Lanzarote, Canary Islands.

How much do you think you will pay in Lanzarote in October to December for a villa with private swimming pool like this one, plus the car that you need to visit the island?

Just take your calculator and visit some websites to see the prices. You will never arrive to this one: 129 Euros per day.

This is the offer that Villas San Blas launched for bookings between October 19 and December 20 for their clients.

No doubt is a good one. The Lanzarote weather in October is just wonderful. No wind and a spring time to enjoy the beaches and some beautiful walks.

 For further information just click the following link:

SPECIAL PROMOTION VILLA + CAR IN LANZAROTE

I’ve decided to make a list of which conditions must have a complex of Lanzarote Apartments in Costa Teguise to be just what a client needs when visits the island.

Then I methodically analyzed some of the most traditional ones finding that just two of them really can fulfill the espectations of a family or individual wanting to rent the ideal holiday apartment in Lanzarote.

Costa Teguise has its own characteristics as an island location wich have particular needs that renting in other places can not have and viceversa.

If you rent a holiday apartment in Costa Teguise you will need to be close to the beach of course (if not why will you visit our wonderful island?)

So extracting the ones far from beaches from my list, I started with other topics related with location, as the distance from supermarkets, restaurants, banks and cultural life of Costa Teguise.

Once my list decreased,  checked out internal things wich are very important in these days as night and children security (on this topic my list decreased a lot), and swimming pools or not.

At this point, my check list included also other internal services like breakfast, bars, cleaning and amenities, including also something very important as reception service.

From my Costa Teguise list, checked out the five places remaining and visited "in person" just asking the recepcionist for further information as prices and availability.

I must tell that some of the places dissapointed me just for this one item in my list: customized attention, "personalized attention", that reduced my list to just two apartments complexes.

In 3 of them the recepcionists could’n talk in my language and in two of them I had to wait more than 15 minutes to be seen…

From the two places remaining in my list, I just decided to give the Nobel Prize to Apartamentos Nazaret because it was the only one that passed the full check list in all the aspects analyzed. One of the things that impacted me like a difference from the others checked, was just this kind of personalized attention received during my visit. Perfect english speaking girl providing me with a complete brochure including not only the internal amenities of the apartments and the place, also a global information about Costa Teguise.

After answering all my requirements with a perfect knowledge of her job, she gived me a nice unespected present: a beautiful stone wich is now in my desktop as a souvenir.

She also provided me with the website address, in case I need further information wich is:

http://www.apartamentosnazaret.com

The phone number ( +34 ) 928 590416 - 590801 , Fax: + 34 928 590866 and E-mail: info@apartamentosnazaret.com on a nice card that also can be used as postcard of Costa Teguise.

Just a tip: is really useful to make this check list yourself before you rent an apartment in Lanzarote.

June & July 2009 summer Lanzarote Events : Music

The Original Wailers (the Bob Marley’s ex-band) will be performing at the Recinto Ferial de Arrecife on Friday 12 June. If you will be here in Lanzarote, and you are a reggae fan, remember that in Spain is not allowed to smoke joints at public places.

Yes folks, Lanzarote is not Jamaica.

This band is lead by two of the most  Bob Marley’s closer musicians : the guitar player and vocalist Al Anderson and the talented and also guitar player and vocalist Junior Marvin.

The band is performing a large tour in Spain and other countries with a lot of success.

Canarias Jazz Festival in Lanzarote

On Friday 3, the Mezzoforte quartet, a jazz fussion styled group from Island, and the same night: Okou, a folk duet with the grate african singer Tatiana Heintz and the composer Gilbert Trefzger from Switzwerland. Steel guitars, banjo and grate soft music and vocal melodies. The concert will be also at the Recinto Ferial de Arrecife. Further information at the Canarias Jazz festival Ofiicial Website

June and July best Bars in Lanzarote

After the concerts will be grate to get a pint somewhere, so will be useful to read this old post about Irish pubs in Lanzarote where some of our Irish readers leaved interesting comments.

Also take a look to Charlie’s Bar situated opposite the taxi parking on the Avenida de las Playas in Puerto del Carmen walking upstairs in the Centro Atlantico. Live music all summer.

Holiday apartments in Puerto del Carmen

Where to get the perfect Lanzarote accommodation? just take a look to the El Poril holiday apartment at Puerto del Carmen video.

Holiday villas in Lanzarote

If you come with your family don’t hesitate to consider a holiday villa in Lanzarote , pay less and enjoy a luxury home with private swimming pool paying less than an hotel per person.

The most of the Irish people visiting Lanzarote are renting holiday apartments thinking that to rent a villa will be much more expensive. But you will find apartment’s complexes where the pool is full of children and privacy is something rarely possible.

