The beautiful Balearic Island of Mallorca is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Europe. Welcoming around 6 million visitors ever year – the majorly of them from the UK and Germany. Along with a plenty of Spanish tourists too.
The island was under Muslim rule for centuries until it was liberated by Jaime 1 [...]
Could the pain in Spain finally be coming to an end? After a year of dramatic double digit falls in arrival numbers and record low occupancy levels in hotels, villas and apartments in Lanzarote there are at last some signs for optimism. As the rate of decline in visitor numbers on the fourth largest Canary [...]
The summer season may have come to a close in mainland Europe. But on the Spanish owned island of Lanzarote in the Canaries the sun carries on shining all year round. And despite recent falls in tourist numbers the island still expects to welcome hundreds of thousands of tourist guests this winter.
Lanzarote and the Canaries [...]
After one of the worst years on record for Lanzarote´s tourist industry the island has been boosted by Ryanair´s recent announcement of 15 new direct routes. With services commencing in October from Bristol, Birmingham, Bournemouth, East Midlands, Luton, Liverpool and Prestwick. As the airline takes advantage of new tax breaks at Spanish airports recently implemented [...]
Lanzagrotty? Hardly. This unfair epithet was coined many years ago by Monty Pythons Michael Palin. And has stuck in the psyche of many British holidaymakers ever since. But mention this to visitors from other countries and you´ll be met with incredulity. As elsewhere in Europe Lanzarote is regarded as the coolest of the Canaries. Thanks [...]