Lanzarote Holidays - the best Destination to smash Those Winter Blues.

As the 4th biggest of the Canaries the island offers a year round raft of events and festivals and entertainment for visitors to enjoy, together with a tapestry of local culture, an idyllic climate and great beaches to chill and absorb the glorious sun. There are lots of good and cheap accommodation options available on the island too. If you want vehicle hire in Lanzarote this is keenly priced too so its straightforward and reasonable, and there is not any excuse to get out and real taste the culture of the island by enjoying several of many local fiestas and holidays taking place across the 2010 season.

The year kicks off in style with the Canarian Music Holiday , the 26th yearly Holiday de Musica Canarias. Carnaval events are staggered - and take place across different cities and resorts on different days. Spring still does not seem to be on its way in any actual hurry, so as the United Kingdom prepares itself for another spell of freezing weather if any one is dr! iven to see blue skies and feel the suns rays on their skin in the coming months, it appears as if one the finest options is to book a vacation someplace else. As the most easterly Canary Island it has good weather all the year round and virtually no rainfall. At just 4 hours flight time, it's the nearest thing Europe has to a Caribbean island. Lanzarote continues to bask in warm weather, with a median temperature of 20C even in the middle of December. At the less expensive end of the market, there's a wide choice of residences in Lanzarote which have been designed with self-catering under consideration. Most have good basic facilities, so the peculiar self-catered meal can be simply thrown together. Click link for more information on beach holidays. In the meantime at the other end of the scale there's excellent choice of non-public villas available to hire across the year in all 3 of the main resorts, as well as lo! ts dotted round the country. As you would expect the largest a! nd best events are held back for Lanzarotes capital of Arrecife as well as the oldest resort on the island which is Puerto del Carmen. The event draws thousands of the islands residents and travellers alike with many donning colorful and resplendent costumes and partying late into the night. During May it gets tricky for some visitors as Lanzarote is the selected location for one of the hardest triathlons in the globe. The yearly Iron Man event gets going this month and attract thousands of super fit rivals from across the world excited to take the title in a tiresome contest that contains a 2km swim, an energy sapping 180km bike ride, and if that weren't enough it is eventually topped off with a full marathon which occurs along the seafront in Puerto del Carmen.