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By Julia Leyland Forget the package holidays, there’s another, more blissful side to Lanzarote, finds Julia Leyland When I first said I was travelling to Lanzarote, I won’t lie, the collective response from my pals was to shout “LANZAGROTTY!” at me in an Essex accent. I was immediately defensive about somewhere I’d never been, and I was right to be. The Canary Islands have long been synonymous with ‘Brits Abroad’ stereotypes, the package holidays, fry-ups and sunburnt tourists famous from sitcom comedies like Benidorm. But away from the racket of the big hotels lies the ever-changing volcanic …

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