Description: Top 7 of the most beautiful attractions in Lanzarote where Cesar Manrique has left his mark
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Highlights creations Manrique Lanzarote Canary islands
Finca Chafariz in Tabayesco sits in a unique island; in fact, but for the three large touristical centres (Costa Teguise, Puerto del Carmen and Playa Blanca), this Canarian island is completely authentic. But even there the coasts are not completely built up with holiday apartements such as at Tenerife or Gran Canaria and with a few exceptions, there are no highrise hotels. For a large part we owe this fact to the vision and influence of artist/architect/environmentalist César Manrique, born on Lanzarote. A
Among other things, he claimed houses should be white, window sills should be green or blue (brown was admitted later because that is the natural colour of the wood used), and moreover, that buildings should never exceed four floors. Simple dogmas that have made Lanzarote into an island that has managed to keep close to its origin: unique nature, splendid beaches each of which with a character of its own, authentic fishing villages and then, which makes Lanzarote stand out from all the other Canary islands,