For the people who plan going to a Lanzarote villa in the near future you might be wondering what places of interest to see when you are there. Well, the capital city of Lanzarote is Arrecife and that is as good a place as any to start with.

This port city that has taken over from Teguise as the Island’s capital. It is positioned on the south coast of the island, nestled between Costa Teguise and Puerto Del Carmen. Arrecife is also the home to the island’s airport and a slight detour on the way to Puerto Del Carmen will give aircraft enthusiasts a real treat as they can stand right at the end of the runway and, dependent on wind direction, have the airplanes passing low level over their heads as they take off or land.

About 50% of the inhabitants of this island reside in Arrecife and the site of Lanzarote’s only building of above the regulation couple of floors. From miles around the island’s only high rise structure can be seen as a giant above the city. Cesar Manrique’s vision for the protection of the island halted the building of any more such buildings and for decades this hotel, the Arrecife Gran Hotel, was a mere part completed shell as authorities debated completion or destruction.

The traditional capital used to be Teguise, some siz miles further inland. This was selected as protection from the regular pirate raids of old and was the capital of the island for 4 and a half centuries. It was only in the mid 1800s, when the importance of the port was recognized for the seafaring trade that the capital status was moved to Arrecife.

And one who is in the search for attractions to see when have booked a Lanzarote apartment to help you escape from the beach, then visitin Timanfaya Volcano Park is a must and might be top of your list if it is your first visit to the island.

The journey through the park is an experience. It is described as being a lunar scene and that is truly the im pression that you do get as you gaze across fields of solidified volcanic lava that have been untouched since they were laid down. The area is now a protected park to help preserve this landscape.

You will see that the visitor centre also houses a fairly unusual restaurant There are no standard ovens. Instead the food is cooked from the heat given off from a hole in the ground. The demonstrations of the heat given off from the subterranean rocks are definitely varied!

Don’t forget that you can also get a guided coach tour from the visitor center that shows tourists a little more of the area and the rock formations. All of this makes Timanfaya, Fire Mountain, worthy of a visit!

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