Yaiza
Las Palmas · Canarias
Yaiza is a municipality on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain. It lies in the southwest of the island and forms part of the province of Las Palmas. The municipality is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, south and east. To the north, the Timanfaya National Park is partly within the municipality. The eastern part of the municipality is mountainous and, south west of the mountains, the Rubicon plain stretches to the coast. At the southern end of the municipality of Yaiza, in the area known as "El Rubicón", the first European settlement in the Canary Islands in 1402, where the conquest of the Archipelago began he was installed. In this place there existed the Cathedral of Saint Martial of Limoges. This cathedral was destroyed by English pirates in the sixteenth century and is currently in Femés, the Hermitage of Saint Martial of Limoges dedicated to this saint. This diocese was moved in 1483 to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Roman Catholic Diocese of Canarias). The largest town of the municipality is Playa Blanca on the south coast. The administrative centre is the much smaller town of Yaiza. The total population was 16,289 in 2018, and the area is 211.85 square kilometres (81.80 sq mi). Yaiza is about 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of the island's capital, Arrecife.
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Origins
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History
At the southern end of the municipality of Yaiza, in the area known as "El Rubicón", the first European settlement of the Canary Islands was established in 1402, from where the Conquest of the Archipelago began. In that place was the Cathedral of San Marcial de Limoges, patron saint of Lanzarote and compatron of the Canarian Diocese.1 This cathedral was destroyed by English pirates in the sixteenth century and is currently located in Femés, the Chapel of San Marcial de Limoges dedicated to this saint.
Yaiza is on the edge of the area buried by the volcanic eruptions that took place in Lanzarote between 1730 and 1736, which gave rise to the Timanfaya National Park. Precisely, the fundamental chronicle of the eruptions was narrated by the then parish priest of Yaiza, Andrés Lorenzo Curbelo.
Monuments
•Molina de Yaiza
What to visit
•Museo Aloé +
•Cat Hill
Gallery
Festivals
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Rest of the year
- August: Fiestas Patronales en honor a la Virgen de los Remedios
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Gastronomy
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Trails and hiking
•Ruta de Tremesana
•Etapa 4 (GR 131)
•Etapa 5 (GR 131)
•La Geria (PR-LZ 40, 17 km)
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Town hall
Alcaldía: Gladys Acuña Machín
Web oficial: http://yaiza.es/
Town hall of Yaiza
Alcaldía: Gladys Acuña Machín Web oficial: http://yaiza.es/
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How to get there
- 🚗 234 km from Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las (about 165 min by car)
- 🚗 310 km from Santa Cruz de Tenerife (about 219 min by car)
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- ✈️ 20 km from Lanzarote airport (about 14 min by car)
- ✈️ 71 km from Fuerteventura airport (about 50 min by car)
Practical info
Buses
9 paradas de autobús en el municipio:
•Centro de Salud de Yaiza
•Las Casitas
•Uga
•Supermercado Yaiza
•Supermercado de Yaiza
•Aljibe de Yaiza
Pharmacy and health
•Farmacia Yaiza — Calle Vista de Yaiza 60
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