I have never experienced any thing quite like it! (Lanzarote Airport (ACE))

Member Name: rosiesmum

Product:	Lanzarote Airport (ACE)
Date:	05/04/08 (162 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: New and very efficient

Disadvantages: Having to visit the departure hall because it is going home time

I have been to Lanzarote three times now it is a beautiful Island.

The airport is located between the city of Arrecife and the main tourist resort of Puerto del Carmen.It is a busy airport due to the Island being a popular holiday destination. Thursday is the busiest day of the week apparently because it is the main change over date for tourists.

Terminal 1 is for international flights,departures being on the ground floor and arrivals on the upper floor, and Terminal 2 is for national and inter-Island flights.

Terminal 1 is a brand new building and very bright and airy.
There are plenty of duty free shops once you have checked in including a newsagents, florist, as well as the normal duty free wines and spirit, there is a particular shop that sells local products that was very nice to have a browse around I cannot recall the name of it but it had some lovely handbags and pieces of jewellrey on display.

There are numerous cash machines around the terminal and a foreign currency desk if you need to change any of your euros before you return home.

Cafes and fast food counters are plentiful in the departure area with plenty of seats also a bonus to this airport is an outside seating area so you can enjoy that last bit of sunshine before you board the plane.

If you need any assistance for instance a wheel chair or just some advice you can talk to a member of staff they all wear green jackets or you can go to the information desk in departures.

On arrival at the airport you are quickly through passport control and I have found that by the time you reach the luggage collection point your bags are already there, obviously they have a fast turn around on the flights so they dont mess about.
Custom control is just an easy walk through and then you see the arrivals hall and the huge glass doors to the lovely sunshine outside.

If you have not pre arranged transfers to your holiday destination
it is very easy to grab a taxi there is usually a queue but airport officials organise the pick up point it is quite interesting to watch them directing the taxi drivers so that there is a steady flow.
Costs are reasonable from between eight and twelve Euros depending on your resort.

Local buses also run quite regularly to all resorts but taxis are very cheap in Lanzarotte.

I must give you this little snippet of information before I go....
as you fly into lanzarotte you feel as if the plane is going to land into the sea then all of a sudden you land on the runway, it is quite spectacular and as you are taxying to the terminal if you look out of the plane to the left you will see people walking along the beach path, you always see them waving to you.
If you want to find this beach path for an afternoon out go to Matagorda and just follow the path it is a lovely walk and you will come to the landing lights that go out into the sea there is a seating area to watch planes coming into land and taking off but beware if you go onto the beach it can be quite deafening when one of those huge silver birds flies over your head you really are so close, to be honest it took my breath away I have never experienced any thing quite like it.

Thank you for readingxxxxxxx

Summary: One of the nicest airports I have ever been to.