About Lanzarote

Faro Park is where the villa is situated in the quiet and prestigious residential area of Faro Park. This is ideally situated for all the family, there are numerous different property types, 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 lager louts or all-night clubbers here! Nevertheless there is plenty to do, both by day and by night. The new Marina Rubicon provides an up-market location for strolling, window shopping and refined dining by day or 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, shown below, including the famous natural un spoilt beaches and coves of Papagayo.

Lanzarote is the most northerly and easterly of the Canary Islands, it is 60 km long and 21 km wide over an area of 797 square km. 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 un spoilt 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. There are numerous protected areas throughout the island and it is regarded as one of the healthiest places on earth to live!