Accommodation
Lanzarote could easily host at least half of Europe, most of them in Costa Teguise, Puerto del Carmen and Playa Blanca. Accommodation places are mainly apartments and bungalows, and to a lesser extent hotels and casas rurales. If you are traveling on your own, it is easiest to find accommodation in Arrecife, where are some cheap pensiones, apartments and hotels. Most places in seaside resorts are booked by travel agencies, however, you can try to book something yourself, by using the websites www.lanzarote.com and lanzaroteisland.com.
There are also two campsites – Papagayo oraz beach Caleta de Famara, and a free campsite on the beach on the island of La Graciosa.
Gastronomy
In Lanzarote you can try all the traditional Canarian dishes, but you should look for really good restaurants in the interior of the island rather than in the seaside resorts, where english, Italian and Chinese restaurants are slowly replacing traditional establishments.
It's worth trying the dishes, which are not to be found on the rest of the archipelago. Two of them are corn soup with chickpeas and bacon – millet broth – oraz bean stew, i.e. a thick bean and pea soup. Gofio escaldado is a dish made of Gofio corn meal and broth, which is taken with particles of a delicate-tasting onion. A good snack is grilled gueldes that are smaller than sprats. Meat lovers should try conejo al vinagre de La Geria, that is, rabbit stewed in sauce with wine, vinegar and tomatoes. The island cannot be left, without having tasted the famous Tequise goat cheeses, Tinajo or San Bartolome.
Vine, grown on volcanic soil in the area known as La Geria, it is the most important crop of the island, and the biate liquors produced in Lanzarote are among the best Canarian wines. Although the red wines from Lanzarote cannot be faulted, dry biate wines and alcohol-fortified sweet vino de licor from El Grifo vineyards are especially recommended, La Geria, Guanapay Castle, Bodegas Mozaga or Tinache.
Beaches
Most sandy beaches, because over 10 km, stretches on the east and south coast of the island, where holiday resorts are located.
In the south, the black and uninhabited Playa Quemada stands out. The further north, the fewer beaches, in turn, on the west coast there are hardly any of them. Almost, because the 3 km long Playa de Famara is considered one of the most beautiful on the island, and Playa del Risco in the north is one of the least populated. The whole is complemented by beautiful and almost deserted beaches on the island of La Graciosa.
Ports
There are several ports in Lanzarote. The Marina of Puerto Calero offers the best conditions (tel92851085, fax 928511462, marina@puertocalero.com, www.marina.puertocalero.com; 28° 55″ 00″ N, 13° 23″ 00″ W; 430 places) and Marina Rubicón (tel 928519012, fax 928519035, mail@marinarubicom.com, www.marinarubicon.com; 25° 51″ 05″ N, 13° 49″ 00″ W; 500 places). You can also moor in Puerto del Carmen (tel 928515018, fax 928515018; 28° 55″00”N, 13° 41 “00” W; 60 places) i White Beach (tel 928517540; 28° 51″ 00″ N, 13° 50″ 00″ W; 80 places). La Graciosa also has a port (tel 928842000; 29° 13″ 00″ N, 13° 30″ 00” W; 210 places).