Playa Blanca, Lanzarote

My wife and I travelled to Playa Blanca in Lanzarote with some friends. Playa Blanca is located in the South of the Island and you can see Fuerteventura in the distance. The town has a 5km promenade which runs from the Marina Rubicon at one end to the lighthouse at the other and has a number of white sand beaches along it including Flamingo Beach and Dorado Beach which are wide and safe. Playa Blanca is picturesque and there are no high buildings. There is a huge choice of restaurants and cuisine and the quality of all the restaurants we ate in was excellent.

During our stay we visited Jameos del Agua which is located in the north of the Island. It is the unique creation of island born artist and architect Cesar Manique who in the 1960s built a home and gardens and a theatre inside a Volcanic Lava tube that was formed about 4000 years ago and is well worth visiting. We also took a 30 minute boat trip to the Island of La Graciosa off the coast of Lanzarote which is a Nature Reserve and has just 600 inhabitants. We had a fresh seafood lunch at one of the restaurants on the beach close to the marina where the boat docked and I would recommend it as a nice place to visit and we returned to the mainland in the late afternoon.

I would recommend Lanzarote and Playa Blanca for a holiday as its climate means it’s an all year round destination and it’s really convenient to get to for a relaxing holiday to unwind and enjoy.