Entries by Gazette Life

Here comes Bárbara

The storm warning of a couple of weeks ago didn’t amount to much more than a few spots of rain, but tomorrow looks a lot more likely to bring the rain.

19/10/2020 by

Cruisers to return

Cruise ships will be permitted to dock at Canarian ports once again from November 5th, after a protocol has been developed by the Canarian Government allowing this important sector of the tourist economy to recommence.

17/10/2020 by

Ocean Sky 2020

The airport zone of Lanzarote has been fairly quiet this year, for obvious reasons. But there will be more activity over the coming fortnight as the island’s military aerodrome hosts part of the Ocean Sky 2020 exercise.

17/10/2020 by

Congratulations, Janet!

If you’re interested in the nuts and bolts of life on the Canaries, there’s a good chance you’ve stumbled across Dr. Janet Anscombe’s website, www.janetanscombe.com. If you haven’t, it’s time to bookmark it right now. Janet, a retired University Lecturer and Historian, retired to Tenerife 15 years ago, where she started www.janetanscombe.com, a web page […]

15/10/2020 by

Carnival under threat as Three Kings parade cancelled

The cultural drought on the Canaries seems likely to last well into next year after the news that Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has suspended its carnival celebrations for next year. The decision came a week after the announcement to suspend the parade in Santa Cruz de Tenerife – Europe’s biggest carnival event.

15/10/2020 by

Need to know: Travel Checklist

Many of us panic when organising the documents that are vital for travelling, and the Covid crisis and Brexit aren’t helping with that. At the moment, here are the main documents or procedures any traveller from Lanzarote to the UK or Ireland will need to sort out.

14/10/2020 by

“This is how it needs to be done”

Spain’s Health Minister Salvador Illa yesterday congratulated the Canaries on getting their coronavirus figures down to the lowest infection rates in Spain. “This is how it needs to be done,” he said at a national press conference.

14/10/2020 by

Helen Lindes

Helen Lindes arrived on Lanzarote at the age of five, the daughter of a Spanish father and a British mother. In the year 2000, she won the Miss Spain contest, and her striking green eyes and demure beauty quickly made her into one of the country’s most in-demand models.

12/10/2020 by