Los Claveles/Playa Blanca:
The villa is situated in a quiet and prestigious residential area. This is not an estate of concrete blocks or identical villas in rows. Rather, there are numerous different property types, from quite grand houses to small villas well spaced out over a mature site.
Playa Blanca is the most southerly of the resorts of Lanzarote and is reputed to be the sunniest part of the island. It used to be a sleepy little fishing village but nowadays the area is alive with a bustling seafront promenade with good quality restaurants and shops.
The general feel of the resort is relaxed with a family feel...no larger louts or all-night clubbers here! Nevertheless there is plenty to do, both by day and by night.
The neighbouring island of Fuerteventura is just 20 minutes away using the new express hydrofoil that runs from the old port. There are numerous fine golden beaches in the area, including the famous natural unspoilt beaches and coves of Papagayo regarded as th best beaches in Spain.
Lanzarote:
The most northerly and easterly of the Canary Islands, it is 60 km long and 21 km wide over an area of 797 square kilometres. The least mountainous of the islands, it has an average year-round temperature of 20 degrees. There is nearly always a breeze so you rarely feel uncomfortable even when it's very hot and it's generally pleasantly cool at night.
The fate of this extraordinary island was decided over two and a half centuries ago, when the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history took place, leaving a strange and alluring countryside in its wake - a landscape littered with volcanoes and dark streams of jagged lava. The island remains unspoilt by the concrete tourist developments affecting neighbouring Tenerife, due largely to the influence of the artist-designer, the late Cesar Manrique who worked to preserve the island's environmental heritage and whose influence abounds.
In 1994, the island was declared a 'World Reserve of the Bioshere' by UNESCO.
Places of interest to visit:
It's hard not to get away from it all on Lanzarote. The fledgling tourist industry is confined to a small number of resorts, with huge areas of unspoilt countryside, beaches and volcanic 'malpais' all within a short distance.
Some top attractions on the island are:
TIMANFAYA NATIONAL PARK
(7km North of Yaiza). The heart and soul of Lanzarote is an awesome red and black volcano called Islote de Hilario or Fire Mountain, whose presence dominates the island.
JAMEOS DEL AGUA
(Near Arrieta, 26km North of Arrecife). Cesar Manrique turned this bizarre volcanic feature into one of the island’s most intriguing sights, an exotic subterranean water garden reached from the surface by a spiral wooden stairs that twist down into the earth to a restaurant and dance floor that look over an eerie underground lake.
CUEVA DE LOS VERDES (as above, near Arrieta). The guided tour through part of one of the longest cave systems in the world, enhanced by lighting, music and natural illusions.
Other Activities:
go-karting
