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Being one of the most well established tourist resorts on Lanzarote, and in recognition of its importance to the
island's tourist industry, Costa Teguise does benefit from the presence of very good tourist information offices
in the town, and these can be found at:
Oficinas de Informacion Turistica
Centro Comercial Los Charcos, Local 11
Avenida Islas Canarias, s/n
35509
Costa Teguise
Teguise
Lanzarote
Telephone: +34 928 827 130
Fax: +34 928 592 989
Email: costateguise@teguiselanzarote.com
which are then supported by the central Department of Tourism offices in Arrecife:
Tourism Board de Lanzarote
Blas Cabrera Felipe, s/n
35500
Arrecife
Lanzarote
Telephone: +34 928 811 762
Fax: +34 928 800 080
Email: info@turismolanzarote.com
It goes without saying that the staff in both of these offices are always very knowledgeable, and provide a very useful contact point for the latest information about events and activities in the area.
If for whatever reason you don't decide to hire a car, getting around Lanzarote by public transport is actually fairly easy. A very reliable bus service operated by the Transporte Interurbano de Lanzarote, runs from Costa Teguise into Arrecife approximately every 20 minutes or so throughout the day, and from here transfers are then available to most of the larger resorts and towns throughout the island. Overall the journey from Costa Teguise into Arrecife is very reasonable at around 1.5€ each way, when compared to an average cost of 12€ for the same trip by taxi.
As already briefly mentioned as part of our general introduction pages, the original old town of Villa de Teguise, some 9 miles inland from the coastal development, was once the ancient capital of Lanzarote, and it is here that you will find some of the best examples of classic Canarian architecture and buildings, some of which date back to the first half of the 16th Century.
The Spinola Palace in Teguise is one such building that was originally built by Snr. José Feo Peraza between 1730 and 1780. For most of the 18th Century this magnificent house served as the residence for the Governor of Lanzarote, and after years of neglect was subsequently restored to its former glory by the Canarian artist Cesar Manrique, prior to it being opened again to the public during the 1970's.
Possibly one of the most striking architectural features of Villa de Teguise is the 16th Century parish church of "Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe" on the San Miguel Plaza. Over the last 500 years the church has quite bizarrely been almost destroyed by fire on a number of occasions, the last fire occurring in 1909 when the entire parish archives of the town were also destroyed.
High above the old town of Villa de Teguise sit the grand Castle of Santa Barbara, however, what most
visitors may not be aware of it that Mount Guanapay on which it is built is actually an extinct volcano.
The 'Castillo de Santa Barbara', as it is known locally, was originally built by Snr. Sancho de Herrera in the
early 16th Century as a watch tower to protect the island from invading Moorish pirates. Over a period
of some 100 years or so the original watch tower was extended with further turrets and moats, into the
structure you see today. During the early 1960's a group of enthusiasts known as the "Friends of the Castles"
embarked upon the project to restore the now almost derelict shell of the castle to it former stature.
In all the restoration took almost 2 decades to complete, and today the castle, along with the Museum
of Emigration inside, is open to the public most mornings throughout the year from 10:00am.
Contact details are:
Santa Barbara Castle
Montaña de Guanapay
Villa de Teguise
Lanzarote
Telephone: +34 928 845 001
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