Cesar Manrique & Canary Culture
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Puerto
Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
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Nivel de actividad
Moderate
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Tipo de excursión
All
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Accesible para personas en silla de ruedas
No
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A partir de
$129
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Edad mínima
Information Not Currently Available
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Duración
Approximately 4 hours
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Comidas incluidas
Meals not included
Cesar Manrique was born in Arrecife in 1919. He began his studies at La Laguna and continued at La Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de Madrid.
The Jardin de Cactus — the last work of Cesar Manrique — is a symbol of the island's history, with more than 10,000 cacti set in a converted amphitheater-like quarry. Cochineal beetles live in the cacti, and their larvae are used to produce the natural food coloring of the same name.
Jameos del Agua is yet another of Manrique's beautifully landscaped architectural pieces. View the entry point to the longest underwater Atlantic Sea cavern, as well as endemic miniature blind crabs only found here on Lanzarote. Admire tropical rock gardens, a pool, the theater, and the House of Volcanoes Research Center.
Step inside the Museum of Contemporary Art at the Castle of San José .