César Manrique Foundation
Fundación César Manrique
Manrique’s former home built into a lava flow, where five volcanic bubbles have been turned into colorful underground living rooms, and the starting point for an art tour of the island.
César Manrique was a painter, sculptor and architect born in Lanzarote, who helped ban high-rise buildings and billboards across the island and integrated volcanic landscapes with architecture. This house in Tahíche (Taro de Tahíche), built in 1968, has an upper floor of traditional white-walled, red-roofed galleries. Its lower level consists of five natural lava bubbles converted into living rooms in white, red, yellow and black tones, with trees growing up through openings and a pool set among the lava. It is now a foundation displaying works by him and by artists such as Picasso and Miró. Admission is about 10 euros, and it is about 6 kilometers from Arrecife.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Castillo de San José (MIAC)
- Charco de San Ginés
- LagOmar
- Castillo de Santa Bárbara
- Teguise
- Monumento al Campesino
- Jardín de Cactus
- Playa de Famara