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There are plenty of reasons for booking a holiday on the sunshine island of Lanzarote during 2010.  As the fourth largest of the Canaries offers a year round raft of events and festivals for visitors to enjoy.  Along with great beaches and wonderful weather.

Anyone planning to visit the island during 2010 will find a wealth of different accommodation options.  With good quality Lanzarote villas and hotels available in all of the main three resorts, as well as across the countryside.

Car hire in Lanzarote is reasonably priced too, making it easy to get out and about and see some of the colourful events that are going on.

The year kicks off in style with the Canarian Music Festival.  A prestigious event that is staged across the entire island in the archipelago, offering visitors the opportunity to enjoy some of the best classical music sounds around.  With Lanzarote playing host to performers such as The Prague National Chamber Theatre Orchestra.

Things then really start to hot up in February as Carnaval gets underway across the island.  With thousands of revellers donning colourful costumes and work pretty much grinding to a halt for a couple of weeks.  With events taking place at different times across Lanzarote.

Carnaval is rolled out across the island gradually – with different towns staging the event on different dates.  The best processions – featuring decorated floats, drum bands and dancing girls – take place in the former island capital of Arrecife and the largest resort on the island, Puerto del Carmen.

May sees the arrival of the annual Iron Man competition.  Which is widely regarded as one of the toughest triathlons in the world.  Over a thousand super fit competitors will be battling it out for a top prize of €75,000 and a slot in the grand final in Hawaii.  Taking on a course that encompasses a 180km bike ride, 2km swim and a full marathon.  Which is staged along the Avenida del las Playas – the main beachfront thoroughfare in Puerto del Carmen.

June is one of the most important months in the Catholic calendar as this is when the fiesta of Corpus Christ takes place every year – on the eighth Thursday (or 60 days) after Easter.  Uniquely on Lanzarote it is celebrated with the design and creation of huge multi coloured carpets of salt. Which depict key scenes from the Bible.  The best of which can be viewed in the historic town of Teguise or the island capital of Arrecife.

You can find details of Lanzarote villas to rent and additional Lanzarote holiday accommodation on the Lanzarote guide book website.