The barbecue pit at Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote has to be the ultimate barbecue experience - this stone well sits above a vent in the ground which cooks the meat on the grill. If you dare to look into the well, you might catch a dull red glow a few feet down.

The restaurant features a few other neat tricks as well - volcanic shafts which shoot columns of steam into the air, and another stone well outside that can ignite dry grass in seconds. It just shows that a few feet under the surface, the effects of volcanic activity on Lanzarote can still be felt.

The Cesar Manrique-designed insignia for the Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote.

Okay, I think the positioning of the tail looks a wee tad phallic if we're honest, but the demon shows some of Manrique's slightly primitive design style. As for the park itself, it takes up almost a quarter of Lanzarote, fields upon fields of lava and craters. If you're lucky, you'll see lines of camels walking through the rough ground, led by guides.

I took this shot from the garden of the Fundación César Manrique - it shows a volcano in the distance and the fields of lava that surround the building. It's a reminder that the house and administrative buildings are built on top of five natural 'bubbles' that occur in the rock.

The name César Manrique is hard to escape on the island of Lanzarote - a prolific artist, Manrique is responsible for much of the artistic heritage on the island - from being the designer of the wonderfully primitive logo for the Timanfaya National Park to creating a spectacular home out of five interconnected volcanic bubbles under the ground.