Lanzarote Attractions 
Lanzarote is the most easterly of the Canaries, separated from Africa by 115km/71mi of sea. Off its northern tip are the three small islands of Graciosa, Montaña Clara and Alegranza. Like Gran Canaria, Lanzarote has been invaded in recent years by mass tourism, but it has developed in a rather different way. The holiday settlements are smaller and less brash, and the extraordinary lava landscape with its gleaming white towns exerts a powerful charm.
Topography
The island's greatest length from north to south is 60km/37mi, from east to west 20km/12.5mi. There is more evidence of volcanic activity on Lanzarote than on the other islands in the Canaries: it has about 300 volcanic cones, varying in height but mostly between 400m/1,300ft and 600m/2,000ft, which create a kind of lunar landscape in the interior of the island. At the north end of the island the hills fall steeply down to the strait between Lanzarote and Graciosa, El Río; in the south they merge gradually into the coastal plain, El Rubicón.
Topography
The island's greatest length from north to south is 60km/37mi, from east to west 20km/12.5mi. There is more evidence of volcanic activity on Lanzarote than on the other islands in the Canaries: it has about 300 volcanic cones, varying in height but mostly between 400m/1,300ft and 600m/2,000ft, which create a kind of lunar landscape in the interior of the island. At the north end of the island the hills fall steeply down to the strait between Lanzarote and Graciosa, El Río; in the south they merge gradually into the coastal plain, El Rubicón.
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Caves
Other great tourist attractions are the Cueva de los Verdes, a 6,100m/6,700yd long cave system, and the Jameos del Agua, a cave with an attractive garden laid out by the local artist and architect César Manrique.
Dunas de Corralejo (Isla de Lobos)
The trade winds have created in northern Lanzarote and the offshore island of Lobos a landscape of dunes in which euphorbias, gorse and lilies flourish. The Atlantic lizard (Lacerta atlantica) or lagarto de haria is found only on Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. The osprey is occasionally seen.
Haria, Spain
A beautiful landscape greets visitors to the town of Haria. Nestled in a rich green valley, the town is a contrast from the stark beauty so typical of Lanzarote.
Visitors should not miss the Mirador del Rio, and its excellent views of the northern islands.
Visitors should not miss the Mirador del Rio, and its excellent views of the northern islands.
Islotes del Norte de Lanzarote (Riscos)
The north of Lanzarote and the offshore islets of Alegranza, Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Roque del Este and Roque del Oeste form a nature reserve whose greatest attraction is the Famara cliffs, up to 600m/2,000ft high, the nesting-place of large numbers of seabirds, as well as ospreys and a species of falcon which is found only here.
La Geria
On the plateau of La Geria visitors can see the methods of dry-farming used on the island, involving the addition of volcanic lapilli and pumice to the soil to hold moisture.
