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Post boxes

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Post boxes on Lanzarote seem to come in a variety of shapes and forms. There are official ones that you see on street corners – yellow and solid, much like in the UK. And then there are the plastic ones, often seen at the doors of supermarkets.

Since you can often buy stamps in shops selling postcards, the logical extension of this is for them to have their own post box as well. Although they rarely say on them how often they will be emptied.

Here are a selection of the models that we have seen:

Street corner postbox on Lanzarote

The street corner version

Post box in supermarket entrance on Lanzarote

In the entrance to a supermarket

Mini post box in a shop on Lanzarote

The mini in-store version

Do you know of any others?



Lanzarote Guidebook – Winter Edition

Friday, December 18th, 2009

If you’re looking for some winter sun this Christmas but can’t get away, then we may have the perfect alternative for you: the Lanzarote Guidebook Winter Edition!

Winter Cover 2009

©LanzaroteGuidebook.com

The 96 page guidebook is available free of charge as a download from the Lanzarote Guidebook homepage, or can even be sent to you by post for a small fee to cover postage and packing.

The Guidebook is packed with useful information and some great photos of the island.  Researched and written by long term island residents Lanzarote Guidebook contains all of the information that holidaymakers and independent travellers could need to know. As well as lots of handy inside tips.  And as it is published quarterly the information is always accurate and up to date. Unlike conventional guidebooks which can be obsolete by the time they hit the shelves.

Of course, if you are lucky enough to be visiting Lanzarote this Christmas, then you can pick up your own copy at the airport, eg. at the information desk on the arrivals level.  It is also distributed via car hire companies, hotels and private villas.

¡Feliz Navidad!



Why do visitor numbers drop?

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Over the past few months I’ve been reading about the number of visitors travelling to Lanzarote this year – and it appears that they have been dropping.

Why is that?

I have a theory – and it is only partly to do with the economic climate.

Earlier this year, I tried to book flights from Frankfurt to Lanzarote.  This was not easy, as although there were plenty of places available on flights to Spain, the was a distinct lack of places on direct flights between Madrid and Arrecife, with Iberia offering my flights to Las Palmas instead (following by a short island hop on Binter Canarias).  Other options included spending a night on Madrid, or flying via Amsterdam!

So what is my theory?  Well, I am wondering if the lack of visitors is due to the lack of flights.  It is not because people don’t want to go, but because they can’t get there.

I feel that my suspicions were also confirmed by the news that Ryan Air was receiving a 100% discount on airport tax in Arrecife, encouraging them to take up Lanzarote as a new destination.

Did the major airlines decided at the beginning of the year, that people would not want to fly and so cut back the number of flights to the island?  Is that causing the problem?

What do you think?



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