This is the artist Manriques house. Built in 1968 it holds a strong test of time for great design and inspiration. Manrique used the remaining underground chambers and lava bubbles from an eruption in the early 1730's to create this subterranean wonder. The rooms are painted cool white with a lot of classic 60's style furnishings inside. There are little outside bits where the earths crust must have broken and these create pretty areas with water features and some are natural atriums to let the strong sunlight in. This place is truly unique thanks to the genius of Manrique.

www.cesarmanrique.com
C/ Volcán de Tahiche, S/N, 35507 Teguise (Lanzarote), Spain
+34 928 84 31 38
Google map: bit.ly/n8ohFo

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The Jardin De Cactus, Guatiza, Lanzarote
has over 1,400 types of cactus and was created by artist Cesar Manrique in the remains of a volcanic crater. The crater is stepped around the sides and you can wander around and up and down. The cafe gives a great panorama of the garden and even more spectacular views can be had by a walk up the windmill from where you can see acres of prickly pear cacti surrounding the area. The prickly pear were cultivated as a result of the industry to extract dye from the cochineal beetle that lived on them.

+34 928 52 93 97
Carretera General Norte, S/N, 35544 Teguise (Lanzarote), Spain
Google map: bit.ly/mqXaBm

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