El Golfo (Charco Verde)

Lanzarote, Canary Islands · 🇪🇸 Spain

A vivid emerald lagoon cupped in a half-collapsed volcanic crater, ringed by black sand and rust-red cliffs.

Sea temperature

~21°C in the warm season

Water

An emerald-green crater lagoon

Sand

Black volcanic sand

Swimming

The green lagoon is protected; swim on the adjacent black beach

Best time to visit

Year-round

Setting

A half-sunk volcanic crater and a vivid green lagoon on Lanzarote's west coast

Beach type

Exotic sands

Region

Europe

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Photo: Dguendel (CC BY 4.0) · source