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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

The timple is the most famous of Canarian traditional instruments – a tiny five-stringed guitar whose piercing, high-pitched melodies give an unmistakeably Canarian touch to folk groups.

UD Lanzarote have had a good start to the season with four wins, a draw and a defeat leaving them in the top spot.

Spain’s government will be unable to pass laws following the decision of the Catalan separatist party Junts to withdraw support for Pedro Sánchez’s fragile coalition.

Three disabled people enjoyed the guided walking route of Tremesana yesterday, the first time that visitors with limited mobility have enjoyed this tour of one of the treasures of Timanfaya National Park.

The Cabildo is championing a new model of ethical and responsible tourism for Lanzarote, directly involving the local business sector in its implementation. The initiative aims to align the island's promotional message with tangible actions taken by its tourism enterprises.