Entries by Gazette Life

Fiesta season

Lanzarote’s most important religious gathering, the Romeria de Los Dolores, has been cancelled for the second year running due to Covid measures. However, the large craft fair that usually accompanies the festivities will go ahead in Mancha Blanca in September.

09/07/2021 by

Control & Fulfillment

Last month our sales rep Beverley Farley took a one-to-one class with yoga teacher Laurel Regan from Lanzarote Yoga Escape. We asked her for her impressions.

09/07/2021 by

The English are coming!

Yesterday’s announcement by UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps confirmed that, from July 19th, English tourists who have been fully vaccinated in the UK will not have to observe quarantine on their return from amber-listed areas, which include mainland Spain and the Canaries.

09/07/2021 by

“Lanzarote is a benchmark for safe tourism”

Lanzarote is waiting expectantly for news of the return of tourism, its main economic activity. To get an expert view, we spoke to Ángel Vázquez, the Councillor for Tourist Promotion at Lanzarote’s Cabildo and the most important tourist official on the island, about the prospects for the future.

08/07/2021 by

Tracing talk

Baltasar Gomez, head of Lanzarote’s tracing team, has said that 45 people who have received a double dose of vaccine have since tested positive for Covid.

08/07/2021 by

Canarian reservations increase

The news that the UK will lift almost all anti-Covid restrictions at home on 19th July has caused an increase in holiday reservations throughout Spain, although full details of when travel restrictions will be lifted have still not been announced.

07/07/2021 by

Terminal 2 reopens

Terminal 2 at Lanzarote’s César Manrique Airport reopens today after being closed since last June. The smaller terminal will once again be used for inter-island flights between the Canary islands, while the larger Terminal 1 will handle national and international air traffic.

06/07/2021 by

Vaccines continue apace

40.1% of the Canarian population are now fully inoculated against Covid, as the vaccination drive on the islands continues apace. The percentage of islanders with at least one dose is 59.15%.

05/07/2021 by

School of Rock

Kirill Sharikov is a bouldering teacher who took the unique opportunity to explore Lanzarote’s landscape after lockdown prevented him from teaching indoor climbing.

04/07/2021 by