There is a very good reason why the sailors of yesteryear called the Canary Islands the "Fortunate Islands.
" Climate and current combine to create a safe haven for travelers.
What was salvation from all but certain death a hundred and fifty years ago is, for the modern traveler, simply a vacation choice.
For singles, newlyweds, married with kids or retired -- Lanzarote has much to offer the vacationer.
The beautiful weather is just one obvious reason why the "Fortunate Islands" are calling your name.
The Canary Islands sit right off the Northern coast of Africa.
They were probably first settled by adventurous Phoenicians.
The "Canary" in the name is a variation on canine which was what the mariners called seals that lived on the islands' shores.
As I said, the ancients were drawn to the islands because of their perfect location and their abundance of fresh water and wildlife.
The Trade Winds blow past the islands and in particular, Lanzarote, which is the eastern most of the island chain.
Those beneficial winds, combined with cool water from the north meeting warm water from the equator, make Lanzarote incredibly temperate all year round.
The mixing of the two waters acts to keep the island cool.
Cool is a relative term, of course.
But weather temperatures that stay in the low to mid 70s all year round might qualify as cool -- especially for an island with the Sahara Desert as close neighbor.
Lanzarote enjoys little rainfall as well.
Again a combination of lucky circumstances come together to create this micro climate.
Lanzarote is the lowest-lying of the Canary Islands and you need mountains to make moisture turn into rain.
There is one particular high mountain on the island and it certainly see its share of rain.
Otherwise, for say the golf course, the weather is near perfect all the time.
When the weather in the United States is at its worst, that is when you will see Lanzarote at its best.
In the winter months the Trades seem to work overtime keeping everything flowing and warm, but not too warm.
I like being able to take weather out of the equation when I am planning a vacation.
Gone is the worry that I have picked the "wrong" week and our vacation will be rained out.
Gone is the fear that we will be miserable and stuck in the hotel room.
I love Lanzarote for many reasons and weather is one of them.
" Climate and current combine to create a safe haven for travelers.
What was salvation from all but certain death a hundred and fifty years ago is, for the modern traveler, simply a vacation choice.
For singles, newlyweds, married with kids or retired -- Lanzarote has much to offer the vacationer.
The beautiful weather is just one obvious reason why the "Fortunate Islands" are calling your name.
The Canary Islands sit right off the Northern coast of Africa.
They were probably first settled by adventurous Phoenicians.
The "Canary" in the name is a variation on canine which was what the mariners called seals that lived on the islands' shores.
As I said, the ancients were drawn to the islands because of their perfect location and their abundance of fresh water and wildlife.
The Trade Winds blow past the islands and in particular, Lanzarote, which is the eastern most of the island chain.
Those beneficial winds, combined with cool water from the north meeting warm water from the equator, make Lanzarote incredibly temperate all year round.
The mixing of the two waters acts to keep the island cool.
Cool is a relative term, of course.
But weather temperatures that stay in the low to mid 70s all year round might qualify as cool -- especially for an island with the Sahara Desert as close neighbor.
Lanzarote enjoys little rainfall as well.
Again a combination of lucky circumstances come together to create this micro climate.
Lanzarote is the lowest-lying of the Canary Islands and you need mountains to make moisture turn into rain.
There is one particular high mountain on the island and it certainly see its share of rain.
Otherwise, for say the golf course, the weather is near perfect all the time.
When the weather in the United States is at its worst, that is when you will see Lanzarote at its best.
In the winter months the Trades seem to work overtime keeping everything flowing and warm, but not too warm.
I like being able to take weather out of the equation when I am planning a vacation.
Gone is the worry that I have picked the "wrong" week and our vacation will be rained out.
Gone is the fear that we will be miserable and stuck in the hotel room.
I love Lanzarote for many reasons and weather is one of them.