Isle of Lanzarote – Weblog

The best place to enjoy life

If you are looking for a vacation you will never forget: Lanzarote is the perfect place. In the summer you get temperatures up to 35 °C/95°F if it is that warm you can relax at one of the amazing beaches.

There is no chance to get bored in Lanzarote, you can visit the “El Golfo” crater, the “Timanfaya” (the volcanic nature reserve) or the “Jardin de cactus“, those are only three of many options where to go.

At night you can enjoy the delicous food in one of many differnet restaurants in town or directly at the beach, and get to know the canary taste.

When you go to town you will see many street paintings and different buildings created by famous architects (such as César Manrique).

You will have the chance to be active in any possible way, you can play golf, go surfing, go biking, hiking etc.

The island of lanzarote hides many interesting stories and sights and there are so many possibilities where to go to that you will see a lot and the places are so beautiful you will never forget them.

Besides its vulcanos, Lanzarote is also well known for its outsandig arts and artist.

One of them and probably the most popular is César Manrique.
The artist and architect was born on April 24th, 1919 in Arrecife, wich is a small town in east of Lanzarote. He grew up in San Ginés lagoon and attended to University of La Laguna. In 1945 he changed and went to a Art School in Madrid.

César Manrique immensly affected the planning regulations of lanzarote, because he saw the potential of natural tourism. He developed the tourism in Lanzarote, how it is know now. He allways had an eye on the mass-tourism of Lanzarote and contained it as far as it was economical.
Together with other equal-minded people, he was a precursor of surrealism. He was deeply inpressed, of the fast changing weather conditions in combination of the color refelctions on the steep coast in the northwestern of Lanzarote. This persuaded him to install all those gorgeous viewpoints spotted all over the world.

When he died on 25th September of 1992, an area of great architecture and art died with him. But his brilliant Masterpieces will last for the posterity.

Lanzarote offers a wide selection of nude beaches, ideal for all year round nude holidays. An average water temperature is 18 centigrade at winter time and 23 centigrade at summer.

The southern part of the island is a real paradise for those who seek a possibility to spend the most of the day in nude. Golden sand bays of Papagayo Peninsula with its four beautiful beaches are easy to reach by car.

If you look for extraordinary surroundings, the black sands beach of Janubio will be just perfect for you. It is one of the favorable beaches of naturists for its unique setting.

On the northern coast of Lanzarote, you will find the charming village of Charco del Palo, which is the commonplace of nudity.
Except restaurants and shops, you may stay nude everywhere there and enjoy nude sunbathing along the spectacular coastline.

Lanzarote is the only place on the Canary Islands with naturist resort. There are five hotels which offer naturist facilities with a private sun bathing area. It is a wonderful option for those, who plan only partly naturist holiday.

Lanzarote is just an excellent destination for naturists seeking for picturesque surroundings and wonderful experiences for all year round.

This one is lain more tho the north-east of seven Canary – it is Lanzarote.

This island of Lanzarote forms part of the group of the Canary Islands, which are all seven situated in the Atlantic Ocean. It is said more exactly 140 kilometres western of the coast of Morocco and 1000 kilometres remotely from the Spanish mainland.

The capital is Arrecife. Spanish is the official language. The island is part of the EU since 1996.

Most of the beaches are common and everybody has access to them. Lagoon beaches with very calm condtions, rough, black beaches with a thundering surf, beaches white-wash, fine sandy particularly suitably for surfers, other better for windsurfers. The choice is almost inexhaustible.

The first tourist resort was Puerto del Carmen and it is still the biggest tourism place on Lanzarote. The reason is obvious – the whole area lies along three long, natural beaches.

Pedalos, banana riding and various other water sport is possible. There are three more huge tourist resorts on Lanzarote: Playa Blanca, Puerto del Carmen in the south and Costa Teguise at the south-east coast.

To choose your perfect holiday destination on this wonderful island you shall concrete your interests and ideas about how you imagine a satisfactory vacation.

La Graciosa is a very small island neighbouring Lanzarote.

You can reach the island if you embark the ferry “El Graciosero” which departs from Orzola.

Having arrived at the harbour of Caleta, the only village on the island except for a few less inhabited settlements in the North, you can strengthen yourself in one of the lovely cafés or restaurants of the village.
In Caleta you are free to rent some bicycles in order to explore the incredible beauty of the island. The Playa Francesa in the South is the most beautiful beach on the island that you can reach via bicycle.
The water is clean and warm and the Mediterranean is relatively calm there.



Hiking on La Graciosa is very different and even more intense than bicycling.

Nevertheless it is loved and recommended by all who have ever tried. You should take a whole day to enjoy the beauty of nature on La Graciosa, an island where time seems to stand still and where all your worries will be forgotten.