Supermarket: 16 minute walk (1.4km) to Lidl at Calle Juan Carlos I. A large well-stocked supermarket with a great meat counter for your BBQ. When paying just ask a staff member to call a taxi for you and they will happily do so. 17 minute walk (1.5 km)to Spar supermarket also on Juan Carlos.
Local restaurants/ bars: The steak restaurant El Toro is a 10 minute (500m) walk away at the roundabout on the LZ40 or it is a 17 minute walk (1.5 km) to the restaurants and bars along Calle Juan Carlos.
Shopping: Biosfera Shopping Plaza, 17 minute walk away (1.5km) at No. 15, Calle Juan Carlos I. Four floors of shops, restaurants and amusements including Starlight Open Air cinema playing 2 English movies each evening, a billiard and pool hall, crazy golf, and Cine6D virtual reality motion rides.
Harbour: a 20 minute walk (1.6km) - there are a wide choice of restaurants and bars in the harbour area. Great for lunch, dinner or a drink while an adventure playground keeps the children amused. Lots of choice of boat trips from the harbour including trips on a submarine, scuba diving and the Water Taxi to the marina at Puerto Calero.
Beaches: Playa Chica, a 23 minute walk (2 km) is a pretty little cove surrounding by volcanic rocks, which is perfect for snorkelling and diving (a dive school is located here). Other sports enjoyed at Playa Chica are parascending, banana boat rides, single and double jet-skiing, Crazy UFO and Fly-boarding. The main beach, Playa Grande, also a 23 minute walk (2km) is a long stretch of fine grain sand with calm waters, a very gentle shelf and little current so paddling and swimming are very safe.
Main Beach Road: 20 minute walk (1.6km) to the western end of Avenida de las Playas, the long 'strip' of restaurants, cafes, bars and shops of the greatest variety that runs parallel to Playa Grande. Beach-side, the palm-tree lined promenade is perfect for strolling, jogging, cycling on the red brick cycling lane (many bicycle renting places available), or just people watching. Don’t forget taxi fares are inexpensive in Lanzarote if you don’t want to walk home.
Puerto Calero: 50 minute walk west from the harbour along the coastal walkway and you will reach the marina at Puerto Calero, where there are lovely restaurants and gorgeous shopping. This walk is very popular with our clients. There is also a water taxi from the Old Town harbour if you don’t fancy the walk either one way or both ways. The restaurants in Puerto Calero are perfect for a long lazy lunch. The Water Taxi back costs 6 Euros and the last one leaves about 5pm.
Zoo: Rancho Texas Lanzarote Park, a 5 minute drive (4.3km) has displays of birds of prey, sea lions, and parrots and cockatoos and you can also see exotic birds and reptiles, including the Komodo dragon. Also a cowboy lasso and whip show, and the children can enjoy canoeing and gold-panning, pony riding, and then cool off in the pool.
Golf: Lanzarote Golf - an 18 hole public course is a 5 minute drive away (4.1km) or a 42 minute walk (3.4km).
Go Karting: Gran Karting, a go-karting track 12 minutes drive north-east (10.6km).
National Park: Timanfaya National Park, the natural wonder of Lanzarote has a unique 'Martian' landscape and rare plant species. To the El Diablo restaurant, a 28 minute drive (21.3km). A unique experience is it to take a camel ride across the volanic landscape (18 minute drive, 16.3km).
Water Park: Aqualava Water Park, a geothermally-heated water park, 26 minutes drive south-west (28.2km).
Markets: every Friday 10am - 4pm 100 stalls set up at the Plaza Varadero near the Old Town harbour for locally sourced fruit, vegetables and flowers, as well as handmade craft items, jewellery and clothes (1.6km). At nearby Tias, the Saturday morning 9am - 2pm Farmers market is an ideal place to purchase fresh locally produced vegetables much cheaper than the supermarkets (10 minute drive 7.5km north-east). Also, the biggest open-air street market in Lanzarote is on Sunday mornings 9am - 2pm in Teguise (28 minute drive 26.6km north-east).
Festivals: late February, revel at the Carnival or if you’re visiting in July, don’t miss the folklore performances, folk singing, dancing and vibrant processions at the Feast of St Carmen, patron saint of the city and fishermen.
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