Canary Islands 2023 Holiday Thread

Canary Islands 2023 Holiday Thread

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Narcisus

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8,055 posts

279 months

Monday 2nd January 2023
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ChocolateFrog said:
We're looking to book a last minute week away in the next few days.

Is Lanzarote noticeably colder being a bit further North than the other islands? Or is there nothing in it.

I've stayed in the North of Tenerife in Feb and it was a good 10 degrees colder than the southern resorts although I imagine a lot of that is due to geography/topology.
I think it’s pot luck we r been to Lanzarote 5 times at this time of year and it has always been around 20-23 apart from one year when it was 25 +. Always a chance of wet though.

We are off to Tenerife next week.

towser44

3,472 posts

114 months

Monday 2nd January 2023
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Fuerteventura looking like wall to wall sunshine and early 20s for the next 2 weeks. Wish I was there :-(

Boringvolvodriver

8,631 posts

42 months

Monday 2nd January 2023
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towser44 said:
Fuerteventura looking like wall to wall sunshine and early 20s for the next 2 weeks. Wish I was there :-(
It had better continue after that though - we go out for 6 weeks on 18 January

CharlieH89

9,079 posts

164 months

Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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Was looking to book Lanzarote for today but coming down with the flu.
We were looking forward to a last minute break but it wouldn’t be enjoyable with me coughing non stop with low energy.
There were some good deals with Jet2 holidays.

ChocolateFrog

24,869 posts

172 months

Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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CharlieH89 said:
Was looking to book Lanzarote for today but coming down with the flu.
We were looking forward to a last minute break but it wouldn’t be enjoyable with me coughing non stop with low energy.
There were some good deals with Jet2 holidays.
We've just booked Lanzarote with Jet2 this morning leaving on the 18th.

All Inclusive for 4 of us for £900 and change Inc flights and transfers.

Cheaper than a weekend at Centre Parcs.

LuS1fer

41,086 posts

244 months

Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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Boringvolvodriver said:
towser44 said:
Fuerteventura looking like wall to wall sunshine and early 20s for the next 2 weeks. Wish I was there :-(
It had better continue after that though - we go out for 6 weeks on 18 January
I regularly go end of Jan/early Feb and the worst I've had is intermittent cloud, apart from 2018 when there was a very icy wind blowing, necessitating a fleece at night.

Back at the beginning of February, running the mighty gauntlet that it might be as cold as 20 degrees...

Boringvolvodriver

8,631 posts

42 months

Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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LuS1fer said:
Boringvolvodriver said:
towser44 said:
Fuerteventura looking like wall to wall sunshine and early 20s for the next 2 weeks. Wish I was there :-(
It had better continue after that though - we go out for 6 weeks on 18 January
I regularly go end of Jan/early Feb and the worst I've had is intermittent cloud, apart from 2018 when there was a very icy wind blowing, necessitating a fleece at night.

Back at the beginning of February, running the mighty gauntlet that it might be as cold as 20 degrees...
Cheers - that is good to hear! That said we don’t always have a good track record with weather - went to the Rockies in Canada once in mid September and were snowed in! One of the Earliest they had that much snow

Narcisus

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8,055 posts

279 months

Thursday 5th January 2023
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Tenerife week on Friday and usual Lanzarote booked for April.

valiant

10,072 posts

159 months

Thursday 5th January 2023
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Ziplobb said:
MOBB said:
Planning on hiring a villa over there for 2 adults in Feb 23, probably Lanzarote but not set in stone

Any recommendations would be great :-)
https://lanzarotevillasdirect.com/

we have used these people and would recommend
We used Jet2 Villas last time and have booked with them again for the summer.

Not noticeably cheaper than booking all separate but there’s far less of a faff factor when flights (with luggage), villa and car hire can all be booked in one place and they have a good selection of villas to choose from.

Register1

2,131 posts

93 months

Thursday 5th January 2023
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rustyuk said:
We have always found Mogan in Gran Canaria to be the warmest area at Christmas.
This is where we head to for 8 days in two weeks time.


akadk

1,478 posts

178 months

Thursday 5th January 2023
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Last day here after a week at Playa Blanca Lanzarote , staying at the Iberostar.

