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Municipality in Canary Islands, Spain
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Teguise is a town in the north of Lanzarote, with a population of 1776 in 2018. It was the island's capital until 1852 and is the seat of a municipality spanning the two coasts. Other villages in the municipality are also described here except for Costa Teguise, which since the 1970s has grown into a much larger resort with its own identity.
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The small windmill that acts as the town landmark. Buses stop here and on Sunday disgorge tourists for the market. The market square is quiet and bare at other times.
Extensive collection of cacti, beautifully presented against black volcanic gravel. The garden (designed by César Manrique, who else) is in a former quarry and sometimes feels crowded. Most of the garden is wheelchair-accessible.
The parish church is 15th century and at the heart of Teguise's old town.
A simple but striking 17th-century chapel on C Norte, north of the market square.
A picturesque little chapel by Av de las Amepolelas.
House of Omar Sharif
Modern art museum, dramatically set in a quarry and designed (inevitably) by César Manrique. The legend goes that it was owned for one day by the actor Omar Sharif (1932-2015), who immediately lost it at cards to the developer who'd just sold it to him. Sharif was here in the 1970s for a role in The Mysterious Isle, a film adaptation of Jules Verne's sequel to 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea which drew rotten tomatoes from all the film critics. Sharif denied the legend, but he was a renowned bridge player with a serious gambling habit so the story is plausible.
See Costa Teguise for this art studio and wacky residence carved out of a lava tube at Tahiche. Another nearby tube is trash-strewn and not worth seeking out.
This museum of island music and culture is temporarily closed.
Museum of Piracy
A 14th-century fortified lookout perched on the rim of the crater of Montaña Guanapay. Since 2011 it's contained a tacky, puerile exhibition on pirates in these islands, but this has been closed since 2020. You can drive up for the crater view, but some visitors have then found the access barrier locked against their exit.
A 15 km trail along the coast between Famara and Órzola at the north tip, beneath cliffs. There are several intermediate points where you can get up the slope to the road above.
A surf school with a good cafe (including vegan choices) and basic rooms.
A natural swimming pool with a part-submerged tunnel into the open sea.
A sea pool where nudists flaunt their privies at the sea urchins.
Observatory with telescopes for public use.
Relaxed place for pizza and Med fare.
Great tapas in a trad whitewashed building.
Good tapas.
Friendly reliable pizzeria.
Lovely hotel with 9 rooms in a whitewashed villa of 1690.
Charming small B&B 200 m west of marketplace.
Pleasant small B&B west of Playa de San Juan in Famara.
Teguise is 12 km north of Arrecife the capital. By car follow LZ-1 to Tahiche then LZ-10.
Read in the guideThe buses above ply all the main roads, but your own vehicle will save waiting around under a fierce sun.
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