Costa Teguise

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Costa Teguise is one of the major holiday centers on the Canary Island of Lanzarote. The village is located about ten kilometers northeast of the island's capital, Arrecife.

This planned city, begun in the early 1970s was specially built for tourism on the east coast of the municipality of Teguise. At its emergence in the early years of the famous Canarian architect and environmentalist César Manrique was instrumental. In 1977 he designed the garden and swimming pool facilities of the five-star Melia Salinas, whose architect Fernando Higueras was. The white building of the new resort should Canarian style, with green or brown windows, arise, and the number of floors was limited. It is still possible to see that he designed as a holiday village Pueblo Marinero with its more than two-storey buildings in the Avenida de las Islas Canarias in the center of Costa Teguise. In some places, the picture has changed nowadays through the establishment of large hotel buildings.

But living on the Costa Teguise less locals for many tourists. It gives the number of residents with 7,629 (as of 2011) on. A city center one looks in vain; particularly in the area of ​​Avenida de las Islas Canarias, there are numerous restaurants, shops, and car rentals. At the long beach promenade, which now stretches continuously along the entire coast of Costa Teguise, there are numerous pubs, beer gardens and cafes. Among the smaller attractions include the Lanzarote Aquarium. All beaches have been artificially created, including the Playa de los Charcos the Cucharas, the Playa del Jablillo and Playa Bastián. Windsurfers find good conditions here.

Public bus services, particularly to Arrecife and Puerto del Carmen ( every 20 minutes) and to Teguise and Famara (several times daily) are available. A port of its own does not possess Costa Teguise.

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• Las Palmas Province
• Lanzarote
• Place in the Canary Islands
• Place in Africa