Bowling isn’t just popular among Canarians. Every Wednesday lunchtime, groups of British expats gather at the Teleclub de Mácher to play a few informal rounds on the covered cancha there. The restaurant provides the bowls, and serves up plenty of snacks and drinks to the bowlers, who are observed by their dogs. The rules here […]
Most people come to the little town of El Golfo to do two things: dine in one of the fine seafood restaurants there, or look at the stunning green lagoon that lies just west of the town. But a smaller group of visitors, usually dressed in hiking gear and bearing trekking poles, can often be […]
This month’s Easter celebrations and Volcano Triathlon, and the island’s biggest sporting event – the Lanzarote Ironman – are among the huge amount of events that have been cancelled, suspended or postponed by the coronavirus crisis. With the Canarian government banning any gatherings of more than 1,000 people, and the subsequent closure of bars, restaurants […]
Lanzarote Airport was packed for days following the announcement of Spain’s lockdown as over 30,000 tourists struggled to get back to their homes. TUI, Jet2 and Easyjet were among the first airlines to cancel all flights to Spain, but tourists continued to arrive on the island even as the lockdown commenced. It took the closure […]
The days leading up to the lockdown saw a spate of panic buying on Lanzarote, as supermarkets were stripped of basic necessities such as water, pasta, eggs and rice. Although panic-buying was nowhere near as widespread as it has been in the UK, there were queues of shoppers waiting to fill their trolleys before supermarkets […]
Heart Failure is the most common cause of death for men in both the UK and Spain, and the second most common for women. Gazette Editor Shaun Addison, who suffered a heart attack last June, recently chatted to two other Lanzarote residents who have recently been treated for heart attacks, to hear about their experiences.
Spain is one of the countries that has been worst hit by coronavirus, and the reasons could be various. First there are social factors. Spain is a highly social country, where touching and physical proximity are normal. It’s also a country where generations often live together, and whose tight-knit family structures could have contributed to […]
The coronavirus wasn’t the only natural phenomenon to visit Lanzarote in recent weeks. In late February the island also suffered its worst calima for years. A calima is a sandstorm hailing from the Sahara desert, just over 100 miles to the east, which brings oppressive heat and a coating of fine red dust to the […]
Fobos, one of César Manrique’s most impressive “wind toys” has been returned to its rightful place at the Tahiche roundabout. Photo: Cabildo de Lanzarote The structure of intricate silvery globes overlooks the site where Manrique lost his life in a car accident in 1992, and also featured prominently in Pedro Almodóvar’s film Broken Embraces, with […]
The El Coral Apartments in Los Pocillos have been chosen by the Cabildo to temporarily accommodate health workers fighting the coronavirus outbreak on Lanzarote. Cabildo President María Dolores Corujo announced the decision after use of the 50 apartments had been offered by the Pérez Moreno firm. Health workers are particularly at risk of contracting the […]
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