With the stunning Papagayo Beach as the backdrop, there was swimming, kayaking and snorkelling to be completed and a ride on the bouncing banana to get through before lunch.
But this is no classroom history lesson and it's certainly not dry as Carmen and Alena take their guests walking through the vineyards of a selection of Geria bodegas, explaining the vine growing process as they go and sampling the results.
Lanzarote is an island full of fun and mystery, and has an amazing range of activities for all ages in the family. It is difficult to tell what all the activities are from just the names of the excursions. Outandabout.sandsbeach.eu explains all the activities to you clearly so you can see exactly what you get ...
The setting of the Jameos del Agua is intriguing in that it's inside a 6 kilometre long volcanic tunnel that was formed following the eruption of the...
Though we say it ourselves, Sands Beach Resort is in a peach of a position for giving guests a range of options that includes some pretty cool ways to get around.
9,700 individual cacti crawl along volcanic rocks in long, slender fingers culminating in a bulbous tip, cluster in the gravel in short, fat sausages topped with dainty red flowers and stand in spiky, perfect balls looking like someone was half way through a game of oversized cactus pètanque.
At the Cueva de los Verdes groups are guided through the incredible rabbit warren of tunnels, sometimes crouching almost double to get through a passageway and at other times emerging into a huge grotto...
Thanks to the magnetic and eccentric Captain Jack Sparrow, the world has been enjoying a resurgence of its love affair with pirates, and the Castillo de Santa Barbara in Teguise is just the place for young swashbucklers to learn all about their dastardly ways.
If you’ve ever dreamed of a film star’s lifestyle of sun, sea, sand and expensive toys, you’ll relish the prospect of strolling through the stylish marina of Puerto Calero to board your luxurious catamaran yacht before slipping anchor and slowly gliding out of port. Sailing the waters off the coast of Lanzarote for a decade, ...
“See how the local birds sit very still on the rocks,” says Carmen, pointing to the sheer cliff face of Alegranza as our boat slowly inches closer to the shoreline. “That’s because they know that the falcon only takes its prey on the wing.” I’m squinting at the island from the deck of the Isla ...