Timanfaya National Park celebrates its Golden Anniversary Year

The ever popular Timanfaya National Park celebrates 50 years of recognition as a Spanish National Park this year.

Formed by violent volcanic eruptions back in 1730, The Timanfaya National Park is the jewel in the crown of attractions in Lanzarote and welcomes more than one and a half million visitors every single year.

With its Lunar route (also known as the Rita de los Volcanes) bus tour, the volcanic BBQ grill and geyser and fire demonstrations tourists can witness the scale of the eruptions and how they left their mark on the island, along with real examples of how hot the ground remains just meters underneath the surface.

Although the park opened back in 1967 it was officially recognised as a National Park on the 9th August 1974 and has been a top tourist attraction ever since.

To mark its golden anniversary year the attraction will put on an exhibition dedicated to all the workers at the National Park, with a series of lectures to follow later in the autumn.

The Timanfaya National Park remains one the most popular things to do in Lanzarote , and you can visit via a number of different day or half day trips and excursions. Organised excursions are able to skip the entrance queues which can be hours long during peak times.

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