Photo safari with Tony (2) We head towards Arrieta, a small village in the northeast of the island known for the Aloe Vera museum (read shop) and La Casa Roja (red, unlike all the rest that are white). Tony explains that Aloe Vera is a traditional product of the island,…
Photo safari with Tony (1) At 9.00 o’clock in the morning, we wait in front of the hotel as agreed the previous day. A young girl comes to us and greets us in English. Her name is Tony. “Hello, we, too, are glad to meet you!” The car starts slowly…
The volcanoes Like most of the islands in the archipelago, Lanzarote is of volcanic origin. The islands were formed over 15 million years ago when the Eurasian plate and the North American plate split. It is also called the “Island of 100 volcanoes” although these actually number over 300. The…
Cesar Manrique We had barely arrived at Lanzarote when we heard people say that it is impossible to understand the island without the person of Cesar Manrique. We thought this a bit too much, but when we read, learned about and saw the results of his projects, we agreed…
The island and the hotel Just check the map of the world and you will see that the Canary Islands is an archipelago including seven larger islands and numerous islets in the Atlantic Ocean, about 125 km west and 1,000 east of the African coast and 1,000 km away from…
