John Plumb

17 Lanzarote Beaches - Haria

Haria is the most northern of Lanzarotes seven municipalities. It can thank the Sahara Desert and strong winds for what some regard as Lanzarote finest beaches. The entire coastline is known as Malpaís de la Corona ("badlands") and is strewn with whi... Read >

16 Lanzarote Beaches - Teguise

Teguise is one of the largest and most popular of Lanzarotes seven municipalities. It includes Famara (in the north) and Costa Teguise, (in the south). If your mathematical formula for fun on the beach is "Water=Waves", then you should be heading fo... Read >

15 Lanzarote Beaches - Arrecife

Arrecife is the smallest of the islands seven municipalities and house the islands new capital (having taken over the mantel from Teguise at the end of the 18th century). Like neighbouring San Bartholme, there are relatively few beaches in this area, alt... Read >

14 Lanzarote Beaches - San Bartholme

San Bartholme is the most central of the islands seven municipalities separating the two contrasting landscapes of the north and south of the island. There are relatively few beaches in this area, although we did have visited three on our many trips to t... Read >

12 Lanzarote Beaches - Tias

Tias, another of the islands seven municipalities, includes the islands main holiday resort of Puerto Del Carmen and boasts a succession of beaches, along its 6km of southern coastline, separated only by short rocky elements. In this article, we review ... Read >

23 Lanzarote Attractions - Rancho Texas, Western Theme Park

All Beached out ? Need to entertain the children ? Looking for a great family day out ? Do you fancy a country & western night out in Lanzarote ? Then read on….. Rancho Texas is located on the outskirts of Puerto del Carmen and on one of our ma... Read >

24 Lanzarote Attractions - Aqua Park, Costa Teguise

Located next to the Golf course in Costa Teguise, you will find Lanzarote's one and only Aqua Park, which is open every day from 10.00 to 18:00. Most hotels offer excursions to the Aquapark (with Ticket prices including coach transfers). If you are sta... Read >

25 Lanzarote Attractions - Teguise Golf

Before telling you about my particular day out at Teguise Golf, the more avid golfers amongst you will probably want to know what views they can expect to see and the technical stuff that goes with playing golf. For me it was simply a great opportunity t... Read >

26 Lanzarote Attractions – Guinate Tropical Park

The Parque Tropical is open every day of the year including bank holidays from 10:00 to 17:00 hours. Admission is 14 Euros per adult and 5 Euros per child and I'd recommend allowing a half day to go around the Park, although some visitors have been know ... Read >

01 What can Lanzarote offer you on your next holiday ?

The short answer is It can offer you anything and everything, but surely you want to know more ? Where is Lanzarote ? - It is located on the eastern side of the Canary Islands and is a mere 13 miles wide and 40 miles long, so you can travel to each an... Read >

10 Lanzarote Beaches - General

Lanzarote Beaches Lanzarote offers a wide variety of beaches including white and black sand, placid and ruffled waters and these are, as you would expect distributed along the entire coast of the island. Further articles posted by me discuss in mor... Read >

11 Lanzarote Beaches - Yaiza

Yaiza Beaches In this particular article (I have written others about beaches in other areas of the island), I will cover beaches in Yaiza, one of the seven municipalities of Lanzarote. This part of Lanzarote is occupied, principally, by the town... Read >

Lanzarote, Northern Attractions

In just one day, we travelled from Playa Blanca at the southermost point of the island and made our first stop at the Mirador Del Rio high in the mountains in the north, stopping off to take some spectacular pictures from this strategic lookout point, cu... Read >

Lanzarote, Timanfaya

The Montañas del Fuego (Fire Mountains), to give them there proper name were created in the 1730's when more than 100 volcanos in what is now the National Park, rose up to devastate the southern part of the island. Eruptions lasted for six years and seve... Read >

Villa Lucy, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote - Guest Testimonial

We wanted to write to you to thank you for all you help before and during our recent holiday. First of all, Lanzarote is such a lovely place full of friendly people. Having information available to advise us on the best places to go, what to see and wh... Read >