Touring Lanzarote

By admin | March 10, 2010

There was a time when visitors to Lanzarote were taken by camel to see the volcanoes that form the Timanfaya National Park. Intrepid travellers who arrived by sea at Arrecife would find it took all day in an English chair to reach the dormant craters.

These days a visit to one of the island’s attractions doesn’t have to be such a drawn out affair. Especially when many holidaymakers equip themselves with a hire car straight away. Car hire in Lanzarote is not just affordable – it is also the best way of experiencing the island first hand.

It allows visitors to plan out their days in a much more leisurely fashion and often leads to discovering places that would otherwise have been out of reach. Because whilst there is a good selection of coach tours to choose from, these normally only give you a few minutes at each stop.

And as many holidaymakers soon discover, some of the island’s attractions deserve more than a whistle-stop to be appreciated. When visitors can bear to tear themselves away from the poolside at their villas in Lanzarote they will find plenty of things to see and do.

Chief amongst these are the attractions designed by César Manrique. A locally born internationally renowned artist, whose influence can be seen in every aspect of life on Lanzarote. Not least, the many hotels in Lanzarote owe some of their most basic design ideas to his creativity.

For instance, the lagoon style swimming pools that have been used in a number of establishments are copies of the pools he created at the Jameos del Agua and in his own home. Visitors who take in the Foundation César Manrique quickly come to recognise the hallmarks of his designs, which include organic shapes and natural textures, but above all harmony between nature and man made creation.

Lanzarote’s pristine beauty also owes much to this artist. It was his determination to stop the island becoming overdeveloped that marks out Lanzarote from its Canarian relatives. A difference that continues to this day, due to the pride local residents have in their island Cheap Car Hire Lanzarote Airport will help you explore more attractive places..

With low-impact tourist resorts and a relatively untouched interior, it is still possible for visitors to immediately fall under the spell that Lanzarote weaves. There are few other destinations in the world that are as laid back and relaxed, whilst having been carefully steered through mass tourism by one artist’s hands.

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