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Mirador del
Rio is a vantage point
designed by César Manrique with a beautiful view to
the small islands La Graciosa, Montaña
Clara and Alegranza. The unique construction (approx. 400m
above the sea in the rocks of Famara) influed the producer
of the movie Tim Taler to do the shooting there.
Opening hours: 10.00 - 17.00hrs
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For the people living on the island, the
Cuevas de los Verdes has
been a place to escape and hide of the pirates - as well as
Jameos del Agua.
Both caves belong to a 7k long system of tunnels which arised
approx. 5000 years ago and which has its exit next to the
sea. You can only visit the Cuevas de los Verdes by a guided
tour in english and spanish.
Opening hours: 10.00 - 17.00hrs
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Jameos
del Agua was developped and has got a small, subterranean
lake with small, white and blind crayfishes which normally
can be find only in a depth of 1000m.
A restaurant, an unused pool, a lecture-hall and a museum
invite you to stay a while.
Opening hours: 10.00 - 19.00hrs
On fridays and saturdays also: 19.00 - 03.00hrs
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Teguise,
the former capital of Lanzarote is not only nice to visit on
sundays. On those days the quiet town changes to a big market,
and the fields around Teguise are croweded with cars. You wont
find the beauty of this town during the market.
If you would like to visit the Castillo Guanapay which was build
to protect the habitants to the pirates, to visit the church
or just to feel the special spirit of Teguise, you should come
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After the death
of César Manrique, a well-known artist, architect and
sculptor, his house has been opened to the puiblic.
The Fundacion César Manrique
still tries to influence the happenings on the island in his
spirit, unfortunately not always with success.
The house of the artist gives you an imagination of his kind
of living and besides that, you can visit a collection of arts
and pictures.
Opening hours: 10.00 - 18.00hrs |
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The
Monumento del Campesino is
a 15m high sculpture, made of water barrels of old ships. César
Manrique put this contested monument in honour of the farmers.
In that place you can find a restaurant and a small museum.
Sometimes this place is used for presentation of companies (example:
the presentation of SLK of Mercedes-Benz).
Opening hours: 10.00 - 17.00hrs |
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Arrecife, the capital of Lanzarote,
is a nice town to visit, not only for the cheaper prizes. The
avenue next to the beach and the pedestrian zone invite you
to a small stroll.
In the port of Arrecife is the Castillo
de San Jose. On the first floor is an exhibition of arts
and downstairs is a nice and good restaurant with a beautiful
view to the port and the sea.
Opening hours of exhibition (for free): 11.00 - 21.00hrs |
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You should not
miss to visit the Nationalparc of Timanfaya,
the Fire Mountains! This unique landscape of volcanoes you will
only see once in the world. The entrance includes a trip with
the bus through this impressioning landscape, commented on in
three languages. Visitours should bring a pullover or a jacket,
the wind might be very cold.
Opening hours: 09.00 - 17.00hrs |
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El Golfo
is a small fishing-village behind Timanfaya. The green lake
is directly infront of a strange wall of rocks, next to the
black beach of El Golfo. Because of the current it is dangerous
to swim here.
On your way to El Golfo, between the salt-wors and the lagoon,
there is Los Hervideros, a system of caves on the steep coast
with impressioning water movements. For some people the most
beautiful place of this area.
in the fishing-village El Golfo you can eat fresh fish while
watching a wonderful sunset. |
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If you would like to stay a whole day at
the beach and you have a car, you should go to the beaches
of Papagayo.
There is only an off-road from Playa Blanca to those beaches
and some rent-a-cars do not allow to drive there. Maybe it
is a good idea to rent a small cross-coutry vehicle or to
book a trip an a boat which is offered in Playa Blanca.
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