Travel for the Over 30s

Lanzarote is one of the Spanish owned Canary Islands. Located around 100 miles off the coast of West Africa and much favoured by sun starved Northern Europeans. Who flock here in their millions. Helping to earn the Archipelago something of a reputation as a cheap and cheerful package holiday destination.

But these seven volcanic islands are not all birds of a feather. As each boasts a unique identity – with Lanzarote in particular boasting a series of breathtaking visitor attractions that are every bit as impressive as the island’s great beaches and year round climate.

This is all thanks to the work of an island born artist called César Manrique.

Cesar successfully campaigned against uncontrolled tourist development on Lanzarote. Securing a ban on high rise buildings and ad hoardings – while designing and constructing tourist attractions that effortlessly fuse art with nature. Transforming collapsed lava tubes and volcanic bubbles into concert spaces art galleries and nightclubs.

Cesar single-handedly saved Lanzarote from over-development - what I pleasant change from the usual story of over-development in Spain!

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