Hoteles Elba Aquire Hotel Corbeta Lanzarote
The THB Hotel Corbeta situated in Playa Blanca has been acquired by the Elba Hoteles chain.Elba have plans to modernise and improve the standards at the old Corbeta bungalow complex before branding it...
View ArticleFree Entry At Rancho Texas For A Charity Donation
Rancho Texas Lanzarote Park have continued their Christmas tradition to raise donations for the local charity Café y calor, who help families in need on the island.Unfortunately we missed the notice in...
View ArticlePuerto del Carmen Christmas Events Road Closures
The Ayuntamiento de Tías have published details of the road closures affecting the holiday resort of Puerto del Carmen for festive events including the Santa Parade, New Year’s Eve Party and Kings...
View ArticleCelebrate New Year's Eve At Amura In Puerto Calero
Amura are having a 70’s and 80’s party night to help say good bye to 2015.They have:The best party 70’s and 80’s disco on the islandLive chimes at midnightA Cotillon (a huge party bag with presents)12...
View ArticleModern Jive Classes In Lanzarote
How would you like to learn a new social skill in Lanzarote? Modern jive is a fusion of jive and salsa and is the easiest partner dance you could ever learn because of the simplified footwork. Modern...
View ArticleNew Food Hall In Marina Lanzarote - Mercado de Naos
It used to be called the Pepa Food Market, but Marina Lanzarote has now re-opened the eating area upstairs, with plenty of improvements, and it’s now called Mercado de Naos. read more »
View ArticleSpanish General Election 2015
The general election took place on Sunday, and despite the closeness to Christmas, turnout was high at 71% read more »"SpainElectionMapG2015" by Impru20 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via...
View ArticleNew Exhibition At Artenmala
We’ve written before about Artenmala– a fabulous and interesting place to visit in Mala.They have a new exhibition starting there on Sunday 27th December, which runs until 14the February and features...
View ArticleLanzarote News in Brief - Last Week of 2015
Playa Blanca Port ExpansionThe contract, worth around €40 million, to expand the port has been awarded to a joint venture – FCC and Mosquera Carrasco Obras. Work is expected to begin in Spring 2016,...
View ArticleLanzarote News In Brief - Week One 2016
Susan Thain Awarded MBESue Thain, Lanzarote’s honorary consul, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours for services to the British Embassy and British community in The Canary Islands....
View Article5* Hotel For Puerto del Carmen
The holiday resort of Puerto del Carmen may have it’s first 5* hotel, if planning permission is granted to the Hibiscus hotel group, who already own 3 hotels in the same area.A request for building...
View ArticleFatality after head on accident in Lanzarote
A British woman aged 52 has died following a horrific head on accident on the LZ-1 near Guatiza in Lanzarote.Initial reports confirmed the woman had suffered a fracture to her femur, along with as her...
View ArticleArt Exhibition In Haria
A new art exhibition is due to run in Haria from 6th February until 5th March. The exhibition is called "AMIG@ ¿Quién eres?” which loosely translates as “Friend, who are you?”It’s being held in the...
View ArticleArrivals & Occupancy Figures December 2015
It’s been another good year in terms of tourist numbers visiting Lanzarote and the Canary Islands.December 2015Lanzarote’s airport arrivals were up 8.7% compared to December 2014 with 473,504...
View ArticleLanzarote News In Brief - Week Two 2016
Mortgages On The UpFigures up to the end of October show that mortgages to the value of 225.6 Million Euros were signed in Lanzarote during 2015 – more than double during the same period in 2014, and...
View ArticleLanzarote Information On The Radio!
This Saturday 16th January, Miguel (Mike) makes his debut as a presenter on Monster Radio here in Lanzarote. In a regular monthly show, he’ll be sharing news from the island, playing music and...
View ArticleBeware The Scammers In Lanzarote
With two million people visiting the island each year, all with a bit of holiday spending money in their pockets, Lanzarote is bound to attract a few scammers and con artists. Unfortunately, some...
View ArticleWatching Television In Lanzarote
We don’t really watch television – aside from the odd programme which we watch on Netflix, TV doesn’t really feature much for us. But we know that many of our readers who are resident on the island...
View ArticleLanzarote News In Brief - Week Three 2016
New Cycle Path For Playa BlancaYaiza ayuntamiento has started work on a new cycle path at the entrance to Playa Blanca. It’s in the section that joins the industrial estate area to the windmill...
View ArticleShocking Attack In San Bartolome
Mystery still surrounds the shocking and isolated incident of a brutal attack on José Antonio Perera de León, a carpenter living in the La Florida area of San Bartolomé on Monday. The traumatic event...
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