Lanzarote News In Brief - Week 22, 2017
Seven Detained In Drugs BustThe Guardia Civil has carried out raids on various places in Lanzarote and Gran Canaria to break up a drug ring operating in the islands. Cocaine and other drugs were being...
View ArticleSports Tourism On The Increase
Figures out for 2016 show that Sport tourism accounted for 175,000 visitors to the island last year, around 7.5 of the total. The island has for some years had the aim of becoming “The European Sports...
View ArticlePapagayo Campsite 2017
The Papagayo campsite in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote known as the Área de Acampada de Papagayo, is due to open for the summer on Wednesday 21st June until Sunday 17th September 2017.The registration form...
View ArticleLanzarote News In Brief, Week 25, 2017
Housing Crisis Being Needs To Be AddressedThe case of “Gabriela” who was evicted from her home in Arrecife and protested outside The Cabildo, has sparked debate about the current shortage of...
View ArticleLanzarote News In Brief - Week 26, 2017
Increase in accidents partly attributable to mobile phone useA report appeared in Lancelot Digital this week seeking to find the cause of the increase on road accidents on the island. In 2016, there...
View ArticleNo Sun Beds On Costa Teguise Beaches
We went through this pain in 2013 and 2016 in Puerto del Carmen. In Costa Teguise this happened last in 2013, and here we are in 2017, with no sun beds and no parasols on the beaches. read more »
View ArticleLanzarote News In Brief - Week27, 2017
Final Approval For Dive Station At Playa ChicaThe Costas department has finally given approval to the new scuba diving station at Playa Chica in Puerto del Carmen, having investigated a complaint about...
View ArticleLanzarote News In Brief - Week 29, 2017
Scuba Diving Tourism Increased By 50%Tourists visiting Lanzarote for Scuba diving totalled 146,000 in 2016, up more than 50% on the previous year. Lanzarote has a total of 36 dive centres offering...
View Article7 Year Old British Boy "Critical"
A 7 year old British boy was airlifted to Gran Canaria in critical condition yesterday afternoon after nearly drowning at a hotel swimming pool in Costa Teguise, Lanzarote. read more »
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