Visiting Lanzarote in 2010
Thinking of booking a holiday in Lanzarote this year? Plenty of other tourists did just that during the course of 2009, with the island welcoming just under 1.4 million tourists last year. An impressive figure given the impact of the credit crunch and the weakness of the pound.
The island expects to welcome around 750,000 tourists from the UK during the course of 2010. And many of these visitors will be booking their own self catering accommodation – such as villas in Lanzarote – direct online. Often booking specific dates to coincide with their favourite island fiesta or festival.
For all you independent travellers there is a plethora of Villas in Lanzarote available at sensible prices throughout the year.
In February Carnival sweeps across the island – bringing work to a halt for at least a couple of weeks. With events taking place in different locations and on different dates. This is arguably the most colourful and best attended event of the year and attracts huge crowds. Featuring cleverly decorated floats that wouldn’t look out of place at the Notting Hill Carnival, massed ranks of drum bands and hordes of dancers dressed in real Carmen Miranda fashion. With plenty of riotous dancing and drinking.
May sees the arrival of over 1000 super fit athletes on the island. As the annual Iron Man contest gets underway. This is widely regarded as one of the hardest events of its kind in the world. Entrants have to swim 3km, cycle 180km and then finish all of that off with a full marathon. Many don’t even make the finish line but for the top 60 a place in the Grand Final in Hawaii beckons – along with a slice of the $75,000 prize money.
Lanzarote is also a great destination for music lovers too as there are concerts and festivals taking place throughout the year. Among the best is Jazz Canarias which visits the island every July. And which showcases some of the best young talent from the world of jazz. In previous years featuring free live performances from the likes of the guitarist Kyle Eastwood –offspring of the famous actor Clint Eastwood. All of which takes place in the atmospheric setting of the historic former island capital of Teguise.
Bookings for holiday apartments in Lanzarote rise again during September.
When the annual Costa Musica Festival takes place on the beach at Playa Bastian in the resort of Costa Teguise. Featuring an eclectic mix of live dance acts and DJ´s from across Europe.
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