Hideaway Island
The Times have run an article in their travel section about holiday destinations people might not consider, but should if they keep away from the mass tourist parts. They say:
You have nothing to fear from Lanzarote. Its grotty parts — resorts such as Puerto del Carmen, Playa Blanca and Costa Teguise — have unfairly dragged down the island’s reputation, but they are few and far between, and to the north lies a very different landscape.
The first things you’ll notice are the zany sculptures on every other roundabout and the occasional cool modernist house among rural fincas. It’s all down to Cesar Manrique, a local-born 1960s artist whose influence is ubiquitous. He decreed that there should be no building higher than a palm tree, and that doors and shutters should be painted only blue, green or brown, depending on whether they faced sea or land.
Base yourself in any inland village and explore a new corner each day: Famara beach, a windswept strip to the north; Haria village, where cactuses lead you up a hill for lunch at the Meson la Frontera restaurant; Jameos del Agua, a kitsch subterranean bar designed by Manrique in 1968; Orzola, a prettily faded fishing village, from which ferries leave for La Graciosa island; or La Geria, Lanzarote’s lunar-landscaped wine region.
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Tags: Costa Teguise, La Geria, Lanzarote, Playa Blanca, Puerto del Carmen