There’s a large offer for June and July 2009 in Lanzarote for villa accommodations. Amazing villas for six people at many locations, with private swimming pools for a small price difference from a holiday  apartment.

If what you want is that the young people or children of your family can enjoy leaving you in total peace and freedom, take a look to these links to find your perfect accommodation:

Puerto del Carmen Villas (Videos and descriptions)

Holiday Villas in Playa Blanca (A large collection of holiday villas in Lanzarote. Playa Blanca and also other locations)

And if you are new or still in love, this is the place: Lanzarote villa El Aljibe.

Golf in Lanzarote?

Oh yes. We have green courts made from nothing at Puerto del Carmen and also in Costa Teguise. Both have 18 holes and the one in Puerto del Carmen ,amazing sea views.

What else for this June and July summer in Lanzarote?

Well, one of the main interests of this blog readers is the Lanzarote weather and also the news about the possibility to take a ferry from Lanzarote to Morocco . If you follow these links, you will see the last updates about the ferry connections between Canary Islands and Morocco. STILL NONE AVAILABLE !!!! political blah, blah, blah, but still is no possible to travel by ferry between these two wonderful lands. Here is some information about flights from Lanzarote to Morocco at the comments section. Get into it and leave your opinions.

Ok, that’s all for today, sorry for my "conejero-english" (You know I am just an irish family son, but born and styled Lanzarote’s guy, triying-to-talk-to-my-irish-friends out there).

Enjoy the concerts, the pubs, the beach and the villas and keep in touch with me, I’ll be glad to offer  any information you require about Lanzarote. See you here!

Investing in Lanzarote today is a good chance, property sales exploded down with the crisis and some bungalows, apartments and villas are really waiting for the lucky one.

Some of my readers asked me to publish a post about opportunities to avoid comissions.

I’ve been searching for some properties actually for sale directly by the owner like this villa in Famara, one of the last jewels of the island, built with the most traditional Cesar Manrique’s style:

I’ve told you before about this villa at this post, but the good news is that the owner decided to make the price lower and is still available, stil on sale.

To make a visit, just contact Jack at the phone (+34) 669 039 668.

For Puerto Del Carmen Lovers, also is available a nice bungalow near to the beach, and also I’ve found other direct owner properties as a typical canarian style house with patio at Teguise Villa for the ones enjoying the quiet places, both reduced the price around a 30% lastly.

The Lanzarote weather in October is just amazing grate. With the new flights from Cork to Lanzarote we have the chance to visit the island on the best weather conditions and just on time for cheap offers.

The Villas San Blas, one of the most known holiday rentals in Lanzarote for its professional services, is offering one weekend in Lanzarote for 300 Euros with private swimming pool, from 1 to 4 people. To book a villa with this special offer, arriving on October 10 (friday) and leaving on Sunday 13, just visit the website. Will be a sport event this October weekend, wich is one of the most funny and interesting: the GREEN CUP TRIATHLON.

For the ones that prefer a romantic weekend in Lanzarote, try El Aljibe. The perfect villa for two, a magic and private environment, where all is designed to offer high level of pleasure for couples.

Stunning views, artistic, mega-private and luxury villa in the north of Lanzarote. El Aljibe is offered in October for 160 Euros (per night). To book this villa just visit the website: http://www.rural-villas.com/el_aljibe.htm

Family weekend or a group of friends? Or may be your company is looking for a meeting in a special place to give the employees a push or leave your clients in love with your business?

Try renting Finca La Corona just for 100 Euros per night, ideal for groups. Designed to offer connected houses with independent living places, and an amazing swimming pool. Jacuzzi and gym, everithing thought for the best group interaction. Click here for more details and bookings. This is one of the most authentic villas, (Cesar Manrique style) at the island. Your family, friends, clients or co-workers will love you after you propose this option.

Have you been in Lanzarote in October?, I’m shure if you get here just for a weekend, you’ll want to change your ticket to stay some more…

Good news for the southern Irish. Aer Lingus will add a new flight from Cork to
Lanzarote starting in October. So from October 30, the flights Cork-Lanzarote will be operating Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. October is probably the best month for the weather in Lanzarote: warm but no too much, not  too windy and also good water temperatures for bath.

Well, when the climate change allows that… 

The ticket is offered for 74 Euros between October 30 to January 11. With this new thursday flight, Aer Lingus will operate 3 weekly connections: Cork-Lanzarote, Dublin-Lanzarote, and Belfast-Lanzarote.

Almost the 50% of the Irish visiting Spain, stays in Lanzarote. Aproximately 200.000 per year.

¿Flying with this line to Lanzarote? ¿How is it? 

