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On no account should you neglect to visit the most important tourist
attractions on the island. If you want to know more about them
(location, opening hours), "click" on the corresponding
picture. You can also access the places of interest through the map
of Lanzarote; this will enable you to find their exact location on
the island.
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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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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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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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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 -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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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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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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Santa Bárbara Castle, now the Museum of
Emigration, sits on the Guanapay mountain, to the east of
Teguise. It was built in the 16th
century as a watchtower for the coast...
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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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Special thanks to Cámara Oficial de Comercio,
Industria y Navegación de Las Palmas.
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