Advantages: Virtual year round sunshine and only 4 hours away Disadvantages: Some areas rather built up - full of fish and chip shops, singlets and neon signs
Think of the Canary Islands, and what do they say to you? English breakfasts served all day, large groups of sunburnt English chavs wearing too little and drinking too much, timeshare touts and mass tourism? And yes, it's true, far too many of the larger resorts on the Canary Islands are buried under a mass of towering hotel blocks, KFC signs and loud flashing neon lighting. However, it's not all bad. What you do have is almost year round sunshine ... ...Large swathes of the Canary Islands remain charming and well worth a visit. My first visit to the Canary Islands was back in 1981, and since then I have visited all three of the main islands (Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote) more times than I can count on both hands. I've stayed in some of major built up resorts of the islands, as well as the quieter calmer areas, and all in all, I thoroughly recommend any or all of the islands as a year round ...
Bollinger28 05.08.2005 (14.09.2007)
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Advantages: Warm, all-year-round holidaying venue Disadvantages: A bit manufactured and artificial
This review was wrongly located for a while under guide books to Puerto Rico in the Caribbean ! Don't even ask for an explanation. Thanks to Jess and Co. at Ciao, that has been deleted and now inserted here. Happy reading - and thanks to those who waited patiently to read and comment.
Puerto Rico has welcomed us as a family, and as a couple on about 7 occasions. I suppose the real attraction is the near-guaranteed sunshine.
But I'll try and give ... ...hope I can do a great PR job on PR
GETTING THERE :
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Flights leave several UK destinations for Gran Canaria's Las Palmas airport, and you can reckon on a flight of about 4 hours.
The airport has been modernised and is very welcoming - bright, modern and cool. Formalities consist of a quick passage through the passport control and a bit of a wait at the baggage carousel.
From the airport to Puerto Rico, is a journey of about 40 minutes ...
trevorbrock 29.09.2005
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Advantages: Great for watersports and parties. Disadvantages: No knitting circle for grandma.
I like active holidays and the Canary Islands have to be about as good as it gets for a beach holiday. I surf and windsurf with more enthusiasm than talent, and enjoy checking out the places I end up in. I have visited Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and had a good time on both islands - here is what I have experienced:
Climate.
I have always travelled in autumn - September/October time and I have encountered consistently warm weather. Not too hot, ... ...in the evenings and early mornings. It's often cloudy on one side of the island too, although with a car you usually seem to be able to drive somewhere sunny.
The water is surprisingly cool - cooler than most places in the Mediterranean - and with the consistent winds a thin wetsuit is necessary if you are planning on spending a long time in it.
Scenery.
The islands are volcanic - and it shows. Most of the landscape is barren brown rock, and what ...
jimh1 20.09.2005
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