Lanzarote Holidays Guide

We have some friends who just got back from holidays to Lanzarote. I was a little worried, as you can imagine. I mean, they went on our recommendation. Well, mine really. Kyle loves it, too but does he blog about it? Noooo.

I told them I’d offer any tips I could, or I’d just keep my nose out of their trip — which ever they wanted. They did ask a couple of good questions and I know they stopped by here, but it was nice to be surprised to hear what they did and where they stayed after the fact, just like regular friends do.

It turns out they stayed in one of my favorite spots, Playa Blanca. That’s at almost the very tip of the island, to the south. It’s pretty much as far down as you can go. It’s a lovely area with nice shops and restaurants and a great marina. You are not too far from one of the golf courses — Golf Costa Teguise — I think it’s about 30 minutes. Maybe less. As you know, I am an indifferent golfer.

I was delighted to hear that they stayed at the Lanzarote Princess! We stayed there and I even have a post about it.It is a HUGE place. I’d have to look back at my notes, but I want to say there are like 400 rooms. Massive place but I liked it a lot and not just because they were sweet to the kids. I liked the breakfast buffet. Serious yum there.

So the travel blogger took over when they were telling us about the trip. First, I asked them if I could use there pictures here. I mean, come on! I always need great pix of Lanzarote, right? But more importantly, I know that the Lanzarote Princess is an older hotel and some people don’t like to stay there. So I was very curious to see what our friends thought. Its been, wow, three years? since we stayed there and I wondered if it’s the same, better or worse. It kinda sounds like it’s the same — which is saying something, I think. It could have gotten worse. Especially with the economy the way it is.

They did stay in one of the newer rooms, and that helps I’m sure. But they said the food, the staff and the pool were perfect. No complaints. They are like us (without the kids, though) and like to relax on vacation and not go-go-go or party all night. So it might not be surprising that they liked Playa Blanca and the Princess as much as we did.