Lanzarote’s salt pans traditionally played a surprising role in the islander’s health. Because farming was so difficult, fish became essential in the diet. Fish were impossible to keep in the hot climate, dried and salted fish became important.

The large salty lagoon, enclosed by hills, has been divided into fascinating neat rectangles subdivided very precisely into hundreds of smaller squares. As the water evaporates, the water changes color and consistency, and ultimately dries away leaving large quantities of salt. Despite this very functional purpose, the salt pans look as if they were intended primarily to be extraordinary works of art.

“Salinas de Janubio S.L., has conducted a study on the presence of microplastic in the Janubio Sea Salt, this report confirms that it does not contain microplastic from the families analyzed (Polypropylene, High Density Polyethylene, Low Density Polyethylene, PET, Nylon).”

“Salt mines have always hugely impressed me. The salt mines in Lanzarote are outstanding due their linear beauty and blinding colours.”<br>
César Manrique

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