Canary Islands 2023 Holiday Thread

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I’m at the airport

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LuS1fer said:

Might be raining when you get there but good weather is on the way.

I’ll report

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Not sure is what temp is but it’s not cold.

Only just got to hotel passport control was a nightmare usually just stroll through it was like Alton Towers.

Strike apparently.

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Been a scorcher all week 27 to 33’.

Setting off to airport in an hour or so fingers crossed it’s not total chaos due to strike action.

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CardinalBlue said:

I flew back on Tuesday and it was absolutely fine... Picket line was abour 4 people sat on a bench with a flag.

Fingers crossed then it was a bloody nightmare when we arrived last Thursday.

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Narcisus said:

Fingers crossed then it was a bloody nightmare when we arrived last Thursday.

Zero delays straight through now sat in departures.

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It was freezing in July, however Alcudia is always warm in September. The sea in Playa Blanca is always freezing when we have been in March.

I wish I was in Spain right now although, I am not man enough to swim anywhere else in the sea other than Cala D'or bay

re: Mogan, I don't think its that nice imho. I know its favoured by women of a certain age who like to prosecco but I would sooner just get a cab to Maspalomas or Anfi.

As I found out in January, prices are higher this year as the RUI 4-star Maspalomas is closing for a refurb and many more families, couples will end up in Ingles this summer simply because of that. I don't get too sniffy about Ingles but its the noise levels I can't handle.

Playa de English is a dump and would recommend anywhere but there!

Playa Del Ingles isnt.

I thought it was Ok

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We’ve booked the Rui Paraiso in Lanzarote for a week in November and the Rui Buenavista in Tenerife for a week in Jan both about £650 pp.

That’s with Tui from East Mids.

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Lanzarote week after next then Tenerife in early Jan both in Riu's i'm ready for it !

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Off to Lanzarote on Monday fingers crossed for weather !

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L500 said:

I got back on Saturday after a week there. 26C+ every day, a little cooler in the evenings but very nice. We had a great week and fingers crossed you do too.

Thanks probably rain all week for me

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LuS1fer said:

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L500 said:

I got back on Saturday after a week there. 26C+ every day, a little cooler in the evenings but very nice. We had a great week and fingers crossed you do too.

Thanks probably rain all week for me

We came back last week and it was lovely weather. Forecast remains good and we are off to FV in December as December last year was also hot.

Fingers crossed ! We are off to Tenerife on 13th Jan as well jettison the UK winter !

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I’m at the airport ! Cloud is about 400ft.

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Carl_VivaEspana said:

you been on the sauce already? which airport

weather not so nice today (not cold though!) but nice tomorrow.

East Mids here now and on the Sauce ! Broken cloud and a pleasant 21’.

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Bit cloudy until about 11:30 today but now not a cloud to be seen in Lanz.

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Carl_VivaEspana said:

I like rainy days in the Canaries.

It's going to hit parts of Tenerife today and Lanza tomorrow.

Yeah seen that I still sit by the pool just lower the umbrella and watch everyone else scuttle inside

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Rain started 10 mins ago in Lanz clouds rolling in …

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Nice one Torrential this morning but by the pool now just a bit cloudy bar open in a few mins so a bit of rain won’t be a problem !

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No where near as bad as I thought … Very heavy rain at 8:30 then a couple of showers but that’s it !

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Heading home tonight after another great stay at the RIU countdown begins to Tenerife mid Jan and another RIU.