Manriques Magic – Exploring Lanzarote
There are plenty of attractive holiday destinations around the world. But few can match the cultural attractions of Lanzarote, which is located in the Canary Islands. As this Spanish outpost is home to the many creations of a well known, locally born artist called César Manrique. Who had a profound influence over the development of tourism on the island.
As a popular holiday destination for the beach crowd Lanzarote boasts a quite unusual cultural side which often goes un-missed in the rush to the beaches,and with an excellent choice of Lanzarote villas 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 the island capital of Arrecife in 1919 and developed a deep love for his birthplace from a very young age. Fostered by long summers spent on the beach at Famara in the north of the island, where his family kept a holiday home. And where the huge 8km long bay is flanked by the majestic sight of the Famara massif cliff range.
Whilst the travel industry was developing well but still in it’s early days, it was generally the middle and upper class that enjoyed the luxury of travel with a majority of the population holidaying in their home countries. However the travel industry was about to go through a heady paradigm as the package holiday market was born making travel affordable to the masses. Of course the problem here was one of infrastructure and accommodation, and around the world a manic construction effort began to ensure there was enough accommodation to house the rapidly growing throngs of travellers eager to explore the attraction of foreign travel which was an extreme threat to the natural balance of Lanzarote.
When he returned to Lanzarote and saw the threat of tourism Manrique was pragmatic enough to accept that tourism was vital for the islands future survival as until then locals had lived off fishing and agriculture. But he was also shrewd enough to realise that the islands fortunes could be better served by developing tourism carefully and along ecological lines. As a result he successfully fought for a controlled development plan which ensures that Lanzarote remains a relatively unspoiled destination to this day.
More detailed information about available Lanzarote apartments can be found on the Lanzarote1.com website.
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