Lanzarote is a volcanic island with black lava fields, white villages and the unique art of César Manrique. Explore the craters of Timanfaya National Park, visit the volcanic cave of Jameos del Agua and relax on the golden beaches of Papagayo. Families will enjoy the island’s water parks. The island is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, with strict rules that keep its landscape free of high-rise hotels. Find all the highlights in our guide to Lanzarote.
Lanzarote
25 things to do in Lanzarote, the island of volcanoes and César Manrique
You can drive from one end of it to the other in about an hour. Discovering everything it hides inside its volcanoes takes a lot longer.Lanzarote is the most...
Amusement Parks in Spain
Aqualava or Aquapark Costa Teguise? The water parks in Lanzarote compared
On an island shaped by volcanoes, even the swimming pools are warmed from below. That's not a metaphor...
Caves and volcanoes in Spain
Inside Jameos del Agua - A lava-tube lagoon, blind albino crabs and César Manrique’s white pool
A tiny white crab, smaller than your fingernail, shines against black rock in a lagoon that has never...
Natural Attractions in Spain
A day at Timanfaya National Park - The Fire Mountains, a volcano-heated grill and camel rides across the lava
On 1 September 1730 the earth split open beside a quiet farming village. Almost three hundred years later,...