Price:  Adult 15€; Child 7.5€ (7-11 years old)

Estimated duration of the visit: 45 minutes - 1 hour.

From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Cueva de los Verdes (Green Caves) is located in the north of Lanzarote, in the municipality of Haría, and integrated into the vast volcanic landscape of the Malpaís de La Corona Natural Monument.

Its formation is the result of the eruptive activity of the Corona Volcano that gave rise to an six kilometers underground volcanic tunnel that runs from the volcanic cone to the sea. A volcanic tunnel is produced by the cooling and solidification of the surface part of a lava flow in contact with the air while the molten magma inside continues to flow. The partial detachment of the roof of a section of this tunnel forms the structure called "Jameo", that is the opening or mouth of the land that allows access to the different caves.

The part of the cave that we can visit consists of a kilometer of overlapping galleries with vertical interconnections between them. At some points, it has three levels that allow visitors to discover new spaces from different perspectives.

The range of colors that adorn the vaults and walls of the grotto is particularly spectacular. The reddish colors are due to the oxidation of the iron content of the basalts. The multiple ocher shades come from the reflections of light on saline efflorescence produced by water seepage from the surface.

There are few places that concentrate as many points of interest for the cultural and natural heritage of Lanzarote as Cueva de los Verdes, a cave with a mythological aura, steeped in legend and full of landscape features of extraordinary beauty and uniqueness. Formed as a result of the eruptive activity of the Corona Volcano, it is one of the most surprising wonders hidden in the bowels of Lanzarote. Used as a hideout for the population against the attacks and invasions of pirates from Northern Africa during the 16th and 17th centuries, it became a must-see for European travelers, scholars and scientists in the 19th century, fascinated by this unique volcanic formation that, paradoxically, owes its name to the surname of a family that kept their cattle in the surroundings, according to what they say. In the 60s, Cabildo de Lanzarote (the island's city hall) called upon the Majorero (local) artist Jesús Soto, who would eventually become a close collaborator of Manrique, for the adaptation of this natural sanctuary of volcanic origin that has become the focus of attraction for thousands of visitors who yearn to discover its secret. Soto ordered applied all his knowledge of light and shadow treatment to extract the light from the stone and enhance the whimsical shapes that lava was leaving behind on its devastating path. The color range of ocher, gray, black and reddish reign in this paradise of darkness and blend under the effect of light to draw grotesque landscapes and spectacular rock structures that surprise the visitor. Entering the Cueva de los Verdes is, without doubt, an initiatory journey to the center of our planet Earth.