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The holiday island of Lanzarote is one of Spain’s best kept secrets. Whilst the island is occasionally still tarred with the inaccurate ‘Lanzagrotty’ brush, the reality is actually very different. As one of the seven islands that make up the Canarian archipelago, Lanzarote is often a favourite with visitors from mainland Spain. Much of the island’s appeal is down to the more bearable temperatures it enjoys during the summer months, in comparison with Madrid or southern Spain. But Lanzarote is also popular with this tourist market because it has several unique attractions and its tourist development has been handled in a sensitive way. The attractions are all the work of Cesar Manrique, a renowned Lanzarote artist who earned an international reputation for his projects. Manrique’s efforts covered a whole range of works, from painting to architecture and landscape design. Thus the attractions he created are often on a large scale and incorporate aspects of the beautiful landsca