Six pateras arrive on Lanzarote
279 migrants have arrived on Lanzarote in six boats over the weekend, as calm weather has led to rise in crossings.
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Arrecife lights up for Christmas
Arrecife switched on its Christmas lights on Saturday evening, as hundreds of locals gathered for the ceremony.
Teguise Food Fair “an overwhelming success”
30,000 were expected, but around 50,000 people attended the Saborea Lanzarote Food Fair in La Villa de Teguise over the weekend., which has been hailed as an overwhelming success.
Arrecife receives 15 cruises in the last week of November
Arrecife will receive 15 cruises and approximately 52,000 passengers in the last week of November, according to the Las Palmas Port Authority.
Sun beds for Playa Reducto
Sun beds and parasols will return to Playa Reducto, Arrecife’s town beach, next year.
Foodies flock to Teguise
Thousands of islanders and tourists travelled up the hill to La Villa de Teguise yesterday for the first day of the Festival Enogastronómico Saborea Lanzarote, the biggest food fair on the Canary Islands.
Lanzarote bodegas produce 3,000,000 bottles of wine
This year’s surprisingly good wine harvest will result in around three million bottles of wine, according to the Lanzarote Wine Council.
El Quemao Surf competition on amber
Some of the world’s best surfers and bodyboarders are assembling for the Quemao Class surf competition, which will take place at the village of La Santa some time before the end of the year.
Lanzarote’s biggest hotel opens next week
The biggest hotel on Lanzarote, the Barceló Playa Blanca Resort, will officially open on December 1st.
Teguise Food Fair bus times
The biggest event will be the Saborea Lanzarote food festival in Teguise on Saturday and Sunday, which is expected to attract up to 35,000 visitors. To prepare for this, they have reinforced the bus lines to Teguise. Here’s the new bus times.