Ángel Vázquez has had a busy year. As the Cabildo’s Councillor for Tourist Promotion he’s expected to attend trade fairs throughout Europe and have meetings with all sorts of people related to the planning and management of tourism on Lanzarote. But last year his job suddenly became a lot more challenging, first with the withdrawal of Ryanair’s Canarian bases, then with the shocking collapse of Thomas Cook, which devastated the winter schedules.
Spanish-Irish lawyer Mario Izquierdo Lawlor travelled to India once again this January for the Ultramarathon event that is fast becoming an annual tradition. And this year, as every year, there were new faces, new challenges. More than 2650 participants took part in the race, which finishes each year in Bathalapalli, where the tomb of Vicente […]
The Líneas Marítimas Romero ferry plies between the northern village of Órzola and La Graciosa’s capital eight times a day in the winter, with extra trips in the summer months. The 25-minute voyage is usually divided into two sections – a dash to the north-east tip of Lanzarote in waters that are often choppy and rough before the ferry rounds the Punta Fariones into the calmer Río, where passengers are treated to spectacular views of the brooding cliffs of Famara.
The Mayor of Arrecife, Astrid Pérez, has stated that she expects the planned natural swimming pools at the capital’s Marina/Cruiser pier to be ready by 2023. Approved in 2018, the pools will be located between the Marina and an extension to the cruiser pier that is currently under construction. The extension will also permit larger […]
The Mayor of San Bartolomé has spoken of plans to relieve congestion at Playa Honda by putting a stretch of the main LZ2 road underground. 70,000 vehicles use the main road through Playa Honda daily, most of which are passing through. Alexis Tejera said that “we support the idea of putting the main road underground, […]
The mighty Skatoons are busy organising a St Georges Day Festival that will take place on Saturday 25th April from 2pm to 10 pm in the Plaza del Varadero, Old Town, Puerto del Carmen. Entry will be free and funds will be raised for the UK charity, Homes for Heroes (www.UKH4H.org.uk) and a local charity […]
The first case of Coronavirus in Spain was reported in the Canaries last month, followed a fortnight later by a British resident on Mallorca testing positive for the illness. When six German tourists stepped off the ferry from Tenerife to La Gomera on 28th January they were looking forward to a walking holiday in the […]
Arrecife welcomed more than 520,000 cruise passengers last year, making it the Canarian port with the highest growth rate. The figure improved on the 2018 total by almost 100,000. Arrecife Mayor Astrid Pérez said the figures show “the strength of Arrecife on the cruise circuit and the need to keep improving the port’s infrastructure,” almost […]
The clipboard scam is back with what seems to be an unpleasant new twist. For more than 10 years, men and women, usually of Romanian nationality, have been approaching tourists all over Spain, claiming to be members of a Deaf and Dumb charity. They normally show a poorly-photocopied sheet on a clipboard and ask for […]
The Canarian president has acknowledged the current drought on the Canary Islands, and pledged to take action to help farmers, including asking the national government for assistance. Ángel Víctor Torres said that “climate change also affects our islands” and said that, although none of the seven Canarian Cabildos had spoken of any risk to citizens, […]
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