Cueva de los Verdes, Lanzarote

Have you ever visited a lava tube? I hadn't, but thought it sounded really cool,
so Cueva de los Verdes was a must see for me while in Lanzarote! 

 This cave is part of a lava tube created about 5000 years ago from the eruptions of the volcano Monte Corona. I have realized on these trips to Tenerife and Lanzarote that I know very little about volcanoes and I think it's incredible how this long tunnel was created by more liquid lava running under more solid lava.
It is amazing to be able to enter such a truly beautiful place. 

  

The whole tube/tunnel is about 6 km. long from the volcano to the coast, and it goes on under water for another 1,5 km. In the 1960's 2 km. of the cave were illuminated and opened to tourists. 

The cave was used by the locals for protection against pirates  and legends say the locals stayed 
in there for a good two months while the pirates were raving around the island.

There is a concert hall in the cave, offering classical music concerts a couple times per year. 

I can only imagine how special it must be to hear a concert in there. 

The last stop on the guided tour is this incredible opening with the most perfect structures.  

It's almost as if it is a mirror. Incredible isn't it?

There is a great optical illusion somewhere in the cave, and I have thought a lot about whether revealing it or not. Lets just say that there is a big surprise in there somewhere, and it gives the visit a little extra.