Readers’ Letters – October 2025

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Our readers regularly send us messages and emails regarding Lanzarote, here are some of your thoughts that we printed in the October edition.

How to make Creamy Pumpkin Burrata

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It’s Halloween, so it’s time to breakout the pumpkins. Luckily, Lanzarote’s shops are full of delicious, vivid orange pumpkin chunks, perfect for this wonderful autumn recipe provided by Nerina of Event & Catering Solutions.

Top 9 Spanish Horror Films

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Spain has created some terrific horror films over the years. If you fancy a fright on Halloween night, track down the following.

Between desk and dry-stone walls

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Isabelle D.G, continues her series about moving to Lanzarote’s rural north, a place of timeless calm still rooted firmly in an agricultural past.

UD Lanzarote kick off the new season on September 7th

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UD Lanzarote will kick off the new season in the RFEF 3 (fifth tier) at home in Arrecife on the 7th September versus CD Tenerife C.

Famara’s 1970s Scandi Style Homes

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The Bungalows of Famara are a reminder of the original foreign tourism pioneers on Lanzarote and the Canaries – not the British nor the Germans, but the Scandinavians.

From living in a Lanzarote tourist resort to rural tranquillity

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In the first of a new series, Isabelle D.G., a Belgian-born islander of over 20 years and long-time member of the Roper Properties team in Puerto del Carmen, writes about her move from the bustling resort of Puerto del Carmen to the peaceful village of Máguez.

How To Make Spanish Pisto With Aubergines

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Late summer and autumn is the ideal time to enjoy this delicious vegetable dish that is fundamentally vegan. Spanish pisto hails from La Mancha and doesn’t usually have aubergines. However, we like their silky texture and summery flavour, and also enjoy the oomph that some Provençal herbs give to the dish, which is very similar to a French ratatouille.

Ethnic food shopping on Lanzarote

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If you’re a keen cook, an adventurous eater, a vegetarian or vegan, gluten intolerant or just fancy some new flavours, discovering the ethnic food shops on Lanzarote is worth doing.

Guide to Spain’s new EES and ETIAS schemes

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The launch dates are firming up for the introduction of the EES and ETIAS schemes, which will change things for non-EU citizens entering Spain, including Lanzarote’s most important market, the British.