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This 3rd edition is being replaced by a new 4th edition scheduled to be published in September 2017. Lanzarote's most popular walking guide book just got even better. Walk! Lanzarote 3rd edition builds on the reputation of our 1st and 2nd editions with more walks and comprehensive updating so that it caters for the needs of the increasing number of people who would like to combine some walking with a holiday on the 'Fire' island. Walk! Lanzarote explodes the myth that there is nowhere worth walking on the island as we range through strolling on coastal promenades, walking across 'alpine' style meadows, striding over the lava sea, dropping into volcanoes, sitting on 'high mountain seats' - quite simply you will be amazed at the wide variety of stunning landscapes the 'Fire' island has to offer the adventurous leisure walker. New for the 3rd edition.Revised and expanded Costa Teguise, new coastal route from Los Cocoteros to Costa Teguise, Montana Los Rodeos - combine with Montana Cuervo to give the family a pair of easy routes in dramatic landscapes, La Geria Circular based on Uga, new alternative finish for La Geria, new Yaiza circulat taking in Las Brenas and our favourite tipico restaurant, new Tabayesco circular opening up lots of route options to combine with our other routes in this popular region, Maguez to Ye now becomes a circular based on maguez with our return taking in the spectacular Corona Caldera.Walk! Lanzarotes thirty nine main walking routes provide a wide variety of adventures with routes ranging from family friendly costal promenades through a surprising range of landscapes up to some serious hiking. Every route is an adventure that will make you eager to explore further on this spectacular island. Walk! Lanzarote is produced to our highest standards with walk summary and rating, fully detailed description, frequent timings so you can check your progress, compass directions, and gps waypoints for all country routes.Each country route has full 1:40,000 scale colour mapping and gps waypoints dedicated to that route, while our Teguise town walk uses a large scale street plan. All routes are illustrated with colour photos. Culture and agriculture are included along with a 'Thingy' section on modern art, including new 'Thingys' discovered during our research plus a well known artist producing works in the 'Thingy' mould! We've taken advice to emphasise the 'Access by Bus' sections for each walk along with our 'Access by Car' information for each walking route.Map sections for each walking route are taken from the 1:40,000 scale Lanzarote Tour & Trail Super-Durable Map 3rd edition published by Discovery Walking Guides. For gps users, including gps apps on phones, the gps waypoint files are available as a free downloadable zip file on the Discovery Walking Guides website. Simply download the zip file, unzip into the individual gpx files for each route, then load those gpx files into your gps/phone. Quite simply the best book of Lanzarote that you can buy - that's what we said of the 2nd edition, but now the best book just got a whole lot better in its new 3rd edition.If this is your first visit to Lanzarote then Walk! Lanzarote plus Lanzarote Tour & Trail Map will give you a series of adventures that will have you returning ro the "Fire" island to experience more. Should you have the 1st or 2nd editions of our Walk! book and Tour & Trail Map there are plenty of updates and new content to justify you updating to the latest 3rd editions. |