Readers’ Letters – March 2025
Our readers regularly send us messages and emails regarding Lanzarote, here are some of your thoughts that we printed in the March edition.
Entries by Gazette Life
Bacon & Cabbage
In the spirit of this month’s St. Patrick’s celebrations, we’ve chosen this simple yet delicious Irish classic that’s sure to be a hit with all that try it. Here’s our recipe on how to make it.
Can The Basque Model address the national housing crisis in Spain?
Spain’s government is looking towards the policies of the Basque country in an attempt to tackle the national housing crisis.
Spanish property prices still sky high
Property prices on Spain’s islands are now almost 8% higher than they ever were during the property boom of the mid-2000s.
Why does Lanzarote use the colour green?
Puerto del Carmen will go green this month as thousands celebrate St Patrick’s Day on the 15th to 17th of March, but the island’s relationship with the colour goes much further than that.
Lanzarote’s Walls And Cairns
Lanzarote is covered in rocks, and over 2,000 years of human habitation have left those rocks arranged in all sorts of patterns.
How is Lanzarote coping five years after Covid?
On Friday, March 13th 2020, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a 15-day lockdown in response to the growing threat of what was then known as the coronavirus (it wouldn’t be widely known as Covid-19 until late summer).
UD Lanzarote enjoy a seven-goal feast
Lanzarote manager Juan Carlos Socorro demanded a reaction from his players after a hugely disappointing 1-2 away defeat to lowly CD Buzanada on the 19th of January. What he got a week later was nothing short of remarkable as his troops thrashed mid-table side CD Santa Úrsula 7-0.
Yaiza‘s failed fightback
Unión Sur Yaiza almost achieved an epic fightback against CD Móstoles at the Municipal El Soto in Madrid last month.
Happy 30th Anniversary To Craic n’ Ceol!
One of Puerto del Carmen’s oldest Irish bars celebrates a very special anniversary this month, as well as St. Patrick’s Day.