TIMANFAYA NATIONAL PARK
Information
Information about the park and the history of its creation can be obtained from Centro de Wsitantes Mancha Blanca approx. 3 km north of the park entrance (Ctra. Yaiza-Tinajo km 11,5; tel 928840839, manchablanca@mma.es, www.reddeparquesnadonales.mma.es / parks / timanfaya; codz, 9.00— 17.00). Admission (tel 928840056; codz. 9.00-17,00; entry to 15.45) it costs 8 € per person, and the ticket price includes the Ruta de los Volcanes excursion by bus. Willing people can enter the park on camels, which
waiting in Echadero de los Camellos (Ctra. Yaiza-Tinajo km 4; codz. 9.00-16.00; 12 €).
Communication
Persons, who decide to go to the park by their own means of transport, they will have no major problems getting there – the LZ-67 road connecting Yaiza with Tinajo runs past the Echadero de los Camellos to the entrance to the Parque Nacional de Timanfaya a few kilometers away and further north to the Centro del Visitantes Mancha Blanca. Some people decide to go to Yaizy by bus, and the nine-kilometer section of the route running among lava fields, connecting the town with the entrance to the park, can be taken by taxi or on foot.
Cars and taxis are allowed into the park – can only be reached to distant o 3 km from the car park entrance at the Islote de Hilario viewpoint, where there is a souvenir shop and El Diablo restaurant.
Special buses depart from the parking lot for a trip into the park every few minutes.
Accommodation and gastronomy
There are no accommodation places in the park, camping is also not allowed. The only place, where you can eat something, is designed by Manrique El Diablo (tel 928840056; 12.00-15.30, café 9.00-16.45), in which the heat of the volcano is used to prepare grilled food. The food in the restaurant is not the cheapest either, nor the best, however, these shortcomings are compensated by the views from the glass dining room.