100% recommended- outstanding hotel, great for 5yr old son. Outstanding food etc. 10/10 from me

Great weather all week - low 20’s on the forecast, but sunny all day so has felt high 20’s in the sun, hot enough to burn!

Mirinjawbro

687 posts

63 months

Thursday 5th January 2023
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looking at going to one of these islands next summer.

we like to be by the pool but also go out and do some activities

any recommendations?

thanks

98elise

26,380 posts

160 months

Thursday 5th January 2023
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Mirinjawbro said:
looking at going to one of these islands next summer.

we like to be by the pool but also go out and do some activities

any recommendations?

thanks
Our preference for activities was Lanzarote. There seemed to be more things to do/visit.

croyde

22,709 posts

229 months

Thursday 5th January 2023
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After yet another miserable Christmas here I'm definitely booking time away for the next one.

I'm a year into learning Spanish and fancy trying to find either a house or small family run hotel in Tenerife for a few weeks Dec/Jan.

Maybe the area above Los Gigantes as it seems very Spanish.

Any recommendations?

LuS1fer

41,086 posts

244 months

Thursday 5th January 2023
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Mirinjawbro said:
looking at going to one of these islands next summer.

we like to be by the pool but also go out and do some activities

any recommendations?

thanks
There are plenty of activities on most of the islands but if you grab yourself a hire car, you can go off and explore, to your heart's desire.

Fuerteventura, for me, has everything in a resort and lots of places to visit outside of it.

But it rather depends on what you deem to be activities.

Jaguar steve

9,232 posts

209 months

Friday 6th January 2023
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I'd vote for FV too.

Way less populated and far more laid back with a hippy/surfer vibe out of the resorts and stunning beaches compared with the other islands, but it's pretty much a bare desert rock and lacks the lush and varied inland scenery variety you'll find Lanzarote and Gran Canaria.

Probably enough to do on any island with watersports, boat trips and jeep safaris on offer but they ain't cheap.

Worth having a car and exploring wherever you go.

curvature

380 posts

73 months

Friday 6th January 2023
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I've just had a week in Tenerife before Christmas returning on the 23/12.

Not a cloud all week and it was 23C.

I would thoroughly recommend the Roca Nivaria hotel - https://www.adrianhoteles.com/en/

For this December we are going back to La Palma. We should have gone in Dec 21 but the volcano stopped that one! La Palma is very unspoilt with lovely scenery.



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LuS1fer

41,086 posts

244 months

Friday 6th January 2023
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Already having booked my 20th trip to Fuerteventura at the beginning of February, I thought the time had come to go back to one of the other islands in April. Bear in mind I am a karaoke god laugh and like entertainment of some sort.

Despite much poring over Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Tenerife, the sums just did not add up, always paying far more for apartments in far worse sprawling locations, a bit of a walk from the beach in built-up or hilly locations with problematic parking.

I ended up booking my favourite Caleta de Fuste yet again, apartment in the centre, shared pool, for £200, the flight will be under £200 and the hire car is 119 Euros. If you skip the hire car, the bus is 1 Euro 40, either way and it takes 10 minutes. A holiday for two for under £500, plus meals, is pretty amazing in 2023 and allows yet another one to be slotted in.

98elise

26,380 posts

160 months

Friday 6th January 2023
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LuS1fer said:
Already having booked my 20th trip to Fuerteventura at the beginning of February, I thought the time had come to go back to one of the other islands in April. Bear in mind I am a karaoke god laugh and like entertainment of some sort.

Despite much poring over Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Tenerife, the sums just did not add up, always paying far more for apartments in far worse sprawling locations, a bit of a walk from the beach in built-up or hilly locations with problematic parking.

I ended up booking my favourite Caleta de Fuste yet again, apartment in the centre, shared pool, for £200, the flight will be under £200 and the hire car is 119 Euros. If you skip the hire car, the bus is 1 Euro 40, either way and it takes 10 minutes. A holiday for two for under £500, plus meals, is pretty amazing in 2023 and allows yet another one to be slotted in.
The Canaries are spectacularly good value. A weeks winter sun is peanuts, and we're aiming to do it every year. We got a front line studio apartment in Tenerife last year for about £500. Flights were under £100.

dirky dirk

3,009 posts

169 months

Friday 6th January 2023
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I went twice last year and going once this year,
probably been 20 times in the last 30 years, its as dear or cheap as you want to make it