Monarch have announced there 2008 summer flights already, the low cost airline are increasing flights to Lanzarote, they are now offering three weekly flights to Lanzarote from Manchester Airport.

It has been confirmed that a young Irishman has been killed in Puerto del Carmen.  It appears that there was some form of car accident, the people involved were said to have got out of the car and in a heated argument the Irishman was hit with what was believed to be a metal bar of some description.

Nothing much is known about the accident or who was involved, local police are investigating.

We will try and keep everyone informed of any new news about this in the future.

When visiting the Canary islands it is possible to fly or sail between each of the Islands.  This island hopping is becoming more popular with tourist who are spending 3-6 weeks on holiday but making sure they visit other islands such as Tenerife and Gran Canaria.

When in Lanzarote, it will now be possible to visit the southern Moroccan port of Tarfaya.  The trips which are being arranged by Ferry operators Naviera Armas will run three times a week and will leave the main ferry port around 12:00 o’clock (Main port is close to Ikea).  The trip to Morocco will take around 4 hours 30 minutes.

Jet2.com have announced new winter flights to Lanzarote leaving from Newcastle.

The two new destinations are Gran Canaria and Lanzarote will leave Newcastle on October 29th and November 1st.

Prices for these winter flights begin from £54.99 one way including taxes.

For more information or to book online visit www.jet2.com

Ironman 2007 this year was a success like most.  The mens winner Eneko Llanos Burguera who came in at an impressive time of 8:49:38 was the first ever Spaniard to win the Ironman in Lanzarote.

The first female home was Tiina Boman from Finland who completed the course in 9:58:41

It was also a plesent suprise that everyone who managed to finish this years Ironman finish before the 12 o’clock deadline.

The day in Puerto del Carmen was not without some accidents however.  Each year as the Ironman becomes more popular bring new danger.  The roads in Puerto del Carmen are closed off to car and busses, however they are not closed off to the public who seem to wonder accross the road without a care in the world.

Coming to the closing stage of his bike ride, one competitor who was riding towards the end of stage 2 ended up hitting a person crossing the road.  Naturally the competitor was not happy and this is understandable.  Hopefully next year may bring in some tighter control of people crossing the road.

For a long time now Lanzarote (Puerto Calero) has been home to Catlanza which has been offering catamaran trips on a daily basis with just about no competition, until now.

Papagayo Adventure is a new company which is now offering catamaran trips that will leave from the harbour in Puerto del Carmen.  The trip which began this week is now up and running and already taking customers out on the open sea.

So whats the advantage of this trip?

Papagayo Adventure:

• 54 euros per person (27 euro for a child)
• Bus transfers
• Jet ski ride
• Banana boat ride
• Canoeing across to papagayo beach

Comparing what this new excursions offers to the catlanza excursions, not only is it cheap but it also offers a lot more.

We shall be updating our excursions in lanzarote page with all this information (when we can get some nice pictures) so be sure to keep an eye out.

As always in Lanzarote, May is the time of the Ironman.  This year the event is held on the 19th of May and will start at around 07:00 in the morning.  The event is held in Puerto del Carmen for the swim and running part of the event.

The event as always has many people taking part, this year there is over 1000 entries confirmed so far with a few spots still left.

If you are on holiday in Lanzarote at this time be sure to come down and support the people taking part.

Las Tres Islas (The Three Island) is a new event to Lanzarote.  This challenge which started in 2006 is a race across 3 islands (hence the name of the event) and proved to be very successful.

This year, the event will take place on Saturday June 2nd.

Tres Islas is a new form of quadrathlon, adapting the traditional form of triathlon. 

The race starts on the Island of La Graciosa where you have to swim 2km to Lanzarote.  Once on Lanzarote you have to climb 2km up a steep cliff, from here you bike 72km to Playa Blanca and on arrival sail accross to Fuerteventura which is 10km.

With a total of 86km this event allows competitors to compete solo or as a team.

There is only limited places for this event so if you are interested in taking part you should sign up as soon as possible at the offical website Youths United

Flyglobspan are launching new winter flights to Lanzarote from Durham Tees Valley airport.

Flyglobespan which are a Scottish based company will fly out on a Sunday and prices start from £49.99 one way.

To book your tickets visit www.flyglobespan.com

Over the past year Lanzarote Tourist and Puerto del Carmen Reviews have gone from strength to strength.  We have been promoting theses sites when ever possible and continue to update them with fresh and up to date information on a regular basis.

Our sister site has now begun offering Puerto del Carmen apartments which allows you to book an apartment online direct with the owners.  This new section is now up and running with 6 apartments to rent.  Over the coming months this will hopefully increase.

Because of this, Lanzarote Tourist has now begun to offer the same but on a much larger scale.  Lanzarote Tourist is in the process of setting up Lanzarote Apartments to rent.  This will hopefully offer our readers and visitors to the site a chance to book apartments from all over Lanzarote, again booking these direct with the owners and thus cutting out the middle man.

If you would like to be informed of new apartments being added then be sure to sign up for our Lanzarote news letter.