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Hotel Casa del Embajador - the home of the Ambassador - on Lanzarote.
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Built around 1900 in the classic traditional style of Lanzarote, the low white buildings of the Hotel Casa del Embajador are grouped around an open inside courtyard with a flowering garden and shade spending palm trees. The individual houses were originally brought together by a diplomat to form a single unit. He had accommodated the first tourists on Lanzarote.
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Located in Playa Blanca, this small, charming and exclusively furnished hotel next to the sea offers magnificent panoramic views of the wide expanse of the Atlantic, the harbour of Puerto Calero and the neighbouring islands of Fuerteventura and Lobos.
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The large glass doors and windows are shaded by a wide pergola. This gives the house, with its typical canary wooden columns, a certain lightness. A Moroccan influence is obvious in the turquoise coloured decorations and the tower-like chimneys.
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Above: A small viewing plateau with a mosaic made of pebbles from the beach.
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Right: The interesting roof construction, with small walls and light slopes, was developed to collect the valuable rainwater.
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In the beautifully and lavishly laid out grounds of the hotel abundant use has been made of natural stone and pebble walls.
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View across the roof of the hotel decorated with chimneys.
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Above: The large stone-flagged interior courtyard offers plenty of room to sun-bathe or to relax and enjoy the panorama of the Atlantic.
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The large pergola and shady palm trees are delightfully cool spots. Here, the elegant surroundings and the personal service are inviting enough to enjoy reading, in perfect peace, one two or more books...
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...and also if wished for, a refreshing drink can be served.
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An invigorating bath lies directly at ones door: Here a sea ladder leads down into the clear water and the distance to the next beaches is just 150 metres to the right and the left of the hotel.
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Activities include maritime sports such as skin-diving and boat trips and in addition there are also two tennis courts available.
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Left: A seat with a view of the harbour.
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This exclusive hotel is not only exceedingly comfortable but offers a very personal atmosphere. Delightful decorations and carefully chosen furniture combine to retain the charm of this once diplomat's residence.
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The beautiful antique timber ceilings add tasteful atmosphere to the rooms.
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Above: Seating and fireplace in the Salón del Embajador, the Ambassador's lounge.
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The large glass doors make the salon both airy and act as a frame to a forever changing blue seascape.
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Above: A vintage two-master sailing ship on course to Playa Blanca harbour.
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The guests are spoilt with a lavish breakfast served in the attractive inside courtyard during which they can enjoy the pleasant morning sun or retire to the shade of the pergola.
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All of the 12 double rooms, as well as the exquisite suite with its small writing-room, are beautifully restored and furnished in taste and with style. The Art-Nouveau elements that remain show the architectural taste of the time when the house was built.
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Right: All the rooms of the Hotel Casa del Embajador have a magnificent sea-view.
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The individually planned bathrooms offer the highest standard of comfort and exquisite materials.
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Above: A partial view of the large inside courtyard.
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Above: The suite with the small lounge.
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