"LANZAROTE" a Isla de Lanzarote Travel Page by ankx

Lanzarote with it’s extraordinary luna landscape covers some 813 square km’s. The massive volcanic eruptions in the 1730’s lasted for six years and covered one third of the island in sea of lava. The so-called Fire Mountains (Montañas del Fuego) where created in the proximity of the ill fated village of Timanfaya. Another eruption in 1824 produced a new volcano "Tinguatón" which spewed molten lava over the southwest part of the island.

Lanzarote has 250km of coastline, including the 55km of coastline of the islets. Cliffs comprise 157km of the coastline, and gravel and sand beaches make up the rest. Lanzarote has 99 beaches; La Graciosa has 9; and La Alegranza has 1. The majority of the beaches are sandy, golden-white.

Lanzarote offers the visitor a variety of interesting things to do. So that you can enjoy your free time, I have write up the following tourist routes from the Gran Tour