Our Stay in Lanzarote (September 2024): Day 6: Tuesday 10 September

We had arranged to collect our hire car at 9am. Unsurprisingly for Spain, it was late but the Cicar staff member was excited to tell us that we had a free upgrade from an Opel Corsa to a Mini Cooper convertible. We perhaps did not share her enthusiasm as we felt that our days of being in a slightly cramped racing car are long gone!

We set off for Costa Teguise with the roof open and the wind in our hair (eat your heart out Bridget Jones 🤣). It seems that the wind in Lanzarote makes every day a bad hair day and an open top car makes it even worse!

We have visited Costa Teguise a couple of times in the past and have never been all that impressed but we thought we should give it another chance. It took us ages to find where we wanted to be. We had a walk along the prom but, whilst the beach looked very nice, overall we still weren't impressed. It was bitty and there was graffiti everywhere.

Our next stop was a complete contrast - the classy marina at Puerto Calero. We have always loved this place and today it confirmed for us that we still do. We were amazed to find that there was quite a substantial market taking place which we had never seen before. We later discovered it operates only on Tuesdays and Fridays. The stalls looked to be a cut above many others we've seen in Spain with items priced and people being allowed to browse hassle- free. We don't think we've been here since 2011 and it has developed quite a bit since then.

We were ready for a beer and a bite to eat so we wandered past all the eateries and opted for El Tomate which we have visited before. We wanted to have tapas and thoroughly enjoyed the selection we chose. We will very likely be back before we have to hand in our car. It was then time to return to the hotel to chill. The satnav in the car is a bit unreliable but we did eventually find the hotel.