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More and more holiday makers from across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain and elsewhere are discovering the dramatic yet serene beauty that forms a backdrop to the main holiday resorts on Lanzarote. It is now the Canary Island’s second most popular island after Tenerife, which to be fair is also a lot bigger as an island.

Most people will choose to stay in villas in Lanzarote, with villas in Playa Blanca particularly popular. This also applies to Costa Teguise, which also has a good range of all inclusive hotels, and is also renowned for water sports. Costa Teguise is located very near to the capital, Arrecife, and the airport.

Apartments in Lanzarote are also a very popular type of accommodation, and there are many in Puerto del Carmen, also quite near to the airport. Puerto del Carmen is well known for its ’strip’, the Avenida de las Playas, which at 6 kilometres long, hosts many of the bars, restaurants and night clubs in the town. Here you can party until 6 am. Despite this, Puerto del Carmen is also very popular with families and older people as well. Many have been holidaying here for over 20 years.

There are many attractions and places to visit all over Lanzarote, and all can be easily reached from your Lanzarote villa or apartment. The most famous is the Parque Nacional de Timanfaya, where the heat of the still-active (but dormant!) volcano is used to cook at the Restaurant that is at the heart of the visitor centre. You can take an escorted coach ride around the park, and enjoy a fascinating narration about the last eruption of the volcano in the 17th century.

However, for many people it will be the beaches that attract them to Lanzarote. They are truly spectacular, especially around Papagayo and Playa Blanca in the South, and at Caleta de Famara, in the wider North west of the island. The main resort beaches at Puerto del Carmen and Playa Blanca are very safe for bathing.

For the best in villas in Lanzarote and apartments in Lanzarote, visit the All Things Lanzarote website, which is packed full of information about the main holiday destinations on Lanzarote, as well as places to go on the island.

Since the day that we could contain animals in these water tanks we have been going to see them. However slowly diving holidays have become even more popular than ever.

So why would you go to a sea life centre? Mainly the chance to get up and close to these animals is a great opportunity. If you want to go and see these animals just down the road instead of travelling just around the world then this is easily possible. It is much cheaper to go to the sea life centre. What’s the point in going on a diving holiday if you haven’t really thought about it.

There is a common misconception that these diving holidays are extremely expensive and only for those that can afford to embark on these luxury holidays. However these holidays are now really quite cheap. If you are actually there it is a clear and present way to demonstrate to people what these marine species are like in the wild. Anyway, the diving holiday can be a treat, you can still visit the Sea Life Centre, it’s just not the same or nearly as fun. So there is plenty of sun and sand, a few drinks and a dive in the ocean, preferably before drinks.

So although you can go straight to the sea life centre without travelling that far, do you really get that much of an experience out of it. These diving holidays do really give people the opportunity to experience something that a lot of others won’t do and not to mention you will probably have the most amazing time of your life. If you want to spice things up a little more then you can go shark diving, obviously for the more adventurous of the lot of you though, but these holidays are becoming extremely popular.