The Island of Fire

Lanzarote’s 300 volcanoes are extinct but you can see their presence everywhere: mountains, craters, lava flows – the landscapes of Lanzarote are dramatic and fascinating.

Timanfaya National Park – where the earth still smoulders just a few centimetres below the earth’s surface - impressive fields of solidified lava - Timanfaya - the land of the volcanoes.

Different volcanic eruptions and magma activity throughout its history, created Lanzarote.

From the nature viewpoint of Montaña Rajada you can admire a vast sea of lava that reaches the coastline. Since then its inhabitants have learned to live alongside this unique landscape, and have even dry farmed melons, onions, tomatoes and also vines in La Geria. More...

The Wine Area La Geria is the principal wine cultivation area of Lanzarote and a preserve of nature, shared by the municipalities of Tinajo, Yaiza, Tías, San Bartolomé and Teguise.

2million litres of wine per year are produced by the vines which grow in black volcanic picon, protected by low stone semi-circular zocos. More...

The Jameos del Agua - extraordinary  restaurant / nightclub in two underground caves linked by a natural underground lake formed by molten lava.

The word "Jameo" refers to that part of a volcanic underground tube in which the ceiling has fallen in because of weight or gas accumulation.

What remains is a circular cavity through which light pours in. Two of these cavities and the underground channel (created by lava) between them, were the basis for the construction of Jameos del Agua.

This was the first tourist centre created by Cesar Manrique in the landscape of Lanzarote. The building of this centre commenced in 1966 and ended in 1976 with the completion of the Auditorium.. More...