How Weybeach Started: Our Story in La Santa
There are places you visit, and there are places that stay with you.
For us, Lanzarote was the second kind.
Coming from Switzerland and the Czech Republic, we were already drawn to an active lifestyle long before Weybeach existed. We travelled for sport, spent time by the ocean, went running and cycling, and looked for places where you could combine an active life with the freedom to work and stay for longer.
Then we found La Santa.
It did not take long to understand why people who love sport keep coming back here. The village is small, the ocean is always close, and the surroundings offer incredible possibilities for surfing, triathlon, running, cycling and simply being outdoors.
La Santa felt right from the beginning.
And because we are entrepreneurs, we also looked at the place from another perspective. Could you actually build something here that combined the things we value ourselves: great accommodation, an active lifestyle and the ability to work from anywhere?
The answer was Weybeach.
The idea behind Weybeach
We wanted to create the kind of accommodation we were always looking for ourselves.
A great location. Good design. Comfortable places to stay. And the freedom to organise your days around sport, the ocean, work and everything else that makes Lanzarote special.
For us, working remotely was always part of that picture. High-speed internet is therefore not just an extra on the amenities list. It is part of how we designed Weybeach from the start. You can spend the morning in the water, go for a ride or a run, and still have a reliable connection when it is time to work.
In 2023, we turned the idea into reality.
We started with apartments in La Santa, close to the ocean and right in the middle of village life. The location was the easy part. The real challenge was creating places that combined the character of La Santa with the comfort and functionality we wanted for ourselves and our guests.
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Growing beyond La Santa
As Weybeach developed, we began looking for other opportunities on Lanzarote.
We found them in the form of 2 fincas.
In May 2024, we opened Finca Marisa in Tinajo. It gave us the opportunity to offer something different while staying true to the same principles that had shaped Weybeach in La Santa: carefully chosen locations, comfortable spaces and the freedom to experience Lanzarote in your own way.
Finca Marisa has also allowed us to develop the Weybeach experience further.
Breakfast is included for guests staying at Finca Marisa, with a buffet offering a relaxed start to the day. Guests staying at our other Weybeach properties can also book the breakfast buffet at Finca Marisa during their stay.
We have also opened a massage service at Finca Marisa. It is available to guests staying at Finca Marisa as well as guests staying at our other Weybeach locations – a simple way to add some recovery and relaxation to a stay in Lanzarote.
Today, Weybeach also includes Finca Tiagua which was previously known as Finca 81.
Each place has its own atmosphere and character. La Santa puts you close to the ocean and the energy of the village. The fincas offer more space and a different perspective on the island.
They are not competing ideas. They are different ways of enjoying Lanzarote.
A place for more than holidays
Being entrepreneurs ourselves has also shaped the way we use and develop our properties.
Weybeach is not only for people coming to Lanzarote on holiday. High-speed internet makes it possible to combine a stay with remote work, whether that means answering a few emails between sessions in the water or spending several weeks working from the island.
Our fincas also offer something that goes beyond a typical holiday stay. They can be rented by companies looking for a place in Lanzarote for team trips, meetings, retreats or working together away from the usual office environment.
We like that flexibility.
The same place can be part of a surf trip, a training week, a workation or a company retreat.
Supporting athletes who share our passion
Sport has always been part of our connection to Lanzarote, so supporting athletes was a natural step for Weybeach.
One of the first athletes we became involved with was Swiss triathlete Carole Perrot.
Carole came to Lanzarote to train, and that first connection developed into a partnership. Her sporting achievements are impressive – including becoming Xterra World Champion and winning three European titles in 2024 – but what we value just as much is her attitude towards sport.
Later, we met Día Polo Sanz, a bodyboarder born and raised in La Santa.
Día grew up with the ocean on his doorstep and represents the next generation of local surfers and bodyboarders competing internationally. His connection to La Santa is genuine, and that makes the partnership particularly special to us.
Where Weybeach is today
Looking back, the idea behind Weybeach was actually quite simple.
We wanted to create places in Lanzarote that we would want to stay in ourselves.
It started with La Santa and has grown into apartments, fincas, spaces for companies and partnerships with athletes.
The locations have expanded, but the idea has remained the same: combine good places, an active lifestyle and the freedom to experience Lanzarote your own way.
And La Santa is still at the heart of it.
Because that is where the whole story began.
