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On the roadside near Mozaga is plants. Nearby is the Jardín de
the Monumento al Campesino, Cactus, a well-stocked cactus
Manrique’s (see p552) striking garden with a smart restaurant,
modern sculpture dedicated again designed by Manrique.
to Lanzarote’s farmers.
Between Teguise and Arrecife } Mirador del Río
is the Fundación César Haría. Tel 928 52 65 48. Open daily. &
Manrique. The former home of Y Jardín de Cactus
the artist incorporates five lava Guatiza. Tel 928 52 93 97. Open daily. &
caves, some of his own work and
his contemporary art collection.

E Museo de la Piratería
Montaña de Guanapay. Tel 928 84 50
01. Open daily. Closed 1 & 6 Jan, 25
Dec. & ∑ museodelapirateria.com
Iglesia de San Miguel on the main E Fundación César Manrique
square in Teguise Taro de Tahíche. Tel 928 84 31 38.
Open daily. Closed 1 Jan. &
l Teguise ∑ fcmanrique.org
Las Palmas. * 12,300. @ n Plaza de
la Constitución, 928 84 53 98. ( Sun. z Haría
_ Día del Carmen (16 Jul), Las Nieves
(5 Aug). ∑ turismolanzarote.com Las Palmas. * 4,000. @ n Plaza
de la Constitución 1, 928 83 52 51.
Teguise, the island’s capital until ( Sat. _ San Juan (24 Jun). Landscaped pool on top of the caves of
1852, is a well-kept, old-fashioned ∑ turismolanzarote.com Jameos del Agua
town with wide, cobbled streets
and patrician houses grouped Palm trees and white, cube- x Jameos del Agua
around the Iglesia de San Miguel. shaped houses distinguish this Las Palmas. Tel 928 84 80 20.
Visit on a Sun day, when there is picturesque village. It acts as a Open daily. &
a handicrafts market and folk gateway to excursions round
dancing. Outside Teguise, in the the northern tip of the island. An eruption of the Monte Corona
castle of Santa Bárbara is the The road to the north gives volcano formed the Jameos del
Museo de la Piratería, which memorable views over exposed Agua lava caves on Lanzarote’s
tells the story of the pirates who cliffs, and the 609-m- (2,000-ft-) northeast coast. In 1965–8,
passed through here. high Monte Corona. these were landscaped by César
Manrique into an imag inative
Environs Environs subterranean complex
To see more of inland Lanzarote, From Manrique’s Mirador del Río containing a restaurant, night-
follow the central road south of you can see La Graciosa, and the club, a swimming pool edged
Teguise, through the strange northernmost of the Canary by palm trees, and gardens of
farmland of La Geria. Black Islands, Alegranza. Orzola is oleander and cacti. Steps lead
volcanic ash has been scooped a delightful fishing village to a shallow seawater lagoon
into protective, crescent-shaped providing fish lunches as well as where a rare species of blind
pits which trap moisture to boat trips to La Graciosa. To the white crab, unique to Lanzarote,
enable vines and other crops south are the Mala prickly pear glows softly in the dim light. An
to flourish. Mozaga, one of the plantations, where cochineal exhibition on volcanology and
main villages in the area, is a (crimson dye) is extracted from Canarian flora and fauna also
major centre of wine production. the insects which feed on the deserves a look. Folk-dancing
evenings are regularly held in
this unusual setting.
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Another popular attraction
is the nearby Cueva de los
Verdes, a tube of solidifed
lava stretching 6 km (4 miles)
underground. Guided tours
of the caves are available.
} Cueva de los Verdes
Haría. Tel 928 84 84 84.
Volcanic ash swept into crescent-shaped pits for farming, La Geria Open daily. &
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p575 and pp604–5

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