{"product_id":"manrique-was-right-lanzarote","title":"Manrique Was Right: Local Secrets, Honest Stories \u0026 the Real Lanzarote","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's a reason Lanzarote doesn't look like anywhere else in the Canaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne man argued, for decades, that the island should never be allowed to turn into a wall of concrete. No high-rise hotels. No roadside billboards. People thought he was difficult. He turned out to be right, and the island you land on today is the result of an argument he won.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost visitors never hear that. They get a transfer, a strip and a fortnight, and go home having had a lovely time without ever really meeting the place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the version you get if you live here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWho this is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople who come back to Lanzarote every year and suspect they're still only seeing a slice of it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWinter long-stayers who want the island in January, not just the brochure in August\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone thinking seriously about moving, who wants the honest version and not the dream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst-timers who'd rather not waste three of their seven days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full-length illustrated guide, written as a story rather than a list\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe wind rules that decide whether El Golfo, Los Hervideros and Famara are worth the drive that morning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTimanfaya done properly, including the timing and the bit almost everyone misses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLa Graciosa, the ferry, the daily cap, and how to get a real day there\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarket timings that actually matter, not opening hours copied off a website\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn honest chapter on living here: rent, work, and the holiday-let squeeze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFree updates for life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rootsand-routes.com\/cart\/58033214488958:1\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#8a3a2b;color:#f6e9cb;padding:16px 34px;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\"\u003eGet the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/lanzarote-inside.jpg?v=1789456953\" alt=\"What is inside the Lanzarote book\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Chapter Four\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lava came down towards Tinajo and the people carried the Virgin out to meet it and set her down in its path, and the lava stopped. You can go and look. The edge of the flow is right there behind the church, a wall of black rubble that simply ends, and the fields on the other side of it are still being worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/lanzarote-spread.jpg?v=1789456953\" alt=\"A real page from inside the book\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat this isn't\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's not a listings guide. No opening hours to go stale, no sponsored restaurants, and no pretending the island has no problems. Housing here is hard and getting harder, and the book says so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/lanzarote-updates.jpg?v=1789456952\" alt=\"Free updates for life\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstant download. Read it on a phone, a tablet or printed out. If it's not what you hoped for, email us and we'll refund you, no argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rootsand-routes.com\/cart\/58033214488958:1\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#8a3a2b;color:#f6e9cb;padding:16px 34px;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\"\u003eGet the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots \u0026amp; Routes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58033214488958,"sku":"LAN-BH-01","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/lanzarote-cover.jpg?v=1789456953","url":"https:\/\/rootsand-routes.com\/products\/manrique-was-right-lanzarote","provider":"Roots \u0026 Routes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}