Being one of the most popular islands in the Canary Islands, Lanzarote is a popular holiday destination. It offers year round heat due to it being close to the west coast of Africa.Locals call the wind that this produces the ‘Saharan Winds’ which blow from the Sahara desert. All this couples with the exceptional beaches and warm seas makes it obvious why Lanzarote holidays are so popular.Lanzarote is one of the favourite holiday destinations which can be seen by the amount of people who choose to go back. Here are some of my personal highlights that have made my holidays memorable.
Cueva de los Verdes
Lanzarote was created by a volcanic eruption over 3000 years ago.The main attraction of the caves is the amazing green tint on the walls.Water in the caves are incredibly calm which adds to the magical experience. It is only on breaking the water that you can see this deception.
Jameos del Agua
This is located quite close to Cueva de los Verdes which is a nice surprise.Jameos del Agua Cave is a volcanic forms cave~Jameos del Agua {is a volcanic formed cave}~is a beautiful cave formed because of the eruption}. Jameo refers to a cave with a collapsed roof.With a tropical feel, white beautiful sand, blue clear pools and palm trees you will have an amazingly relaxing time here.
The Timanfaya Park
The Timanfaya Park amounts to 51sq kilometres of volcanic soil~Timanfaya National Park {is popular for its volcanicsoil and lunar landscape}~{is famous for its amazing lunar landscape and volcanic soil}~is famous for the amazing views of lunar landscape and volcanic rock}.The scenery from the park are amazing and will make you feel like you aren’t even on this planet. Touring the park is an experience in itself.On boarding these busses you entrust the driver with your life, the roads are only just wide enough for the bus. They weave you around craters up hills and take you to some of the best views that the park has to offer.
A Meal Cooked by Volcanic Heat
The most impressive moment of the tour is at the Restaurant el Diablo. Prior to going into the restaurant the guides like to prove to you that this is an active volcano.To do this, you could try it in three ways. There is a natural cavity in the floor that goes down a fair way; the first experiment you see is the guide placing some straw into the cavity. After what feels like a few seconds the straw turns to flames, all this with the natural heat that is there just a few feet below us. At the next experiment you see a tube in the ground again it only goes down a few feet.They will dramatically pour some cold water and wait until only 3 seconds late steam and water shoots out, often making all the tourists jump.
The final magical experience is to try and walk over the huge hole which has been converted into an oven, whose natural heat is hot enough to cook the food in the restaurant. You are allowed to look in and you can feel the heat of what’s below.You need to move fast in this room as it has metal floors rightover the volcano, it starts to feel slippy which must be the soles of your shoes melting.You can then sit and eat while watching the beautiful sunset.Lanzarote promises to give you a memorable holiday suitable for families, couples and friends.
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