Map of Playa Blanca, Lanzarote Lanzarote, Canary Islands:

Playa Blanca, Lanzarote
The third largest of the island's main resorts, Play Blanca, still feels like a fishing village, despite having grown from about 30 houses to a bustling tourist resort in the last 20 years.

Playa Blanca has a pretty waterfront, with 1 main, small, sandy beach and a pleasant promenade. There is a large working harbour, used by local fishermen, many excursion boats and ferries, which travel back and forth to Fuertaventura throughout the day.

The bars, restaurants and pavement cafes here offer both British style food, Sky football and TV soaps, as well as more traditional quiet, local refreshment.

To the north of the resort is the newly developed, very exclusive Marina Rubicon and a little further north again, the stunning beaches of Papagayo.

Only 15km west of the resort is the Timanfaya National Park: home to spectacular lava fields and volcanic mountains.