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Yaiza Holiday Accommodation
Yaiza is situated between Playa Blanca and Puerto Del Carman two busy resorts for activities on both land and sea.
Femmes is situated on route to Yaiza, a sign is at the bottom of a road leading up into the distance and disappearing between to hills, this privileged place opens up onto a environment protected on both sides by a land mass when in 1736 to 1824 The volcanic activity of this period changed the landscape of the island of Lanzarote forever.
The church can be found at the end of the village, with a view point looking down to Playa Blanca, and the ferry in the harbour that sails to the Island of Fuerteventura.
The village of Yaiza nestles at the foot of the Timanfaya National Park, and the camel rides, that take the traveller over lunar plains with inspiring amphitheatre of green, black and purple horizons. A car is required to access Yaiza and the surrounding areas. The entrance for the national park is a short drive passing the camels ( please note the Timanfaya national park is a popular tourist attraction, to avoid a long wait get there early the structure of the volcano and the climate of Lanzarote can make being in the car uncomfortable if in a queue always carry water with you.)
The price of the ticket includes a coach trip around the national park, There is a souvenir shop. A guide to show how the volcano is still active and a restaurant that serves food prepared using the volcano as a large BBQ.
The wine growing region is as short drive from Yaiza a unique world preserved with original characteristics of the process developed by the people of Lanzarote from ancient customs handed down from generation to generation, observe how waste and burnt land from volcanic activity has been transformed to encourage the growing of the grape for wine production.
There are many museums to visit showing the history of wine production on the Island of Lanzarote, try a complementary glass of wine, then take a few bottles back to your holiday villa to enjoy while he sun sets.
Yaiza has amazing white houses and beautiful established gardens of exotic plants and trees, brought to the Island by ships from countries using the Atlantic Ocean as trade routes via the canary Islands, introducing plant specious from the tropics and subtropics.
The gardens have been tendered over the generations by the villagers of Yaiza, the traveler will find the view amazing, with the environment whose protection and intact conservation is being upheld by UNESCO, witch in 1993 declared Lanzarote to be a RESERVE OF THE BIOSPHERE.
