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Sun, Fun And Food In Lanzarote

14th March, 2011 - Posted by health news - No Comments

Great quality food and drink is one of the most important elements that makes for a memorable holiday abroad. And on Lanzarote visitors can enjoy the unique flavours of the Canaries, both in their hotel accommodation and when they get out and about exploring the island. Thanks to the fact that there are loads of excellent restaurants to explore and Lanzarote car hire is much cheaper than in say the UK.

Despite the fact that it is in island located in the Atlantic traditional dishes on Lanzarote tend to be meat rather than fish based. Rabbit and goat are both extremely popular and feature on the menus of all good traditional local restaurants. And the island is also famed for its excellent goat cheeses, which combine very well with locally produced wines, such as El Grifo. Which is still produced in one of the oldest bodegas in the Canaries, dating back to the 1770´s.

Many hotels in Lanzarote put on a special banquet of local produce at least once a week. Usually in the form of a special Canary Night gala. Which features these dishes along with other local favourites such as prawns in garlic. And they will also find that these can be washed down with Canarian lagers such as Tropical and Dorada, which are brewerd on Gran Canaria and Tenerife respectively. Honey rum is also popular as an after dinner drink and is usually served with coffee. There are also plenty of markets and shops where visitors can buy local food and drink. So many tourists staying in Lanzarote villas can try reproducing these dishes for themselves.

For those who can be bothered to cook there are plenty of restaurants to choose from and a lot of the best are located in the countryside away from the main resorts. The north of the island is home to some of the finest, such as Ikarus in Teguise, once Lanzarote´s capital city. And Lagomar in Oasis de Nazaret which was once the home of the film star Omar Sharif and which now houses one of the best restaurants on Lanzarote.

Getting to the island has never been easier as there are now Lanzarote flights available, so discovering the flavours of this unique island located close to the coast of West Africa is much more affordable than it used to be. The journey takes around four hours and flights are available from most British airports.