posted by jtomco on 25 March 2011 at 09:36
I have never been to a better cactus garden! There is so much to see here and it's so exquisitely laid you you feel calm and excited all at once! I think Manrique is great.
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Look for the huge metal cactus!!! Off the LZ1 north of Costa Teguise
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posted by dstamper on 20 January 2011 at 12:54
I've been obsessed with Cactuses since a small girl and this was such a treat! Amazing! Over 1000 cactus species and other tropical plants too. I was too busy looking at these plants to bother with the Natural History Museum there but my fmily enjoyed it in there!!
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Just up the coast from Calpe, a bit of a drive but I couldn't miss it!
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posted by dgibson on 15 October 2010 at 09:24
This was a delightful spot my mother had heard of. With hundreds of types of cactus and, oddly but it worked, a windmill and some other metally sculptures, the gardens are beautiful in the stark volcanic landscape.
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on the road between guatiza and mala
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posted by ashleyhotmama on 3 July 2009 at 06:09
This beautiful garden was the last work for artist Cesar Manrique and it was completed in 1991. His intention was not educational, but aesthetic and he used the semiburied volcanic monoliths for the main sculptures of the garden. Located in the area of Mala and Guatiza, the garden has about 10,000 different types of cactus and is a hot tourist site. Relax, visit the gift shop and have a terrace lunch, all while taking in the beauty of this restored volcanic quarry.
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928 52 93 97
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