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Timanfaya National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de Timanfaya) is a Spanish national park in the southwestern part of the island of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. It covers parts of the municipalities Tinajo and Yaiza. The area is 51.07 square kilometres (19.72 sq mi), [1] and the parkland is entirely made up of volcanic soil.
The second most visited park was Picos de Europa (17%), followed by Ordesa y Monte Perdido (13%). The least visited parks were Cabrera Archipelago (0.81%) and Cabañeros (0.72%). [1] With more than 2.5 million visitors in 2013, Teide was the most visited national park in Europe that year, and sixth most visited in the world. [2]
The most visited national park is the Teide National Park with 4.46 million visitors each year, [29] followed by the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park with 2.13 million, the Picos de Europa National Park with 1.7 million [30] and the Timanfaya with around 1.63 million. [28]
Subterranean salt lake. Jameos del Agua is a series of lava caves, located in the municipality of Haría in northern Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. [1] It is also an art, culture and tourism center, created by local artist and architect, César Manrique, and managed by the government of Lanzarote.
Located in the centre-west of the island is Timanfaya National Park, one of its main attractions. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1993. [5] The island's capital is Arrecife, which lies on the eastern coastline. [6] It is the smaller main island of the Province of Las Palmas.
Yaiza is on the edge of the area buried by the volcanic eruptions that took place in Lanzarote between 1730 and 1736, which gave rise to the Timanfaya National Park. Precisely, the fundamental chronicle of the eruptions was narrated by the then parish priest of Yaiza, Andrés Lorenzo Curbelo. [6]
His legacy on the island includes the art, culture and tourism centre at Jameos del Agua (1963–1987); his Volcano House, Taro de Tahiche (1968); the restaurant at the restored Castillo de San José at Arrecife (1976); the visitors center at the Timanfaya National Park (1971); his Palm Grove House at Haria (1986); the Mirador del Rio (1973 ...
Teide National Park is the oldest and largest national park in the Canary Islands and one of the oldest in Spain. Located in the geographic centre of the island of Tenerife, it is the most visited national park in Spain. In 2010, it became the most visited national park in Europe and second worldwide. [53] [54] The park's highlight is the Teide ...