Looks like it’s going to be a hot winter in Lanzarote and Tenerife, and thanks to 39 new Canary Island routes from Ryanair, tourism will be boosted and holiday home owners will find it easier to pop back and forth from the UK and other key parts of Europe.

The winter flights start from October and will be reviewed in March 2010. The new routes split into 8 for Tenerife and 15 for Lanzarote, the Tenerife airports are Barcelona (Girona), Bournemouth, Bristol, Birmingham, Brussels, London – Luton, Madrid and Oporto. For Lanzarote you can add to those, Dublin, Dusseldorf, East Midlands, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Liverpool, London – Stanstead, Madrid and Shannon, but not including Oporto.

The   Ryanair move has been enabled by the AENA, the Spanish airport authority, scrapping airport charges for Spain. It will help to cement the Canary Islands reputation as the place to go for guaranteed winter sunshine.

No matter how comfortable and enjoyable your resort is, you will always feel the pull of the beach. Tenerife and Lanzarote both have a fine selection to choose from, and another clutch of European Union blue flags has just been awarded for cleanliness and quality on many of your favourite bathing places.

In Lanzarote, Playa Blanca has been rewarded, very handy for guests at Las Brasas and Las Casitas resorts. In Tenerife, there is also good news, with Las Vistas beach in Los Cristianos adding to its annual collection of blue flags, very tempting to those staying at Los Claveles. Playa la Arena on the west coast is another beach that is no stranger to these awards, and is just a short stroll from Las Rosas and El Marques.

In total, the Canary Islands have been awarded 38 blue flags this year, a fitting reward for the efforts put in by the local councils. Of course if sea and sand don’t appeal to you, all of our resorts have excellent swimming pools with full services close to hand.

We have now released new rental prices for all of our resorts in Tenerife, Lanzarote and Spain for 2009/2010, including new discounts for owners.  Contact Wimpen Management for more information.

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Imagine FREE advertising for Tenerife in countries around the World, every week for most of the year. That’s just one of the windfalls from the success of CD Tenerife, who stand on the verge of a place in Spains top division, La Primera, rubbing shoulders with Barcelona and Real Madrid among others.

Football is a passion in Spain and La Liga is eagerly watch around the World. In the UK it is shown at prime time on a Saturday night, Eurosport spreads the game across our continent, and even the Fox network in the USA subscribe to the games. Every time the networks,the internet and the  written media talk about La Liga, the name of Tenerife will be mentioned next season.

Football mania has gripped Tenerife, the last 2 games should see the vital final point gained, the capital Santa Cruz, home to CD Tenerife has already had a glimpse of the celebrations and more are set to follow over the next few weeks. Carnaval fever allied to football passion means a party that everyone is invited to, it really is sunshine football here in Tenerife.

Italy and mainland Spain have already become popular for short breaks to take in a top game, but in Tenerife the glorious year round climate makes it the best possible option for combining sport with a beach holiday. Not so much Football Coming Home, but Football Coming On Holiday, that’s a winner for everyone.

For a relatively small island, Tenerife has an amazing diversity of micro climates, sometimes it changes around the coast from bay to bay. Last week a lightning storm up north took down the power for the entire island for around 6 hours. To the outside world, that was just part of the picture, at the same time around the south and west coast resorts of Los Cristianos and Los Gigantes, it was a hot sunny day.

Many only noticed the lack of power when they went to switch on fans or air conditioning, and those relaxing on the beach,were blissfully unaware of the mini crisis. For a small island, exposed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, there will always be the odd weather problem, and at times like this, you really appreciate good management on your complex.

Wimpen Leisure Management take these hiccups in their stride, they have years of experience to draw on, and all the right contacts to chase up for quick solutions. The varied nature of Tenerife is one of its many attractions, in less than an hour you can drive from the all purpose modern resorts of the south and west, to the rural mountain areas and small villages, or the wine producing valleys in the shadow of Mount Teide with its snow capped peak.  

While you are out enjoying the wonders of the island, it’s good to know that your resort in is good hands and there is always someone to contact on those rare times when there is a problem to be dealt with.

Los Claveles in Los Cristianos is certainly a choice to be happy with

Big concerts with international stars look like becoming the order of the day, well Tenerife has the weather and plenty of great outdoor settings. Last February, Elton John tinkled the ivories and belted out the hits at Golf Costa Adeje, and on May 16, Rod Stewart will be gracing the same venue for another big music night.
The promoters have promised several further mega concerts this year, and both the Heliodoro football stadium in Santa Cruz, and the Las Americas football stadium, down south, have held concerts in recent years by Jamiroqui, Marc Anthony, and Shakira.

Tenerife also attracts classic artists from the past, for smaller more intimate concerts, Chuck Berry, Echo and the Bunnymen and Craig David have all passed this way in the last year. Just a few more good reasons to live in Tenerife.

Sueño Azul is an ideal base for the perfect family holiday in Tenerife, with beautiful luxury villas sleeping up to six persons and within easy reach of the nearby town of Callao Salvaje with bars, restaurants and shops.

Aah spring is in the air, when a mans thoughts turn to golf and the great outdoors. In Tenerife, the weather has that spring and summer feel all year and golf is plentiful all around the island.
You may be staying in a Wimpen Leisure Management resort like El Marques or Las Rosas, in Los Gigantes and feel the urge to pick up your clubs, just pop down the road to Abama Golf, just beyond Playa San Juan, to enjoy the luxury and isolation. Or you may decide to head north up the rugged west coast to Buenavista Golf, where the sea and the cliffs make a great back drop.

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Sueño Azul in Callao Salvaje is just a short chip away from Golf Costa Adeje, a much loved course used in several major championships. Based at Los Claveles in Los Cristianos, you will be torn between the twin delights of Golf Del Sur and Amarilla Golf, back near the airport, and Golf Las Americas, in its own delightful niche, just behind the night life centre of the south.
So many courses to choose from and so little time, maybe you should stay an extra week on your next visit.

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