Located in the Atlantic Ocean just 125 km from the coast of Africa, Lanzarote is the fourth largest island in the Canary Archipelago. Its impressive history has shaped much of its current character. With breathtaking natural landscapes and unique volcanic formations, Lanzarote offers a variety of activities—from visiting Timanfaya Volcano to extreme sports such as surfing, kitesurfing, paragliding, and rock climbing. To help you learn a little more about the island, we have prepared a small guide highlighting its most important tourist attractions.
Timanfaya National Park is located in the municipalities of Yaiza and Tinajo on the island of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain.[1] It was declared a national park on August 9, 1974, making it the third natural protected area in the Canary Islands to be designated a national park, as well as the first and only one in the entire province of Las Palmas. It covers an area of 51.07 square kilometers in the southwest of the island. It is a volcanic park. The last eruptions occurred in 1824. It has more than 25 volcanoes, with some iconic ones such as the Fire Mountains, Rachado Mountain, or Corazoncillo Caldera. It still exhibits volcanic activity, with hotspots on the surface reaching 100-120 °C and 600 °C at 13 meters depth.
It is a small emerald-green saltwater lake located on a black pebble beach just a few hundred meters from the village of El Golfo, in the municipality of Yaiza. The lake is often presented as one of the symbols of Lanzarote due to its symbiotic relationship with the two natural forces that have shaped and carved the island over the millennia: the volcano and the seawater. The lagoon was created by an ancient volcanic crater that collapsed under its own weight, filling its cavity with seawater. Later, marine plant organisms and algae managed to thrive in the small lake thanks to the presence of volcanic mineral salts, giving it its characteristic color. Due to the fragility of the site and its unstable balance, bathing or even touching the water is not permitted. The lake also appeared in the 1966 film titled One Million Years Ago.
Sheltered by the impressive contours of the Famara cliff, one of the richest biodiversity hotspots in Lanzarote, Famara Beach invites you to breathe in that natural air from every pore and fall in love with it at first sight. Moreover, its immensity overlooks the river and the islands and islets of the Chinijo Archipelago: walking along the shore of the beach delights you with the capricious shapes of the cliff and the figures of the islands of La Graciosa, Montaña Clara, and Alegranza, it is simply wonderful. It is no surprise that this was the naturist hometown of César Manrique, who spent his summers in Famara as a child.
