The essentials
- Restrooms are among MITECO's listed facilities at Islote de Hilario, and Montañas del Fuego has two accessible toilet cabins.[1][2]
- The restaurant's grill sits above a five-metre well where the earth's natural temperature reaches around 250 degrees.[4]
- Volcano-grilled mains run from €18.00 to €26.00, and kids dishes from €7.00 to €9.00.[6]
- CACT lists restaurant or café services at all of its centres except Cueva de los Verdes.[7]
- Its restaurant serves dishes such as tortilla conejera and wreckfish with mojo sauces.[10]
| Montañas del Fuego | Cueva de los Verdes | Jameos del Agua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dining | El Diablo restaurant and a cafeteria[1] | No restaurant or café[7] | Restaurant[10] |
| Visit length | About 1 hour 15 minutes[4] | About 50 minutes[8] | 60 to 120 minutes[10] |
| Hours | Montañas del Fuego 09:30-15:45[4] | 09:30-16:45, every day[8] | 10:00-18:00, last entry 17:15[10] |
| Cost | El Diablo mains from €18.00 to €26.00[6] | Entry from €17.00, ages 0-6 free[8] | Entry from €17.00, ages 0-6 free[10] |
| Good to know | El Diablo takes no reservations[4] | Guided in Spanish and English[8] | Noches de Jameos dinner and concert[11] |
Craters, lava flows and lunar-like landscapes reflect the heat of the earth. On the Islote de Hilario, geothermal activity shows that the subsoil still holds part of that heat.
In 1968, the first Centre of Art, Culture and Tourism created by César Manrique opened here.
Where to eat and find toilets on the Timanfaya day
Toilets and facilities
Are there toilets at Timanfaya National Park?
Yes. MITECO describes Islote de Hilario as the main core of the Montañas del Fuego, with a car park, cafeteria, restaurant, souvenir shop and restrooms.[1] The accessible-tourism assessor Equalitas Vitae records two accessible toilet cabins at Montañas del Fuego, equipped for people with disabilities.[2]
Beside El Diablo restaurant, the Fundación César Manrique describes two curved walls that give access to the restrooms, and a third, closed off with what it calls a decapitated dome, that contains an oven using the ground's natural heat to cook food.[3] CACT's visitor guide adds that the restaurant and cafeteria have high chairs.[4]
Equalitas Vitae also notes that there are no parking bays specifically marked for visitors with reduced mobility at Montañas del Fuego, but park staff point out the most convenient spaces for them.[2]
El Diablo: the restaurant over the volcano
El Diablo's grill sits above a five-metre well where, according to CACT, the earth's natural temperature reaches around 250 degrees.[4] Its dining room, conceived by César Manrique, opens onto views of the malpaís lava field through a large circular glass wall.[4] The Fundación César Manrique dates the start of the Cabildo's work at Timanfaya, building the El Diablo restaurant and the Route of the Volcanoes, to 1970.[3]
In the centre of the restaurant, the Jardín Muerto is a small glazed garden that pays tribute to the legend of Hilario, with the skeleton of a dromedary and the trunk of a dry, burned tree on the volcanic ash.[4] IGME gives two figures for the ground at Islote de Hilario: about 250°C at the surface in its site description, and 100 to 120°C in its scientific-interest section.[5]
CACT's general Montañas del Fuego ticket includes the geothermal demonstrations at Islote de Hilario.[4] IGME describes artificial geysers made by pouring cold water into boreholes, and plants placed in a hole to watch them burn.[5]
Meat and vegetables cooking over the volcanic heat at El Diablo
The Timanfaya National Park menu and prices
CACT's published menu for El Diablo lists meat cooked in the heat of the volcano, from €18.00 for chicken thighs to €26.00 for entrecôte, with a pork and chicken skewer from €20.00.[6] The kids section offers spaghetti bolognese from €7.00 and breaded chicken from €9.00.[6]
El Diablo does not accept reservations: tables are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to availability at the time of your visit.[4] As a general rule, CACT says the cafés and restaurants at its centres are not open during evening cultural events.[7]
The Montañas del Fuego general visit is listed from €30.00, and children aged 0-6 enter free.[4] CACT's visitor guide gives the visit approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, while its ticket-booking card shows a 90-minute slot.[4]
Cueva de los Verdes: no café on site
CACT says all of its centres offer restaurant or café services, except for Cueva de los Verdes.[7] The cave is open 09:30 to 16:45 every day, with a visit of about 50 minutes from €17.00, and children aged 0-6 go free.[8]
