Lanzarote is read through its relief, its coastline and the contrast between interior and coast. Lava, wind and white architecture: an island that turned the volcano into a visual language and way of life.
Lanzarote covers 806 km2 and its highest reference is Peñas del Chache (671 m). These are not only figures: they help interpret coasts, midlands, summits, ravines and settlement patterns.
Among its main reference points are Timanfaya and eruptions, Art and landscape, Adaptive agriculture, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. Geography explains why some places concentrated paths, crops, defences, ports or ritual spaces, while others kept a more scattered human presence.
Key points
Timanfaya y los campos de lava
El Parque Nacional de Timanfaya ocupa el tercio suroeste de la isla y es el resultado visible de las erupciones de 1730-1736, que enterraron bajo lava varios pueblos enteros.
Jable y campos de arena
El jable, deposito de arena volcanica y de conchuela marina, cubre amplias zonas del norte y el este de la isla, con una textura de paisaje unica en el archipielago.
Famara y los acantilados del norte
Los acantilados de Famara, con mas de 600 metros de caida, forman la barrera natural del norte frente al Atlantico, con condiciones de viento excepcionales para el surf.
La Geria: vinedo sobre picón
La Geria es el paisaje agricola mas singular de Lanzarote, con vides cultivadas en hoyos protegidos por muros semicirc ulares de picón negro que retienen la humedad nocturna.
Archipiélago Chinijo e islotes
La Graciosa y los islotes del norte de Lanzarote conforman el archipiélago Chinijo, el espacio marino-terrestre protegido mas extenso de Europa occidental.
Municipalities of Lanzarote
See all →- ArrecifeArrecife is a municipality of Lanzarote, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- HaríaHaría is a municipality of Lanzarote, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- San BartoloméSan Bartolomé is a municipality of Lanzarote, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- TeguiseTeguise is a municipality of Lanzarote, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- TíasTías is a municipality of Lanzarote, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- TinajoTinajo is a municipality of Lanzarote, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.