General Details

• Country: Canary Islands
• Region: Lanzarote
• Town: Playa Blanca
• Property No: 44504
• Property Type: House
• Cost From: €325.00 Weekly
  
• Deposit: €0.00
• Breakages: €200.00
• Check In: 12.00
• Check Out: 10.00
• Added On: 02/06/2011 19:52:58

Facilities

• Bedrooms: 4
• Bathrooms: 3
• Sleeps: 10

Amenities

• electrically heated private swimming pool
• sea view
• large patio
• secured free parking
• rock garden
• sun-shine
• jacuzzi tub in suite
• radio in all rooms
• bbq
• sun lounges

Owner Details

Please contact dharmendra jethani using contact details below.

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Insurance	Ferries

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Property Description

Lanzarote is volcanic island and today is one of the most attractive holiday resort. The ground rises towards the centre of the island. So you can see the sea almost where ever you go. The scenery changes rapid ally within a relatively small Areathe Papagayo beaches to the east of Playa Blanca the Rubicon plain is in the south, the petrified rock of the fire mountains black beaches and lava hollowed out by the waveson the west coast.the wine yards of la geria with its geometrical pattern of crators, green vines on black picon, the bay of famara with its heavy breakers against the backdrop of the rock face, the jable (sand dunes) the adjecent islet of graciosa.

The Vally of thousand palms. There are striking colour contrast white house with green, light blue or dark brown door and window frames, black and red volcanic ash (picon) ochrs soil, flowering bougainvillea, hibiscus and geraniums, and aboveits all a sky that is almost blue, there are still no advertising hoardings clamouring for attention along the road, the single -storey buildings alloe you a clear view of the sea and the sky, and the cables are laid underground, so there are no hangings wires to cutup the sky.

Lanzarote measure 62 km ,from east to west21 km. The African coast (Morocco) is about 100 km away, the highest point is on the island is on the Famara massif (671m) the highest volcano is Monte Corona (609m)in the north. The light colour of caldera Blanca (white crator)is striking; its crator is around 300m in diametre.

The climate is temperature all year around,although it is not far from Africa, there is no Saharan heat-the north east trade wind and the canary stream, a cool ocean current, make a pleasant temperatures. For the brief periods, the levant or the sirocco may effect the weather and push the temperatures up,when the leavnt is blowing.

Lanzarote consist of a volcanic Pillar that rose up out of the sea around 16 million years ago, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote are the oldest in canary islands.during the eruption of 1730-36 and 1824, thirteen villages and their fields were buried under metres of lava as it rolled on out to the sea, today this part of island is called Monata a del Fuego (fire mountain) and it protected as the Timanfaya national park.

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Area Description

Playa Blanca's day as a dreamy fishing village are long gone. It is now one of the islands three tourist centres and mainly consist of neat bungalows estates with lovingly tended front gardens surrounding the original village.

The sea front promenade has a large selection of shops, cafe and restaurants with everything from hamburgers and Italian ice creams to Chinese food. There are more shopping streets and Centro Commercailes (shopping centres)inviting you to browse and window shop.

One of the two car ferries to Coralejo (Fuerteventura) docks at Playa Blanca harbour every hour.
You can go swimming from the sandy beach below the promenade, in front of the hotel princess and at the near by Papagayo beaches(see under beaches).

If you like walking, try a walk on Montaña Roja (red mountain) which has an easy footpath leading to the top, where there is a panoramic view to reward you for the effort of making the climb.

Another walk is to Castillo del Aguila, a circular fort that was built as protection against pirates in the 18th century. The fort has two stories; the sentries were downstairs, and upstairs there was a water reservoir. the entrance is high and used to be additionally protected by a most fort built in the same way on Fuerteventura in el Cotillo and el Castillo. Between Playa Blanca and the Castillo del Aguila there are also the ruin of the first fort and the first church, dedicated to Saint Marcial, which the conqueror Jean de Betancourt had built in the early 15th century.

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