Puerto del Carmen is located in the South eastern part of Lanzarote and constitutes one
of the most important tourist centres of the island. Puerto del Carmen has more than 6
km of protected beaches that are mostly protected of the trade winds. The most important beaches in Puerto del Carmen are Playa Grande, Playa de Los Pocillos and Playa de Matagorda and Playa Chica highly recommended, side by side to the 4* Hotel Fariones in the centre
of Puerto del Carmen.
The village also counts on a wide range of Hotels, from one to five stars, to book your hotel click here bookings in Puerto del Carmen. Puerto del Carmen has got the complete surrounding of services, shopping centres and about everything you can imagine. Along the extensive promenade, the Avenida Maritima or Avenida de las Playas, you will find a wide range of restaurants, commercial stores, shops, bars, pubs, discos, travel agencies, rent a cars or car rentals in Puerto del Carmen. Apart from the nightlife that is the nicest in the island because many discotecs, bars, pubs and hot nightlife; Puerto del Carmen offers a wide range of sport acitivities and shops such as: Windsurfing & surf classes, maritime excursions, game fishing, diving classes, waverunner & quad rental, motorbike & bike rentals, a go karting course, boat rentals, rental skates watersports, franchises like McDonalds, Zara and Burger King among other international brands and much more.
Puerto del Carmen known by local people as "Fariones" is the most established tourist area of Lanzarote and it has more services that other touristic areas on the island of Lanzarote. Puerto del Carmen is well developed, so it'll be very comfortable and enjoy a landscape of beach and the clear water in the sea side. Puerto del Carmen is the main touristic area in Lanzarote. In Puerto del Carmen we recommend to dive, diving sports in this calm waters are a perfect sport to practice with a great marine life that will not disappoint you, a very well know place to dive is the cathedral of Puerto del Carmen, do not miss it you will see the two biggest mere in Lanzarote called Pancho and Juana and other fishes like "viejas" or "sargos" around the mere.
Do not miss in Puerto del Carmen its Old Village called by locals old town and know as 2 different names as La Tiñosa and el pueblo marinero, in the old town of Puerto del Carmen you will see fishermen in the area of the Varadero because this is the only marina "port" of this area. Here in the old town, side by side to the marina, there are many local people and the atmosphere that you breathe is not as tourist as the rest of Puerto del Carmen because there are still fishermen who come to "operate" bringing the catch on the port. Plus you'll find all kinds of boats for trips to several areas including Fuerteventura. This is a very recommend place and if you like also you can eat in any from line restaurants or bars to go out at night, like The San Miguel Cervecería Brewery place which is visited by the locals of the island. Puerto del Carmen also is know as PDC and belongs to the municipality of Tias.
