Shot from the pier in Caleta de Famara.

View to the nearby island La Graciosa

After a tasty dinner at a Spanish restaurant my sister and I strolled through the center of Caleta de Famara, past the pier and took a photo of these few houses outside the village.

One day we took a taxi to the other side of the island. I asked the taxi driver after “una buena playa”. He dropped us off by this stretch of sand cluttered with black stones outside the village of Lanzarote’s northernmost village Orzola. When we walked towards the ocean (which we couldn’t see for all the rocks) we realised that it wasn’t really a beach, but an inlet with a pond where a few children played with their toys.

While my sister laid down on her towel near the pond I followed the narrowing inlet towards the ocean. Lots of corals covered the sandy ground, so I went out of the water and balanced on the stones instead. Soon I reached the open water and stopped to savor the peaceful atmosphere. Not an island in sight.

As I went back to my sister I asked a Spanish family about the best beach on the island. The teenage son answered at once.

“This is the best beach. Mostly locals come here, not many tourists know about this place.”

“What is it called?”

“The white beach, but as you can see it isn’t really a beach. In south Lanzarote you can find the islands real white beach, Playa Blanca. A lot of tourists go there.”

After a couple more minutes at the white beach, my sister and I continued to the nearest village Orzola.

View from the road towards Orzola

Orzola Harbour

Orzola Harbour