Late getaway bookings for holiday apartments in Lanzarote are booming. As the miserable British summer shows little signs of delivering a late rally.
September is in fact the best month of the year to visit Lanzarote. As this is when the weather on the island is at it´s most enjoyable. The intense heat and white out skies of August have passed. Replaced by sharper blue. The Trade Winds that blow across the island from March to late July have dropped. And the Atlantic is warmed to its highest point. Creating all of the perfect conditions for sun starved holiday makers who cannot face winter without a quick break abroad.
The quality of the weather is also reflected in a whole raft of great events in September. As the island plays host to its biggest annual fiesta in honour of the islands patron saint - as well as the uber cool live music event Costa Musica.
The lively Fiesta de los Dolores draws seriously big crowds of up to 60,000 people to the small village of Mancha Blanca. Where in 1824 the flow from a volcanic eruption destroyed swathes of land and property in Lanzarote before stopping just at the outskirts of the village. Today this event is marked by thousands of locals and tourists walking on foot to Mancha Blanca from all points across the island – all in Canarian dress – as a form of pilgrimage.
Once in Mancha Blanca the action revolves around the village church – where scores of mobile food and drink stalls are arrayed as crowds gather to watch the icon of Dolores being paraded. This year’s event takes place on September 13th.
Then on the 26th and 27th of September the Costa Musica Festival sweeps in to the resort of Costa Teguise. Bringing a wave of great live acts such as the uber cool James Taylor Quartet and the West London beat masters the Dub Pistols. Along with plenty of quality DJ´s and support acts. The event kicks off on both Friday and Saturday at 21.00. And flows through until around 04.00. Best of all it´s entirely free of charge.
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