Timanfaya Volcano Park

The Volcano Park at Timanfaya is Lanzarote´s number one tourist atrraction.  Drawing nearly I million visitors last year alone.  And it´s little wonder – as the landscape here is literally out of this world.

This eerie and haunting terrain was created by the worlds longest ever volcanic eruption, which lasted six years from 1730m to 1736.  And which buried what was once the most fertile farming land on the island under a sea of lava.

Today the scene is little changed.  Creating a vista populated by exhausted volcanic cones, weird, twisted lava shapes and a surprisingly wide range of earthy and organic colours and tones. 

Visitors to the Volcano Park are treated to a coach tour through this surreal landscape – accompanied by a commentary recording the diaries of the local priest of Yaiza, who witnessed these terrifying eruptions.

The tour culminates at an incredible restauarant – The Devils Diner – where food is cooked over the heat of a volcano and where guests can enjoy panaormaic views of the Volcano Park.

Written by Nick Ball, editor of the Lanzarote tourist information guide Lanzarote Guidebook.