Entries by Gazette Life

Arrecife access plans

The Canarian Government has announced the public consultation phase of the project to alter the connections between the main LZ-2 main road and Arrecife’s outer ring road.

02/11/2023 by

Sailor’s body found

The dead body of a Russian sailor was retrieved from the sea Tenesar yesterday morning by emergency services after a yacht hit rocks off the coast of Tenesar. Two other crew members survived and are recovering in hospital.

02/11/2023 by

El Quemao returns

It’s that time of year again, as the big swells start to arrive on Lanzarote’s north coast and the island gets ready for the surfing event of the season, celebrated on the “best volcanic reef break in the world” – the El Quemao wave just off the coast of La Santa.

01/11/2023 by

Up On The Wall

Murals are nothing new to Lanzarote. César Manrique created several large indoor and outdoor wall paintings, many of which can still be seen; but recent years have seen several larger scale artworks adorning public buildings in Arrecife.

01/11/2023 by

A vision made real

In 1960, José Ramírez Cerdá, known to all as “Pepín” was elected as President of the Cabildo of Lanzarote. He would leave that post in 1974, having transformed the island in a way that seems scarcely believable.

01/11/2023 by

The history of La Torrecilla

As you drive up from Arrieta to Órzola, through the unique malpais of rugged lava, you’ll see one of Lanzarote’s most distinctive buildings perched on the flank of Monte Corona. This is La Torrecilla (The Little Tower) – one of Lanzarote’s most evocative buildings.

01/11/2023 by