on the island that essentially fused art with nature. Such as the creation of an underground grotto at the collapsed lava tube now known as the Jamoes del Agua. And the artist’s own house in Tahiche, fashioned out of five underground volcanic bubbles.
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