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Conservatory online concert

The end-of-course concert at Lanzarote’s conservatory (Insular centre of Music Studies) is an event that most tourists and expats miss out on, but the spectacle of students and teachers performing is always a rewarding and heart-warming event. This…

Smoking? You’re on your own.

Smoking should be forbidden on outdoor terraces and other communal areas as a measure to stop the spread of coronavirus, a public health commission organised by Spain’s Health Ministry has recommended. The commission contained representatives…

Placing their trust in the Canaries

Previous visitors to the Canaries trust the islands as a safe destination, and many of them can't wait to live here full or part-time, according to a survey commissioned by the Canarian Council of Tourism. In June, the council …

JAM Villa Management

For 11 years, Jenny & Martyn of JAM Villa Management have been taking excellent care of holiday rentals. Over the years they have also built strong relationships with owners and guests along the way. For a holiday rental owner, it's…

Natural Bathing Pools at El Golfo

Yaiza Ayuntamiento has presented plans to build “natural pools” at El Golfo. The two pools will be located on the rocky beach in front of the village of El Golfo and will consist of a deeper, 2-metre pool for adults and sports swimmers,…

Please Help Sandra

Until recently, Sandra Viste was living and working as an entertainer in various hotels on Lanzarote. Aged 31, she was friendly and popular and had made many friends on the island. Then she was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Soon she…

“Marvellous response” for CACT open days

Cabildo president María Dolores Corujo has expressed her gratitude to the 35,000 islanders who took advantage of the free entry to the island's centres of art, culture and tourism (CACT) that finished on Sunday. “We're extremely…

Mixed messages on testing

Canarian President Ángel Victor Torres has once again insisted on the importance of testing as a measure to protect tourism and public health on the Canaries. But is widespread testing at airports practical or even possible? Torres…

Freedom to Move

As we head out of lockdown, freedom to drive has increased, and it’s now almost impossible to be fined for unnecessary travel. First published in Gazette Life, June 1st 2020. On 10th May, at the beginning of Phase 1, Guardia…

UK to lift quarantine from 6th July

British government sources have told the BBC that English and Welsh quarantine restrictions will be lifted on arrivals from several European countries, including Spain,  from the 6th July, a measure that will permit British holiday-makers…