Jameos del Agua - César Manrique
Jameos del Aqua is a work of art using intact and collapsed volcanic caves as a starting point. It was designed under the supervision of César Manrique and incorporates a concert hall, restaurants, a bar and reception areas along with a lovely garden. It opened to the public in 1966 and is similar in style to to the home of César Manrique we visited the other day.
It is a wonderful site and shows what can be done with few rock holes and caves given a bit of money and a lot of imagination and is well worth the €8.00 admission.
Entrance via a Jameo or collapsed cave.
Tidal grotto in a cave linking two Jameos. The water is crystal clear.
Looking up through the entrance.
Exit from the grotto.
Exit stairway where the volcanic rock has been filled to create a striking contrasting smooth finish painted in white gloss.
One exits via a series of terraces incorporating seating areas and bars.
Volcanic rock with contrasting filler.
Seating area with the grotto roof behind.
Entry sign. Each Manrique site incorporates a different style of sign.
Contrasting seashells spread under a rock in the garden.
Swimming pool in white and turqoise with stone paving set against a volcanic background.
Stunted trees with stone paving.
A bar area. The bar seats are smoothed curved rock and the stair trim is wood.
Rock presented in different forms.
Throughout the complex plants, white gloss, plants and smooth rocks of various sizes are used to create a striking visual effect aginst the stark volcanic rock.
And again.
A visual feast of colour and light.
Terraced plants and trees rising from the swimming pool level. The pool is now decorative only.
The concert hall is under repair.
When the repairs are finished it will look something like this.
Smaller plants set on ledges protruding from the rock wall.
A solitary tall palm rising from the pool level.
Natural and landscaped rock.
The pool and adjacent volcanic rock.
Exit stairs.
And again.
Looking down on the pool.
A kaleidoscope of blue. Sky, sea and pool.
Inside the cafe /gift shop area looking out.
And again but this is a mirror.
Garden and paving outside he cafe/gift shop area.
A window through a window.
It is a wonderful site and shows what can be done with few rock holes and caves given a bit of money and a lot of imagination and is well worth the €8.00 admission.
Entrance via a Jameo or collapsed cave.
Tidal grotto in a cave linking two Jameos. The water is crystal clear.
Looking up through the entrance.
Exit from the grotto.
Exit stairway where the volcanic rock has been filled to create a striking contrasting smooth finish painted in white gloss.
One exits via a series of terraces incorporating seating areas and bars.
Volcanic rock with contrasting filler.
Seating area with the grotto roof behind.
Entry sign. Each Manrique site incorporates a different style of sign.
Contrasting seashells spread under a rock in the garden.
Swimming pool in white and turqoise with stone paving set against a volcanic background.
Stunted trees with stone paving.
A bar area. The bar seats are smoothed curved rock and the stair trim is wood.
Rock presented in different forms.
Throughout the complex plants, white gloss, plants and smooth rocks of various sizes are used to create a striking visual effect aginst the stark volcanic rock.
And again.
A visual feast of colour and light.
Terraced plants and trees rising from the swimming pool level. The pool is now decorative only.
The concert hall is under repair.
When the repairs are finished it will look something like this.
Smaller plants set on ledges protruding from the rock wall.
A solitary tall palm rising from the pool level.
Natural and landscaped rock.
The pool and adjacent volcanic rock.
Exit stairs.
And again.
Looking down on the pool.
A kaleidoscope of blue. Sky, sea and pool.
Inside the cafe /gift shop area looking out.
And again but this is a mirror.
Garden and paving outside he cafe/gift shop area.
A window through a window.