View of Graciosa Island from Mirador del Rio

Bio of Roberto Bettacchi

Born in Rome, where he lives.
Photography is one of his great passions since over 30 years.
His goal is a continuos research to improve skills & expertise.
He loves to freeze life moments causing emotions.

Landscape, street and travel photography.
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Lanzarote island

Lanzarote, the easternmost of Canary Islands, is a mystic and dreaming land. It’s an island of lava and foam, where you can find the eternal spring, with its dazzling sun, the low ruddy hills, the white villages and the strong and always present wind coming from anywhere.

An island with several faces so peculiar: the sandy lowland in the western side (Jable), the recent craters of the eruptions on 1730 (Parque Nacional de Timanfaya), the volcanic hills with their vineyards (La Geria) and the spectacular beaches.

Lanzarote is a unique island, maybe a never sunk chip of the legendary Atlantis island.

The road at northern side near Mirador del Rio

Sun rays through the clouds in the fishing village of Orzola

A roundtrip by camels along the crater land of Parque Nacional de Timanfaya

Parque Nacional de Timanfaya

Landscape of the volcanic lands and ruddy hills.

A tourist bus across the Parque Nacional de Timanfaya

The cost on the western side of the island near El Gulfo’s village

(Above) Small beach town on the western side of La Palma

Los_Llanos_de_Aridane

Los Llanos is the largest and busiest town on the island with a population of just over 20,000. There are many modern buildings but the traffic-free centre and surrounding side streets still retain their old character. – www.islalapalma.com

(Above) the main square of los llanos (Plaza España en Los Llanos de Aridane, and el Templo de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios)

The life of the people of Los Llanos, both young and old. (Above)

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OTHER SPOTS AROUND THE ISLAND

Near Los Llanos there are is a town with a small harbor (right) and further up north from that point we watched the sun go down on a small town.

A small little store (above)

I’m not sure which side of the island these were taken on… I believe they might have been the eastern side.

Lots of cactus on this volcanic island, specially since as with many islands one side gets a lot more rain than the other.

LINKS

http://www.islalapalma.com/

One of the small resort areas on the island and one of the only places I saw an actual sandy beach. I wonder if they didn’t import the sand. Like they have done on parts of the other islands.

This is the Plaza de Cervantes in Alcala de Hernares.

yes that’s the same Cervantes that wrote Don Quixote and yes people go to visit the house and yes there’s a statue of Don Quixote and Pancho Sanza

Like usual take a look at what Wikipedia says about the location: here’s a snippet (below)

Alcalá de Henares, meaning Citadel on the river Henares, is a Spanish city, whose historical centre is one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites, and one of the first bishoprics founded in Spain. Located in the Autonomous Community of Madrid, 35 km northeast of the city of Madrid, at a height of 588 metres (1929 ft) above sea level, it has a population of around 200,000, the second largest of the region after the Spanish capital itself. The city is generally known simply as “Alcalá“, but “de Henares” is often appended to differentiate it from a dozen cities sharing the name Alcalá

The plaza is a very nice place, beautiful gardens and planty of white storks on the towers in the area. (Above)

A few streets made for walking with shops and restaurants. (Above)

These are quite the nests for these storks.

Outside of the cervantes historical house. I’m sure he’s recounting his experiences of fighting devious windmills. (Above)

Plenty of old things… in Cervantes Plaza one can only assume that this might be Cervantes. (Funny if it wasn’t)

Well i suppose you can see it wasn’t busy time in these parts. Shops closed and chairs stacked. (Above)

We had some food at just one of the many restaurants. These were people sitting next to us. Thought it would be interesting to see how it’s done in spain. Not just the outside of buildings. (Above)

With all the old things around, it’s the new things that sometimes stand out the most.

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