Entries by Gazette Life

Buried treasure

Playa Mujeres is the largest of the spectacular chain of beaches known as Papagayo, on the southern tip of Lanzarote. And just behind the beach is where one of the most important archeological discoveries of recent years was made last year

02/07/2022 by

How Hawks make Lanzarote’s airport safer

Lanzarote’s César Manrique Airport is one of the island’s most important employers, with hundreds of staff visible at any given time. But there are ten workers who passengers rarely get to see – one man, eight falcons and an eagle who keep the airport grounds safer for passengers every single day.

01/07/2022 by
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The Toughest Challenge

Johan Wagenaar and Ilse Verlaan from Bike Sensations both took part in Lanzarote’s Ironman earlier this year. For Johan, who has completed seven Ironman races, four of them on Lanzarote, it was nothing new; but for Ilse, it was her first time. We chatted to them about the experience.

01/07/2022 by

Hospital parking chaos

Oswaldo Betancort, the CC deputy for Lanzarote, has demanded an urgent solution to the parking problems at the hospital, criticising “the absence of planning or, better put, the improvisation excused by an emergency,” that permitted the construction of an extension which makes daily life worse for everyone who attends the hospital.”

30/06/2022 by