{"id":2390,"date":"2011-10-14T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vintageholidays.co.uk\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2011-10-14T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T08:00:35","slug":"the-times-travel-writer-and-the-island-of-graciosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/the-times-travel-writer-and-the-island-of-graciosa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Times travel writer and the island of Graciosa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought a place could not look as volcanically-inspiring as Lanzarote, your eyes catch sight of La Graciosa, an island with not many more than 500 inhabitants, just 2 kilometres off the northern tip of Lanzarote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Casa-La-Graciosa-vintage-travel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2391\" title=\"Casa La Graciosa vintage travel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Casa-La-Graciosa-vintage-travel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Casa-La-Graciosa-vintage-travel.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Casa-La-Graciosa-vintage-travel-375x240.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One traveller who recently rested his weary feet after a day cycling, sunbathing and being generally mesmerised by the island, at Casa La Graciosa, was journalist and travel writer, Ian Belcher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa Graciosa lies before us: a giant fried egg with four volcanic yolks. It\u2019s beautiful. Light, bright, speckled with cloud shadows. Why on earth isn\u2019t it better known?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Being made up entirely of volcanic rock and sands, La Graciosa extends Lanzarote\u2019s notoriety of being an island blessed with stagnant volcanic beauty to new levels, although this said, it is La Graciosa\u2019s lack of notoriety that principals its charm.<\/p>\n<p>With just one school, one post office, one bank, one disco, a lyceum, a port, and a plaza where bicycles can be hired, life on La Graciosa is exceptionally laid back, even for the Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>Asides from pedalling to each corner of the island, a distance of just 27sq km, activities on La Graciosa mainly involve lazing around on any of the island\u2019s six headily spectacular beaches, gasping at the awe-inspiring views, or eating some seriously delicious seafood \u2013 the island\u2019s main industry.<\/p>\n<p>In a place this remote, accommodation is few and far between.<\/p>\n<p>In the absence of hotels, apartment blocks or even a campsite, one could describe Vintage Travels\u2019 Casa La Graciosa (pictured), as having the accommodation monopoly on the island. Doing the justice such a painstakingly pretty island deserves, this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/villa_details.cfm?p_id=515\" target=\"_blank\">four bedroom villa in Graciosa<\/a> provides many a traveller with refuge that could rival the most exquisite of accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>Writing in The Times, Ian Belcher described his \u2018testing\u2019 experience on La Graciosa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dusk ritual, sitting on Playa Francesca\u2019s curl of blonde sand and staring across the Atlantic to the vast gallery of seismic sculptures \u2013 scenic drama to rival Russia\u2019s Kamkatcha Peninsula \u2013 is the most mentally taxing activity of my week on La Graciosa in the Canary Islands,\u201d wrote Ian Belcher.<\/p>\n<p>La Graciosa is part of the Teguise\u00a0 municipality and the Archipielago Chinijo, the natural park covering the El Risco, de Famara and the islands of Monatana Clara, Los Roques del Este y del Oeste and Alegranza, and \u2018natural\u2019 is perhaps the best word to describe the island.<\/p>\n<p>From its landscapes, fresh cuisine, and inhabitants unperturbed because there is no traffic here, no hectic commute to work, no noise, only life at its most natural.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought a place could not look as volcanically-inspiring as Lanzarote, your eyes catch sight of La Graciosa, an island with not many more than 500 inhabitants, just 2 kilometres off the northern tip of Lanzarote. 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