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Arrecife (Spanish:; locally) is the capital city and a municipality of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain. It was made the island's capital in 1852. The city owes its name to the rock reef ("arrecife" being Spanish for "reef") which covers its local beach. It also gives its name to the nearby Arrecife Airport. By 2025, the population of the municipality was 70,265, and the population of the city was 52,079. Its area is 22.72 square kilometres (8.77 sq mi).
Arrecife is located south of Teguise and east of San Bartolomé, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to its southeast. It is a port town, served by ferries to the other Canary Islands, Europe, and Africa. The LZ1 road connects Arrecife to the northeast of the island, the LZ2 road connects it to the southwest, and the LZ3 road serves as the city's beltway. The tallest building in Lanzarote is the Arrecife Gran Hotel, which is located on the seafront alongside the harbour.
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El castillo de San José es una fortaleza histórica y actualmente museo de arte en Arrecife en la isla canaria de Lanzarote, España. El castillo es la sede del Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo.
FuerteBien de interés cultural
La parroquia matriz de San Ginés Obispo es el templo principal de la ciudad de Arrecife, la capital de la isla de Lanzarote (Islas Canarias, España).
IglesiaBien de interés cultural
El Castillo de San Gabriel es una fortaleza de Arrecife, capital de Lanzarote, España. Alberga el Museo de Historia de Arrecife, propiedad del Ayuntamiento de Arrecife.
FuerteBien de interés cultural
La fachada del edificio Segarra, se corresponde con el inmueble sito en los números 23 y 25 de la calle León y Castillo, en el término municipal de Arrecife, isla de Lanzarote (Canarias, España). Declarado bien de interés cultural con la categoría de monumento con fecha de 16 de agosto de 2005.
EdificioBien de interés cultural
El Temple Hall, llamado en su última época Telamón, fue un buque mercante escocés de 139 metros de largo, 18 metros de ancho y 8.003 toneladas que naufragó frente a las costas de Lanzarote en 1981.
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El Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo está situado en el interior del castillo de San José de Arrecife, en la isla de Lanzarote (España).
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CasaBien de interés cultural
Conjunto históricoBien de interés cultural
MonumentoBien de interés cultural
FachadaBien de interés cultural
Iglesia
Yacimiento
Naturaleza
Naturaleza
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4 plans to experience Arrecife on the move, not just passing through.
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Places and plans from OpenStreetMap (ODbL): what is mapped within the municipal boundary, by name. If something is missing, it can be added there and will appear here in the next update.
Routes shared by hikers and waymarked trails, with their map and elevation profile.
What there really is in the village and around it, with distances. If an activity isn't on this list, we haven't found it nearby.
