Lanzarote's capital and port, on the east coast, owes its name (arrecife = "reef") to the many small ridges of rock off the coast. Arrecife is not only important as the base of the Canarian deep-sea fisheries: it also has several canning factories and is the center of the island's commercial life. So far it has remained largely untouched by tourism.
The Castillo de San José, at the north end of Arrecife, was built in 1779 on the orders of King Charles III; it is now occupied by the Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo.
Address: Castillo de San José / International Museum of Contemporary Art, Puerto de Naos, Arrecife , Spain
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Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Canarias Day - Spain (May 30), Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
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Arrecife
