One of the unmistakable symbols of Lanzarote is the artist César Manrique and with the aim of preserving and spreading the work, the César Manrique Foundation was founded., a private institution located in the Taro de Tahiche that belongs to the municipality of Teguise. The Foundation's main areas are the protection of the natural environment, promoting the plastic arts and inviting cultural reflection.

The center of the César Manrique Foundation was inaugurated in 1992, it is the old house of Manrique that has been converted into a museum. In the facilities you can find two collections, the first of which is contemporary art with works by artists of the same generation and the second of the collections is representative of the best of the artist.

The most impressive thing about the building, which was the home-studio of Manrique, is that it is located on a lava tail of the eruption that took place between 1730-36, taking advantage of the formation of volcanic bubbles to configure a surprising habitable place. The exterior of the museum is inspired by the traditional architecture of the island of Lanzarote.

The César Manrique Foundation receives around 300,000 visitors a year, which makes it one of the reference places in Teguise.

The Casa de los Arroyo is one of the icons of Arrecife. A building that dates from the XVIII century and that originally belonged to the Armas family and later to the Arroyo family. It is especially striking that the type of architecture with popular and domestic dyes, currently the Casa de los Arroyo is the headquarters of the Blas Cabrera Scientific-Cultural Center.

The importance of the Casa de los Arroyo has led it to be declared a historical-artistic monument, the roof of the Arab tile building must be removed, something unusual in the constructions of the archipelago.

The Casa de los Arroyo was used as a customs office in times when the capital Arrecife was not the urban center that it is today and it was only a port of entry and exit to the island whose capital then was Teguise.

Following the architecture of the house, it has a sober style where the patio, balconies and wooden stairs stand out. The building also usually hosts artistic exhibitions, which is why it sometimes becomes the nerve center of the capital of Lanzarote.

Agriculture has always been one of the bases of the economy on the island, aware of the importance that this sector has had throughout history in San Bartolomé in Lanzarote you can visit the Museo del Campesino.

The Museum of the peasant is located at the crossroads located in the town of San Bartolomé, the building attracts a lot of attention, the work of the artist César Manrique whose influence can be seen in the museum, with a purely Lanzarote style. Next to the farmer's museum is a spectacular figure of about 15 meters called Monument to Fecundity. From the road that passes next to the building you can see how the bright white walls stand out.

Inside the museum we can find typical elements of the handicraft of the island of Lanzarote, information about the traditions of the area and how was the way of life of the farmers.

The museum of the Farmer also keeps a fantastic treasure, in the courtyard of the building there is an entrance to a volcanic grotto that was used in the past for the extraction of stone. Today this grotto has become an interesting restaurant. The Casa Museo del Campesino in San Bartolomé is a place that blends art and avant-garde.

Some of the islands of the Canarian archipelago have been attacked by invaders and pirates throughout history. In Teguise there is a place called Piracy Museum which opened in February 2011, is located in Castillo de Santa Bárbara, which served of strength before the different pirate offensives that suffered the island of Lanzarote especially from the sixteenth century.

The fortress is in the mountain of Guanapay, it was a perfect strategic place to see any kind of attack coming, from here you can watch the whole island in any direction.

It is currently the Museum of Piracy and it shows information about some of the most universal pirates, also explains the history of the attacks of these invaders on the island of Lanzarote. The museum exposes how the population of the island managed to overcome the threat of pirate attacks.

You can get to know in depth the history of Teguise, you can see a model of the ancient city and it shows the power it had during the XVI and XVII centuries.

The reason why the islands were a favorite site for pirate attacks was because after discovering the New World it was a place to stop for the ships that made the route until the Americas.

The Nobel Prize for Literature, Portuguese José Saramago, spent the last stage of his life in Lanzarote. Saramago created a great link with the island, some of his most important novels, such as Essay on Blindness he wrote there. To commemorate the famous writer, the house in which he lived until he died has become a museum where it is possible to know more in depth the Portuguese author.

The house was built as a result of the need of the Saramago-Del Río and Pérez-Figares-Del Río families, they were not only accomplices in the project but also in life.

The house has become a museum and lovers of the Portuguese writer have the opportunity to know much more about it, you can access the personal library of Saramago and know every corner of the house in which he spent the last 18 years and defined himself as " A House Made of Books".

It is worth noting the house, in addition to the library, the lounge that leads to a garden that was the resting place of the author, you can also enter the bedroom, see the galleries with paintings by artists such as Miquel Ramirez.