Location: Arrecife
Top Things to do in Arrecife
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Arrecife (/ˌærəˈsiːfeɪ/; Spanish pronunciation: [areˈsife]) is a city and municipality in the Canary Islands (Spain) situated in the centre-east of the island of Lanzarote, of which it has been the capital since 1852. The city owes its name to the rock reef ('Arrecife' is Spanish for 'reef') which covers the beach located in the city. The city also gives its name to the nearby Arrecife Airport.
Restaurants in Arrecife
1. Escape Room Lanzarote
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 70 reviews
Reviewed By Joandande - Billericay, United Kingdom
Here for Christmas with the family and decided to try out the Escape Room in Arrecife. We chose Dead Land as our challenge. The hosts were lovely, welcoming and friendly, and we had lots of laughs (and a couple of family squabbles!) along the way, and with a little help from the organisers we managed to successfully escape. This is suitable for all ages, and highly recommended if you fancy something different or want to while away a cloudy afternoon. We’d love to go back and try the other challenges when we’re back in Lanzarote.
2. El Charco de San Gines
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 803 reviews
Reviewed By NickBird - Mansfield, United Kingdom
An excellent spot to sit in one of the many little bars and restaurants listening to the spanish music and watching the boats floating on the water. Try and catch it when the sun is low in the sky and the golden ripples are almost hypnotic (when you've had a beer or three). Lovely place to sit and relax.
3. Museo Aeronautico del Aeropuerto de Lanzarote
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 76 reviews
Reviewed By jeans550 - Ashby de la Zouch, United Kingdom
This is such a brilliant little museum, run by volunteers. It is housed in the original airport building and it is fascinating to see how things have changed in what is a relatively short period of time. A great deal of thought and effort has been put into setting up the museum and it's brilliant. You can see the air traffic control part, the cafe area as well as examples of the uniforms worn by the airline staff. There is a good book collection and some excellent posters as well as a very thought-provoking cabinet showing the kinds of items that were confiscated. When we visited there was also an excellent display of aircraft and airport related models, all made from recycled plastic. There were some excellent little booklets available too, aimed at children. It's a wonderful little museum.
4. Playa Guacimeta
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 50 reviews
Reviewed By S8572XWjacquelineb - Chesterfield, United Kingdom
Lovely beach area, clean wide promenade, stretching long way both directions along seafront, beautiful villas alongside, lots of nice cafe/bars/restaurants, and nice surprise, public loos!!! Not many of these around. Plenty of seats along the prom. I only walked from Playa Honda, then up to the main road opposite Superdinos, couldn't cross the main dual carriage way, so wandered back down again, a 1k walk each way, 2k is enough for me, but it was a beautiful day, warm and sunny, quite a fair wind so lovely white breakers on a deep blue sea. Ended up back at Playa Honda bay, into Goliaths for a fresh long drink of iced orange juice, lovely staff, great stuff.
5. Cerveza NAO
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 17 reviews
Visit our craft brewery and our brewpub in the Puerto Naos fishing district. Enjoy our beers while you see how we brew them. Our place used to be a fishing nets workshop at the end of the 19th century. Now it is a place full of life of "seafaring refuge" style, where to enjoy our beers and tapas while you can see how we brew them, the brewpub and the factory are separated only by a glass. NAO, its the place to beer!
Reviewed By Cerberusi - High Wycombe, United Kingdom
As a lover of real ale / craft beers it was great to finally have proper beer on the island. No need for Dorada etc etc. The beer and set up are of a good quality. Loved the quirky location, giving the place a great ambience. Staff were great and helpful. Had found the beers at other outlets across the island, but often had to ask. I look forward to finding them in more places at my nexr visit. Tried the complete range in bottles at different times over the day at different establishments. The Black Patrón, stood out to me, a very credible moorish beer, Capitan was also good and the wife liked "Gloria" a Weiss beer. See their website for beer details. Brewery bar opening times are very limited, lunch and evenings on thursday and friday only. Well worth finding a time for a visit, if not find their beers on the island.
6. Iglesia de San Gines
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 199 reviews
Reviewed By alanwR7062LU - London, United Kingdom
Wonderful to have come across this beautiful church when the local school was at Mass and the young people so reverend.
7. Playa Del Reducto
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 426 reviews
Reviewed By MadOwl76 - Dromore, United Kingdom
There are sunbeds and umbrellas on the beach. 3 EUR a sunbed and 2 EUR for an umbrella. Lovely and quiet and the weather was really nice the year for the first week in December it was a lot cooler last year.
8. Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo Castillo de San Jose
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 511 reviews
The Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo-Castillo de San José, is located near Puerto Naos and Arrecife, capital of the island, and the place where César Manrique was born. It was built between 1776 and 1779 under the ruling of King Charles III. The museum’s privileged location on top of a cliff, made protection from Castillo de San Gagriel easier, and it meant it was a crucial spot to defend Arrecife and its port from the dangers the modern states posed to the Spanish Empire. When its use for defensive purposes decreased, it was left abandoned for almost a century. It was Manrique (who else), who convinced the authorities of the island to transform the ancient fortress into an art gallery that ended up opening in 1976, the Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo. Manrique started up the 1st International Visual Arts Competition with the work of Picasso, Tàpies, Miró, Mompó, Millares, Zóbel and some of his own creations that inspired one of the largest abstract art collections.
Reviewed By 192282 - Lund, Sweden
We read about the fortress and as we were very impressed with other projects Cesar Manrique was involved with, wanted to check it out It is small but the restoration is incredible. If you aren’t that interested in art, you can enjoy the exterior with some funky sculptures and go down an exterior stairwell to enjoy the cafe where Cesar’s touch is unmistakeable The admission fee is super reasonable only 4 euro and we liked the artworks very much Great way to spend a couple of hours on the outskirts of Arrecife
9. Barco Telamon encallado
10. Castillo de San Gabriel
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 656 reviews
Reviewed By Goldeneye64
A short walk over a bridge and you are at the Castillo, interesting views and good shots of Arrecife if you are a photographer.
