Lanzarote

Fascinating And Beautiful

Lanzarote is one of the seven Canary Islands, situated some 1,000 km. from the Iberian Peninsula and 150 km. from the coast of Africa. The Canary Archipelago is a Spanish territory.

Located close to the Tropic of Cancer and featuring a climate that results from a combination of high Saharan temperatures and a warm current from the Gulf of Mexico, the island enjoys an average temperature of 22°C all year round.

Some 900 square km. (including the small islands of la Alegranza, la Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Roque del Este and Roque del Oeste), with a north-south distance of 60 km. and an east-west distance of 20 km., take in the island’s seven municipalities (Arrecife, Haría, San Bartolomé, Teguise, Tías, Tinajo and Yaiza) which, overall, have an official population of nearly 100,000 inhabitants (2003).