Discover Manriques Magic In Lanzarote

As the saying goes “different strokes for different folks” and whilst many tourist jet off for their summer break to laze on some sunny beach, go scuba diving perhaps in the maldives or simply shoot off to Florida for a trip to disney world; others prefer a more cultural break where they can explore the history, architecture and cultural back drop of their chosen holiday destination. Cultural tourists tend to want to savour and experience the cities and countries they visit, and more often than not travel itinaries include musuem visits, visits to monuments and even cathedrals and churches. So what has Lanzarote got to offer the culturally demanding traveller?

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Many visitors to the island simply come for the almost guaranteed weather but Lanzarote has an often missed rich cultural background as well for anyone wishing to explore it,and with an excellent choice of Villas in Lanzarote there’s always plenty of places to stay

Manrique´s imprint is everywhere on the island of his birth. Tourists leaving the airport encounter his massive bronze wind toy ´Homage to Pepin Ramirez´ as they depart from the arrivals hall and head for their Lanzarote villas and apartments. And on route they soon discover that there are no high rise buildings or advertising hoardings blotting the landscape either – as Manrique successfully campaigned to get these outlawed during the 1970´s.

Manrique was born in 1919 in the capital city of Arrecife and developed a life long love affair with Lanzarote from a very young age. His family owned a summer house in the beach resort of Famara, which is located in then north of the island and which is noted for its natural beauty. And here the young Manrique would gaze at the reflection of the huge Famara massif cliff range in the ebbing surf and rock pools.

Manrique returned home as a seasoned traveller with a passion for both art and architecture and was well aware of the devastion that modern building could bring so he championed the fusion of art, architecture and tourism which is appreciated by visitors and locals alike even though he is no longer with us.

More detailed information about available apartments in Lanzarote can be found on the Lanzarote1.com website.