Beaches of Papagayo

The beaches of Papagayo they are a set of beaches and coves located in the vicinity of the tip of Papagayo, small cape to the south of Lanzarote.

The name of papagayo refers to the stretch of coast, as the tip and the cove next to that point and already appear on the map Torriani drew of the island at the end of the sixteenth century, with the specification of being a point behind them. The toponym might be an portuguesismo referred to a fish that is fished in the area, the Xyrichtys novacula, known as papagayo in Portuguese or fish comb in Spanish.

Located a few miles from the tourist town of Playa Blanca, found on a stretch of the costa del Rubicónwithin the natural monument of los Ajaches. They are accessed by sea or by dirt roads. Since 1998, we established a canon of entry for automobiles.