There are few places like Lanzarote. Here the inhabitants have learned how to establish a genuinely friendly relationship with their environment. An example of this symbiosis between nature and civilisation is the protected landscape of La Geria, over 5,000 hectares of cultivated areas where the local people have learned how to overcome the difficulties presented by a hostile environment to create a beautiful and culturally fascinating landscape. Faced with fields of volcanic ashes, the men and women of this unusual island have made the very most of the few advantages offered by the volcanic earth to convert a black wasteland into one of the most important wine producing areas of Spain