Entries by Gazette Life

Wine harvest forecast

Hot spells in winter and a cooler spring that expected have affected Lanzarote’s vines, leading experts to warn that this year’s harvest could be later and smaller than usual.

08/05/2022 by

A helping hand

Two walkers had to be rescued by emergency services yesterday when they found themselves unable to descend from Montaña Colorada in Tinajo.

08/05/2022 by
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Scanning the sands for treasure on Lanzarote

Those tourist beaches must be full of luxury watches and diamond earrings, right? And what about all that pirate gold hidden around the island? We went to Famara beach to chat to metal detecting hobbyist and YouTuber Roger Guedes about Lanzarote’s glittering treasure.

06/05/2022 by
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The height of excellence

Arrecife’s Gran Hotel is a landmark – both in its physical presence as the only high-rise building on Lanzarote, but also as a standard of excellence. Hotel director Luis Miguel Morales has worked there for almost 20 years, so we chatted with him about the island’s most instantly recognisable hotel.

06/05/2022 by
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Viva La Lucha!

After coming to a two year standstill during the pandemic, Canarian wrestling is back. With competitions now taking place every week all over the island, we wanted to find out more. So we contacted Charlea Bates-Morgan, a British 18-year-old who’s been grappling in the sand circle for most of her life, and she took us to a training session at the Club de Lucha de Tinajo (Tinajo Wrestling Club).

06/05/2022 by