This is the section of Lanzarote information where we put our tops tips about the island. Everything from food and drink to things to do, usually in simple to digest lists.
Directions from Lanzarote Airport to the three main resorts of Puerto del Carmen, Costa Teguise and Playa Blanca, to help you start your holiday.
It doesn’t happen often, but we do get some rain in Lanzarote. Some tips for things to do if you are affected by a rainy day whilst on holiday in Lanzarote.
European Health Cards for UK and Spanish residents. UK Resident Residency is established by the length of time that you spend in a country, you are deemed to be resident when you live in a country for 6 months or more. If you are a UK resident but planning to take a holiday within Europe you should apply for your European Health Cards (EHIC) before you leave. This card is issued free of charge from the NHS and allows you…
A useful reference – Lanzarote uses the Spanish post code system – codigos postales – and here is a list of all of them for you.
If you discount some work with Rough Guides, then Driving over Lemons was Chris Stewart’s first book, and it’s a cracker! Take an author with an interesting background (First drummer for Genesis, itinerant traveller, sheep shearer and one time circus performer) and drop him with his family into a dilapidated farm in Andalucia and you have all the ingredients for a rib tickling read. The book covers the purchase of the farm, the painful handover process from the previous owner and the…
Lanzarote place names tend to sound interesting and a little romantic, But sometimes, when you translate them into English, they are anything but!