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LANZAROTE
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PLACES OF INTEREST IN LANZAROTE
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When in Lanzarote you should
not miss some of the many delights nestled like jewels acroos
the island.
View our map of Lanzarote for their
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National Park of Timanfaya |
| The National Park of Timanfaya is a volcanic
field where visitors can discover a great variety of geological
phenomena as well as a vast array of some 180 different
plant species... |
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César Manrique Foundation |
| The César Manrique Foundation
is the island's cultural centre par excellence that has
won international recognition, not only because it houses
some of the works of the world famous artist himself,... |
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Jameos del Agua |
| Jameos del Agua, one of the most interesting galleries
of connecting caves and underground grottoes in the world lies
to the north of Lanzarote, at the foot of the volcano Monte de
la Corona which erupted around 3,000 years ago.... |
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El Golfo |
| El Golfo -the Gulf- is the name of the crater ( today reduced to half of its original size) with a green lagoon, colouring caused by the algae that inhabit its waters... |
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Mirador del
Río |
| This unique lookout point is located
in the northern part of the island on top of a cliff,
479 metres above sea level... |
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Cueva de los
Verdes |
| La Cueva de los Verdes, located in the north
of Lanzarote, under the volcano Monte de la Corona, forms part
of a spectacular system of underground tunnels (los jameos) 6
km. long,... |
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Jardín
de Cactus |
| The Cactus Garden is one of César Manrique's last works. The artist turned an old quarry into an impressive cactus plantation... |
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Teguise |
| Teguise, the capital of Lanzarote until 1852,
has become one of the most important tourist and cultural centres
on the island... |
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Museum of Contemporary Art |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art is located in Arrecife, in the San Jose Castle, a fortress built between 1776 and 1779 by King Carlos III... |
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Casa Museo
Monumento al Campesino |
| The Peasant’s Monument and the
Casa Museum were created to immortalize the difficult
labour of Lanzarote’s rural community whose endeavours
to extract bounty from the arid earth can be seen in the
landscape of La Geria. |
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Castillo de
Guanapay |
| Santa Bárbara Castle, now
the Museum of Emigration, sits on the Guanapay mountain,
to the east of Teguise. It was built in the 16 th
century as a watchtower for the coast... |
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Wine Museum |
| El Grifo Wine Museum, is housed in ancient bodegas that date back to 1775 and were built on top of the solidified lava issued from the volcanic eruption of that century... |
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Ethnographic Museum Tanit |
| Over the years, José Ferrer Perdomo and
his wife Remy de Quintana Reyes, founders of this museum,
have been collecting and... |
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Canary Cetacean Museum |
| The Canary Cetacean Museum invites you
to discover one of the most important collections in Europe
– the result of more than 20 years of research on
the whales and dolphins of the Canaries. |
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Museo Agrícola El Patio |
| In El Patio, you will be able to appreciate an ancient farmer’s house dated from 1840 with all its typical furniture and utensils set in the oldest and biggest agriculture cultivation of the island. |
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