Puerto Calero
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Thu 6 Sep 2012 14:27
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28:55.04N 13:42.04W Thursday 6 September 2012
Distance Run 11 Miles
About 10.30 it was anchors aweigh for the short
trip down the east coast of Lanzarote to Puerto Calero Marina. We have
been looking forward to coming here in our own boat since we visited the marina
on a holiday in Lanzarote in the early '90's. At that time the marina had
only been open about 3 years and there was only one (very nice) place to eat and
not much in the way of facilities beyond the pontoons themselves. But the
shelter was good.
The marina has been extended in recent years and
there are now shops and restuarants galore. The shops are the typical
marina fare - small units each selling different brands of clothes at
inflated prices, all bereft of customers. There isn't enough traffic from
boat owners to make them viable and so often, there isn't a reason why non boat
users would come to the marina.
Overall we were disappointed with Puerto
Calero. The pontoons are very short and unstable (about half of the
length of the boat) and getting a bit tired and it was difficult to arrange
any work to be done on the boat. The first charge was €53 a night until I
said 'it can't be'. This was rapidly reduced to a lower size band of
€41 which was still too much for the facilities and atmosphere. We
made enquiries about staying for 15 days when Mon and Nev come to Lanzarote and
were told we would have to be charged the 'correct' size band for our boat
which would put the price back to €53, less a 15 day discount of 10%. We
hope Marina Rubicon will be better.
Leaving Arrecife harbour:-
 The shops at Puerto Calero Marina:-
 The expanded marina:-
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