Mácher is a village on the Spanish island of

Lanzarote Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands, off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the islands in the archipelago. With 163,230 inhabi ...

, in the municipality of Tias.

Demographics and location

The village's population is 1,461 inhabitants (INE, 2023). It is situated on the southern island of

, about from the capital

Arrecife Arrecife (; ; ) is the capital city and a municipality of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It was made the island's capital in 1852. The city owes its name to the rock reef ("arrecife" being Spanish for "reef") which covers its local beach. It als ...

, and from the airport. It is characterized by a dispersed settlement on both sides of Arrecife-Yaiza-Playa Blanca road. It is located very close to

Puerto del Carmen Puerto del Carmen (Pto. del Carmen) is the main tourist town on the island of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. It is part of the municipality of Tías, Las Palmas, Tías. Most of Lanzarote's over 1 million visitors per year choose this town as ...

, about 2 miles from Puerto Calero. The area was characterized by the cultivation of tomatoes and onions. Onions are grown north of the road, and tomatoes are south. More recently, most of its inhabitants work in tourism and services. Its name possibly derived from the Italian word "Maschera", drifted to Mácheres, and finally Macher.

Points of interest

Among the most prominent attractions are houses of past centuries and the Molina de Macher. Among the natural attractions are the mountains of Guardilama (the third highest in Lanzarote) and Tinasoria mountain. The latter hosts paragliding and hang gliding, particularly the

massif A massif () is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central). In mountaineering literature, ''massif'' is frequently used to denote the main mass of an ...

of Famara. The town's patron is St. Peter, celebrated with an annual festival on June 29.

References

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