The visit is guided in Spanish and English, through an atmosphere designed by artist Jesús Soto that passes through the Auditorium.[8] Its route includes uneven paths, stairs, narrow spaces and low ceilings.[8] The cave belongs to a hollow lava conduit more than seven kilometres long.[8]
CACT says that during the 16th and 17th centuries, local people used the galleries of Cueva de los Verdes as a refuge from pirate raids from North Africa.[8] One of the three research modules of the Laboratorio Geodinámico de Lanzarote sits at Cueva de los Verdes, with others at Jameos del Agua and at the Casa de los Camelleros inside the national park.[9]
5 m
The depth of the well under El Diablo's grill, where the earth's natural temperature reaches around 250 degrees.[4]
Jameos del Agua's restaurant
The Jameos del Agua restaurant's menu combines local produce with contemporary dishes, such as tortilla conejera, or wreckfish served with mojo sauces and Canarian wrinkled potatoes.[10] Jameos del Agua is open 10:00 to 18:00 every day, with last admission at 17:15 and tickets from €17.00, and CACT lists the general visit at 60 to 120 minutes.[10]
The general ticket includes the descent through the Jameo Chico, the lake of the blind crabs, a visit to the Jameo Grande and access to the Auditorium.[10] In 1968, the first Centre of Art, Culture and Tourism created by César Manrique opened at Jameos del Agua, and CACT also credits Jesús Soto and numerous Lanzarote craftspeople, technicians and workers for the site.[10]
In the Jameo Grande, the darkness of the cave opens onto an outdoor garden with palm trees, fig trees and cacti, and a white pool.[10] The Casa de los Volcanes Museum inside Jameos del Agua takes around 60 minutes and needs a ticket beyond the standard entry.[10] Visitors are asked not to throw coins or other objects into the lake, to protect the habitat of the endemic Munidopsis polymorpha.[10]
Noches de Jameos: dinner and a concert
CACT's exception to its evening rule is Noches de Jameos, an evening visit to Jameos del Agua that combines gastronomy, music and the setting created by César Manrique.[7][11] On those nights the restaurant runs from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm and the concert from 10:30 pm to 11:15 pm, and tables are held for up to 15 minutes after the booked time.[11]
The menu costs from €98 per person, the vegan menu from €88 and the children's menu from €49 per child aged 7 to 12.[11] Jameos del Agua stays open until midnight on those evenings, and the self-guided visit of about an hour can be taken before or after dinner.[11] The concert takes place overlooking the underground lake, home to the blind albino crabs known as jameitos.[11]
Tours with a meal in the plan
The listing for the tour booked from this site names pickup, a live guide in English, French, German or Spanish, skip-the-ticket-line entry and 9 hours, with stops at Timanfaya National Park, Cueva de los Verdes and Jameos del Agua.[12] GetYourGuide travellers rate it 4.47 from 2,662 reviews, with 4.4 for value for money.[12]
Other GetYourGuide tours build a meal into their name. Lanzarote: Volcanos of Timanfaya and Caves Tour with Lunch is a 9-hour listing from US$109.[13] Timanfaya National Park: Evening Tour with Volcano Dinner runs 5 hours from US$155, and Timanfaya National Park Tour with BBQ Dinner runs 4 hours from US$149.[14][15]
For an evening out rather than a day tour, Lanzarote by Night: Local Dinner, Wine Tasting & LagOmar runs 5.5 hours with pickup included, from US$80.[16] Lanzarote: Timanfaya Park and Jameos del Agua Full-Day Tour runs 9 to 10 hours from US$86, with stops at El Golfo, Timanfaya National Park, the Islet of Hilario and Jameos del Agua.[17]
Visit length on CACT's ticket cards
The duration CACT shows on each site's general ticket card.[4][8][10]
Price a Timanfaya tour with or without a meal
Each amount is that listing's own "from" price in US dollars, and the calculator applies the same listed figure to every traveller.[12][13][14][15]
Food and facility times to plan around
Eating on a Timanfaya day
Arrive at Islote de Hilario
Its facilities include a car park, cafeteria, restaurant, souvenir shop and restrooms.[1]
Find a table at El Diablo
Reservations are not accepted; tables go first come, first served.[4]
Order from the volcano grill
Meat cooked in the heat of the volcano runs from €18.00 to €26.00.[6]
Plan ahead for Cueva de los Verdes
CACT lists restaurant or café services at all its centres except this one.[7]
Eat at Jameos del Agua
The restaurant serves dishes such as tortilla conejera and wreckfish with mojo sauces.[10]
Book the Timanfaya day and plan lunch around the volcano
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