Freedom Refound...: Costa Teguise [21x24]

so rather than another day and a half of exploring i instead had nearly 36 hours confined to my room with just views of a beach and a vow to return to have a trip i should have had [Music] it's november 2021 and 21 months after my original attempt i'm back on lanzarote to have that trip i should have had [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] lanzarote is the fourth largest of the canary islands and has a third largest population it's also for most northern and eastern of the seven main islands that make up the archipelago costa to geez is a purpose-built resort town located on the northeast coast of lanzarote set around four natural beaches [Music] apart from the beaches the only other main attraction in town is the aquarium which houses a number of species both local to the canary islands as well as from fervor field [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] the largest tank houses a number of species including sharks and rays [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] whilst the obligatory walkthrough tank houses some smaller sharks [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] just six kilometers away from costa rica's is one of the island's most important buildings from dacian cesar manrique the foundation was set up in 1982 by the lanzarote artist cesar manrique and a group of friends the artist sculptor and nature activist was born in alicife in 1919 and his connection of the island spanned his whole life he moved to madrid in 1945 and lived in new york between 1964 and 1966 before returning to lanzarote in that year his idea was to create an artist colony on the island and for help of a childhood friend who also happened to be president of the island at the time was able to realize the idea manrique committed himself to preserving the island for the worst of the tourism boom but it inflicted for concrete mega hotels on the mainland costas and as a result of his work the island has on the whole retained a low rise and traditional field with very few buildings more than a couple of stories high his work also included a number of wind sculptures that sit on roundabouts across the island as well as being involved in creation of display of several major tourist sites including the visitor center at tim and fire and the yamios del agua but one of his most famous works is the foundation itself originally his home he built it amongst the lava fields from the tim and fire eruptions digging down into the lava tubes and volcanic bubbles to create underground spaces beneath the traditionally styled house at ground level manorique was killed in a car crash closed for foundation in 1992 and soon after his death his former home was opened as a visitor site to see his work on the centenary of his birth in 2019 the airport was officially renamed married lanzarote airport [Music] [Music] one of the best ways of seeing the island is to take an organized tour that covers the three top sites the timing fire national park cueva de los verdes and the yamios del agua first stop on the tour is the tim and fire national park where you learn up close that despite the last eruption being nearly 300 years ago the land is still very hot so hot but brush pressed against the rock can ignite and water poured down into the ground is instantly turned into a steam geezer the main part of the visit is a 30-minute drive through the landscape left by the eruptions [Music] eruptions took place between 1730 and 1736 and resulting lava field covered over 50 square kilometers of land [Music] due to the very dry climate in lanzarote almost 300 years later the only visible life that's returned to scorched land is lykam though the cracks and the rocks do provide home to many other species the landscape formed by the cooled molten lava and tiny volcanic grains is like something from another planet [Music] [Applause] [Music] the tour around the site is accompanied by a pre-recorded commentary which tells you a little about the eruptions and how the locals of the time dealt with what they thought was a gateway to hell opening up amongst them [Music] after tim and fire and the stop for lunch the next site is the cuerva de los verdes the cave system was formed from an even earlier volcanic eruption around three thousand years ago the nearby volcano monte corona erupted sending lava flowing across the landscape as the outer layers of lava began to cool they formed a solid rock crust but the inside the volcan lava continued to flow eventually the lava flow stopped leaving behind empty tubes that stretch from a mountain out into the sea over time in places parts of the outer crust have collapsed creating entrance ways into the system and the largest section of these is the cueva de los verdes which can be explored with a guide almost two kilometers of path exist within the space that was left behind when the lava stopped flowing in earlier centuries the caves were used as a hiding space by the locals to protect themselves from pirates and slave raiders in the 1960s the space was developed further for tourism with light displays sounds and a consulate hall all being added into the space [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] around 800 meters close to the sea but not connected to the cuevas de los verdes is another set of lava tube caves the chamois del agua unlike the cueva de los thirdis which are totally dry the yamios del agua have a connection to the sea creating a lake inside the lava tube that links the two openings due to the ecology of the cave and lake a unique species of tiny blind lobster has made its home in the water the space was adapted by cesar manrique with bars being added paths being created and even a full-size concert hall being added into one of the caves on the top a signature manrique pool was added [Music] [Music] alongside the three main attractions the island you can also take a day tour that explores more of the south of lanzarote after picking up the first stop on the tour is a former volcano at el golfo part of the original crater of a volcano has been eroded away by the sea of centuries so today you can stand inside the partial crater itself and make out the curve of the caldera walls [Music] in the base there's still a small lagoon of fresh water colored green by algae blooming within it separated by a narrow strip of black sand from the blue sea [Music] [Music] three kilometers to the south at los herbe delos you can see one of the points where the lava from the tim and fire eruption hit the sea at the time of eruption this is created clouds of toxic steam as well as forming significant amounts of new land [Music] [Music] the next stop from the tour is back into the timmin fire national park and close to site for main eruption to experience the park in a different way on the back of a dromedary there are over 500 camels living in the park and they used to carry tourists up through the volcanic sand slopes of some of the lower parts of the volcano to take in a different view of the land [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] after the camels the tour has a repeat of a stop at tim and fire to see the steam geezer and take the drive drive-through for volcanic landscape before heading to lunch in the town of machablanca and then finishing at a wine museum in mustachi [Music] [Music] going slightly further afield it's an easy day trip for our shuttle bus and boat across the neighboring island of la graciosa [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] once on laglaciosa i took one of the 4x4 taxi tours to take you around the northern part of the island from the island's kaplan harbour at coletta del sibo to the summer only settlement of casasti pedro baba [Music] and then onto the beautiful sandy beach of playa de la conchas where you can see the islands of montana and allegranza [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] next stop is the playa lambra [Music] [Applause] before stopping at the mirador baja de la mara palomas for eminence the earlier volcanic eruption have left a lava bridge and canyon on the edge of the land the sea flows into [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] then the tour returns to caleta del sibo [Applause] [Music] [Applause] from there you can walk through the interior of the island heading towards the south [Music] [Applause] i stopped at the playa francesca from there i was able to look across the sea to the beach at caleta di famara on lanzarote [Music] [Music] 21 months on from when i stood in fermara looking back at la graciosa i felt i now had the trip but i should have had then [Music] lanzarotti airport just south of adasife has regular links to much of europe and lots of intel inter-island connections to the other canary islands [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

2022-04-25 06:49

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