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What to see and do in Teguise

What to see and do in Teguise (Lanzarote, Las Palmas): 12 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

2 Villages · 3 Monuments · 4 Nature · 2 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Teguise

Teguise
Village
Founded by Maciot de Bethencourt after the Norman conquest, it was the capital of Lanzarote until 1847, when the seat moved to Arrecife; it is considered the third colonial city founded in the Canary Islands. Its historic quarter, at the foot of the Guanapay volcano, hosts a busy Sunday street market.
Castillo de Santa Bárbara y Museo de la Piratería
Monument
15th-century watchtower in the crater of the Guanapay volcano, remodeled in the mid-16th century by the engineer Leonardo Torriani and turned into a refuge for the people of Teguise against enemy attacks. Declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's top heritage-protection category), it has housed since 2011 the Museo de la Piratería, devoted to the corsairs and pirates who besieged the Canarian coasts.
Iglesia matriz de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Monument
16th-century parish church that for centuries was the ecclesiastical center of the whole of Lanzarote, located on the main square of the old island capital.
Fundación César Manrique
Monument
Institution created in 1982 in Tahíche, in César Manrique's old studio-house known as "El Taro de Tahíche," opened as a cultural center on 27 March 1992. The building rises over lava flows from the 1730-1736 eruption, with rooms built inside lava bubbles.
Carnaval de Teguise y los Diabletes
Curiosity
The Carnival of Teguise is famous for "los Diabletes," masked figures with cowbells who roam the streets playfully frightening the townspeople, one of the oldest and most singular costume traditions in Lanzarote.
Teguise, cuna del timple
Curiosity
Teguise is considered the birthplace of the timple, the small plucked-string instrument characteristic of traditional Canarian music, deeply present in its local folklore.
Jardín de Cactus
Nature
Garden designed by César Manrique in an old rofe quarry in Guatiza, on land once devoted to growing prickly pear for cochineal, which brings together thousands of cactus specimens from around the world around a restored gofio mill.
Playa de Famara
Nature
Golden-sand beach 6.5 km long backed by the imposing Risco de Famara, one of the highest cliffs in the Canary Islands, much frequented by surfers for the Atlantic swell that arrives almost unobstructed.
Caleta de Sebo
Village
Capital and main settlement of La Graciosa, an inhabited island of the Chinijo Archipelago that administratively belongs to the municipality of Teguise; it is not, therefore, a municipality of its own. It can only be reached by boat from Órzola or by helicopter, and its sandy streets remain unpaved.
La Graciosa, octava isla habitada
Historical milestone
On 26 June 2018 the Spanish Senate formally recognized La Graciosa as "the eighth inhabited island" of the Canary archipelago, putting an end to its consideration as a mere islet, though without granting it the full administrative status of the other seven islands or that of a municipality independent from Teguise.
Playa de las Conchas
Nature
Golden-sand beach of La Graciosa, in the Chinijo Archipelago, famous for its strong surf and currents that make swimming inadvisable; together with Playa de la Cocina, it is one of the island's great natural attractions.
Archipiélago Chinijo
Nature
Group formed by La Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Alegranza, Roque del Este and Roque del Oeste, off the north coast of Lanzarote and belonging to the municipality of Teguise. Its seabeds form the largest marine reserve in Europe, protected for their exceptional biological richness.