Canary Island Winter Sun
By Advisor. Filed in Florida |
Summer may be over in mainland Spain but there are outposts where the season never ends. Such as the Canaries – the seven islands which are situated just off the coast of West Africa, many hundreds of miles south of the Iberian Peninsula. A location that creates a great climate all year round.
As a result the Canaries welcome visitors throughout the year and after Catalonia are the second most popular holiday destination in Spain. Arrivals have fallen by around 20% during 2009 thanks to the current economic crisis. But millions of tourists will still be booking holidays in the region this autumn, despite the downturn.
The Canaries are just four hours flying time from the UK. Making these islands the closest winter destination to sun starved Northern Europe. And this year the cost of flights to Lanzarote are set to fall – thanks to growing competition on this route between the massive guns of the low cost flight world, easyJet and Ryanair. The latter has firmly switched their focus to the Canaries this winter and will be operating 16 new services to Lanzarote from airports across the UK.
So for those who have never enjoyed a winter sun holiday in this part of the world before what can they anticipate? The temperatures will certainly be warm enough for plenty of days on the beach or by the pool. With the mercury rising into the early 20
Wednesday, November 25th 2009 at 10:11 am
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