Lanzarote Eco Holidays
At first glance; the Canary Islands may not seem the most likely place to find holiday accommodation that has green credentials. But Lanzarote differs from the other islands in the archipelago for a number of reasons; including its use of alternative energy.
To begin with, its location only four hours flight from the United Kingdom means that it is half the distance and therefore half the fuel consumption, of the Caribbean. And it can vie with tropical islands for all year round good weather, with an average of only twenty days rainfall per annum and day time temperatures of approximately 20º Celsius even in mid winter.
Even the Lanzarote holiday apartments make a contribution to minimising the use of non natural energy sources.
And thanks to the year round spring like climate the island enjoys, solar panels are widely in use for a variety of purposes. Most apartments in Lanzarote will have an array of the panels on their roofs to create hot water for the swimming pool and showers. Elsewhere, the panels may be teamed up with dry storage batteries to create electricity indoors.
Water recycling has long been in vogue, due to the fact that there is no natural source for fresh water on the island. Instead, tap water is produced by a desalination plant that draws in seawater and extracts the salt from it. Which makes larger consumers, such as golf courses, much more careful with their water usage when keeping their greens irrigated.
Even Lanzarote’s attractions themselves blend in to their surroundings as much as possible, illustrating how important it was to the world renowned local artist and natural architecture visionary Cesar Manrique, to create visual harmony between the manmade and the natural. Such as the incredible Mirador del Rio which almost disappears into the rock cliff face it inhabits.
All of these elements contribute to the unspoilt feel that Lanzarote has. Even its tourist attractions have been developed to work in harmony with the landscape, due to their design by local born artist César Manrique. Who understood well in advance of many others, how detrimental unrestricted development could be.
More detailed information about available Lanzarote holidays can be found on the Lanzarote1.com website.
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