Today we visited the César Manrique Foundation in Tahiche. Manrique was the artist and architect who influenced much of today's Lanzarote - white, low buildings, blue/green paint, many sculptures.
The Foundation is his house which is built in a lava field over volcanic bubbles which have been incorporated into the building.
Next we visited the Cuevos de Los Verdes, some caves which are part of a 6km volcanic tube which extends under the sea. The guided tour showed us many large rooms, including an auditorium where concerts are held.
From there we went to Los Jameos del Agua, which is a restaurant and underground lake in a different part of the same volcanic tube.
Later we went to the northern tip of the island, to the viewpoint called Mirador del Rio. From there you can look across to the island of Graciosa. However it was very cloudy so we didn't get the best view.
Rather than do a high level walk in the clouds we drove south east to the village of Tabayesco, where we walked up a ridge past an empty reservoir, then down over abandoned cultivated terraces.
Later we didn't go out for dinner, but ate in - pasta and tomato and bacon sauce.
The Foundation is his house which is built in a lava field over volcanic bubbles which have been incorporated into the building.
Next we visited the Cuevos de Los Verdes, some caves which are part of a 6km volcanic tube which extends under the sea. The guided tour showed us many large rooms, including an auditorium where concerts are held.
From there we went to Los Jameos del Agua, which is a restaurant and underground lake in a different part of the same volcanic tube.
Later we went to the northern tip of the island, to the viewpoint called Mirador del Rio. From there you can look across to the island of Graciosa. However it was very cloudy so we didn't get the best view.
Rather than do a high level walk in the clouds we drove south east to the village of Tabayesco, where we walked up a ridge past an empty reservoir, then down over abandoned cultivated terraces.
Later we didn't go out for dinner, but ate in - pasta and tomato and bacon sauce.
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