Well, yes, a new delay for the ferry Lanzarote Agadir. The ferry connection from Canary Islands to Morocco is still not possible. Now the Morocco’s Goverment asks a 300.000 Euros warranty to Naviera Armas for operating at the Morrocan ports. The line says is not necesary and not agreed to pay for the moment.

Touristic and commercial authorities says this negotiation will be probably done before this month ends…

Ok, think possitive! : one thing we can really learn here in Canary Islands is to have patience. After living some years here, you become for shure a Buda-Zen-Tao expert, and also you get some siesta-do-it-tomorrow expertise ¿what else?

There’s a lot of interests involved at these operation (both sides: Canarian and Moroccan) to force it to be done: the touristic, and also commercial and political. Almost the total of the Canarian companies operating in Morocco have their offices at Agadir and the business men from both locations has recently booked many meetings for cooperation projects. I will be on the spot to bring here to the blog the fresh news about this ferry. Stay connected.

I was making a research about the weather in Canary Islands, because this blog is viewed every day for people with weather interests.

All my readers knows that I’m a canary islander born, Irish family. As my family leaves here in Lanzarote for so many years, my Irish to write is not so good, but I like to write for Irish people visiting Canary Islands, and specially Lanzarote, because I can give you a different point of view from my canarian origin to my irish blood. So apologize my mistakes, in order to accept my good intentions.

So, here you are:

Weather in Lanzarote: as I wrote before, the weather is changing, spring has started with some clouds and windly. But still it keeps some patterns, like in June, July and August we will have a good summer with a lot of sun. If it rains, (with the climate changes, it can happens), it will be a warm rain to get a delicious sky shower at the beach. This summer also, with a new ferry, as you can see following the next link, we will be able to enjoy the possibility to travel from Lanzarote to Morocco. A new sensation, a different culture, and cheap, very cheap for Irish now.

Weather in Fuerteventura: In June, will give us an average between Max. 24ºC and min. 18ºC (max. 76.0ºF and min. 65.0ºF). July and August, just delicious. Fuerteventura has not high mountains, so the clouds just pass the island, have nothing to stop them for rain as it happens in the northern Canary Islands with higher hills as Tenerife. So in June is very rare to see some rain.

Weather in Gran Canaria: The big island, is also warm the most of the summer, but as it is so big and have different geographical zones, the weather can change from one coast to another at the same time. Let’s have an idea: general averages for the year are from 18ºC to 25ºC ( 65ºF to 76ºF ), and for June, July and August, we spect to have aprox. from 21ºC to 26ºC ( 70ºF to 79ºF ). But of course, if you are exposed  or not to sun, in the city or at the beach, the weather can change radically about the temperatures. A GOOD NEW: in June, July and August, never rains!!!!! Gran Canaria has the lowest rain averages for this months. From 0 to 8 mm.

Weather in Tenerife Island. Yes, the other big island of the canaries, is a weather mistery. You can find snow at the mountains as the Teide volcanoe top hill, at the same time your partner can be getiing toasted at the beach. The north and the south are completely different, an island to visit and explore. The weather for this summer will be grate at the south, and in the north you will enjoy warm temperatures also. The touristic areas for beach lovers are the south ones. But in the same day you can go faster from one side to another and get many different sensations. The north is for green lovers. Tropical, humid and rainy. The south is sunny and more dry.

I will keep other day with El Hierro, La Palma and La Gomera. I hope you can leave some comments about the weather in Canary Islands. A big hug. 

You would like to hear the fishermen and countrymen talking these days about Lanzarote weather.
They are really surprised about the changes. Their entirely lifes calculating by many "nature speech" signals and simphtoms what is going to happen in some hours or if tomorrow is going to rain.

But now, everithing has changed. The time for a high or a low tide, was for the Lanzarote’s fishermen something easy to calculate just giving a quick look to the sea. But now they are lost, they are starting to fail. If you are interested in global climate change, just have a chat with one of these men.

Everybody was able to see a big family of whales visiting Lanzarote last week. Swimming all the coast from Puerto del Carmen to Puerto Calero. The fishermen said they are swimming so close to the coast to feed the family with the sardines, but is not the normal days for it. The men were not even ready, and the presence of the whales alerted the people to go fishing the sardines.

About the Lanzarote country, normal procedures for cultives are also changing, the spring shows rare behaviour with some extra winds and the countrymen says the flowers are starting to grow with a different time schemes as usual at this year’s winter and spring schedule.

These old fishermen and countrymen, ever bringing us these valuable knowledge from centuries and generations about the Lanzarote’s weather…

These daily information that we need to sail or take care of our Lanzarote´s gardens, were so easy to get just talking with this people at the beach or at their lands…we are now wondering where all these family technical treasures are gone.