Lanzarote is the eastern most island of the Canary Islands with unique volcanic landscapes that looks like Mars .. Ship is docking at the capital Arrecife…. we choose to be on our own yesterday with Tenerife because Tenerife is very walkable, not the same scenario for today, originally we were going to join the full day ship excursion but it was canceled due to delayed arrival into port… So we hired a taxi for 5 hours and covered 5 spots that we want to visit
Cesar Manrique foundation…. Really eye opening…. He combines nature with architecture and art…. This foundation was his old home build amongst volcanic chambers… Colorful mid century style modern furnitures combine with nature’s volcanic rocks, trees and water…… They said it looks like a James bond super villains cavehome
Jardin de cactus(Cactus Garden) Cesar Manriques final master piece, crafted on a quarry of volcanic ash extraction… A surreal garden amongst Mars like landscape with 10000 types of cactus
Mirador Del Rio, Cesar Manrique choose this spot perched on a volcanic cliff to build a restaurant with glass windows set in volcanic rocks overlooking spectacular view…. It was raining while we were there, second rain we experienced in 63 days of travel
Los Jameos del aqua, a water park also designed by Manrique with swimming pool and lagoon build underground amongst lava tunnels
Cueva de los Verdes, 4 mile long Volcanic tunnel right by the sea… The guided tour takes us through around 1/2 mile
Lanzarote is such a surprise for us, never heard of this island, never heard of this artist Cesare Manrique until now… And now we are fans of both…the taxi ride costs, 40 euro per hour, the driver John is wonderful, speaks little English, so P gets to practice Spanish with him…
Some people never miss a chance to raise their glasses!
But with the dreamy turquoise water in sight, I will be intoxicated without a sip.
Haha…. You so get us😉… After all our web site is called Happy hours Ahoy 🥂