Playa Honda: A Work In Progress

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Playa Honda, Lanzarote’s fourth-largest town, is seeing big changes, and even more are planned.

EES to be rolled out gradually in Lanzarote from Nov 12th

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The new Entry/ Exit System (EES) will officially begin to operate at Lanzarote’s César Manrique airport on the 12th of November, it has been confirmed.

Interview with the President of Lanzarote’s Chamber of Commerce

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Lanzarote’s Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year. In those years the Chamber has offered vital support for start-ups and small- and medium- businesses, and has become an increasingly influential voice on the main issues affecting the island. We spoke to the Chamber’s President, José Valle, last month.

Drinking tap water on Lanzarote

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Visitors and new arrivals to Lanzarote have often wondered how safe it is to drink the tap water on the island. Last month, a group of experts provided the answer.

Christmas Comes Early To Arrecife

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Arrecife residents and visitors were surprised in late September when they saw Christmas-tree shaped structures and strings of lights adorning trees in the capital.

Reader’s Letters – November 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 November edition.

Finding places to eat out in Lanzarote

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The decision to change the Saborea Lanzarote food fair, which has been an annual highlight until now, to a biennial event means that we won’t be heading up to La Villa de Teguise to sample the best of the island’s produce and cookery this month.

How to make Pulled Pork in Cider with Apple Sauce

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An irresistible winter warmer, which makes the most of seasonal apples and the excellent Iberian pork available on Lanzarote. Here’s our recipe on how to make it.

Trailer park life on Lanzarote

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More and more Canarians, unable to access the housing market because of high rents, are living in mobile homes, caravans and even their own cars.

Spanish government facing pressure to resolve housing crisis

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Isabel Rodríguez, Spain’s Housing Minister, was last month criticised by the left-wing ERC, who accused the government of “turning this into the legislature of speculators, rentiers, and big landlords” by failing to regulate short-term lets, while at the same time pumping money into private markets.