Calma Society · Lanzarote

Culture

César Manrique, the Jameos del Agua, Teguise, the town that was once the capital, and a museum under the sea.

The white villages of San Bartolomé spread across the volcanic plain in early light, with volcanoes and clouds beyond.

César Manrique, the man who decided what Lanzarote should be

No hotel towers, no billboards, and houses still built the old way. Why Lanzarote looks different, and who persuaded the island to stay that way.

A volcanic stone stairway descends between plants and flowers towards the dark mouth of the lava tube.

Jameos del Agua: Manrique's first centre, at the quiet hour

A lava tube turned into lake, garden and auditorium. What Manrique did with a hole in the lava, and when to go to hear the silence that makes it.

Museo Atlántico: Jason deCaires Taylor's sculptures beneath Lanzarote's sea

Off the coast of Yaiza, 12 to 15 metres underwater, Jason deCaires Taylor's figures have become a reef. What The Rubicon and The Raft of Lampedusa have to say, and how to visit: always with a dive centre.

The white town of Teguise in the middle of the plain, seen from the hillside with the sea and volcanoes on the horizon.

Teguise, the former capital: the old town on a weekday and the pirates' castle

Capital of Lanzarote for almost four centuries, it keeps the island's most serene old town. How to see it on a weekday, and why to climb to the castle on the rim of Guanapay.