Lanzarote is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Spain, welcoming close to 1.5 million foreign tourists every year, the bulk of them from the UK. The fastest growing resort on the island is called Playa Blanca – or White Beach – and it is located right at the southern end of the island around a 40 minute drive from the sole island airport at Arecife. Playa Blanca was only developed during the 1990´s but has rapidly emerged to become the second most popular resort on the island. Boasting great beaches and a wonderful climate that delivers sunshine all year round. As a result many tourists booking holiday villas in Lanzarote plump for Playa Blanca as their destination of choice. Especially during the inter months when the weather here is often much better than elsewhere on Lanzarote. Playa Blanca is an ideal base fro a holiday here at any time of the year though, as it is ideally located just ten minutes drive from Lanzarote´s main tourist attraction, the awe inspiring Timanfay National Park. Home to the islands now dormant volcanoes which carpeted Lanzarote in lava some 300 years ago.