A Portuguese man has been arrested by Tías local police after assaulting a British tourist on Puerto del Carmen’s Avenida de las Playas.

Lanzarote and the rest of the Canaries are on yellow alert for calima conditions this Saturday.

The New Year started with a political row on Lanzarote after the poor TV ratings for a national broadcast of the chimes from the Castillo de San José.

A 17-year-old boy was seriously wounded after suffering knife injuries during a fight on the morning of New Year’s Day.

Police cameras installed in Puerto del Carmen last September have counted over 5 million vehicles on the roads – an average of around 1.7 million journeys a month.

Haría’s circus festival, Malabharía, commenced yesterday in the northern town, and will continue over the next two days.

A Canarian tourist resort has become the first local council in Spain to impose a tourist tax.

Around three million tourists arrived on Lanzarote last year, almost half of them from the UK, and there's no indication that numbers will fall. But what can tourists expect in 2025?

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

On January 5th three wise guys will arrive at all corners of Lanzarote following yonder star. They are the three kings, and their parade is one of the most eagerly-awaited children's events on the island.

In 2024, Lanzarote baked in early heat, with the hottest January and April ever recorded. Tourist records also tumbled on a monthly basis as the island saw more visitors than ever before. However, the island also began to creak and feel the pressure, as questions were asked about the benefits of mass tourism.

Lanzarote’s animal emblem is a crab, and it’s a fitting symbol for an island whose coasts are home to hundreds of thousands of crustaceans.

U.D. Lanzarote are currently on fine form, buoyed by their cup performance and a winning streak. The new year promises plenty of excitement and thrills ahead.

November brought a bitter lesson about the realities of life in the second federation to Union Sur Yaiza, as the team from Lanzarote’s south suffered four defeats on the trot.