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Bike Sensations Unveils New Fleet: Triathlon Machines & E-Bikes Now in Store

If your Lanzarote holiday dreams involve two wheels, wind in your hair, and unparalleled island exploration, we have some thrilling news. Bike Sensations, your trusted cycling hub in Puerto del Carmen, has just supercharged its fleet with state-of-the-art triathlon bikes and a new range of top-quality e-bikes, available for rental now.

Bike Sensations Unveils New Fleet: Triathlon Machines & E-Bikes Now in Store

If your Lanzarote holiday dreams involve two wheels, wind in your hair, and unparalleled island exploration, we have some thrilling news. Bike Sensations, your trusted cycling hub in Puerto del Carmen, has just supercharged its fleet with state-of-the-art triathlon bikes and a new range of top-quality e-bikes, available for rental now.
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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,…
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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…
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“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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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ERTEs extended until end of September

Spain's council of ministers has finally announced that the ERTE (furlough) schemes for companies affected by the coronavirus crisis will be extended until the end of September. Assistance for the self-employed will also be extended to the…
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Licence Validity

Driving licences that expired during the State of Alarm established by the Spanish government will remain valid until 60 days after it is over, the Traffic Department (DGT) has announced. First published in Gazette Life, June 1st 2020. Several…
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“No new outbreak in Canaries”

As new clusters of coronavirus appear in various localities of Spain, the Canarian government has denied that its recent increase in cases is a new outbreak. A week after Spain left lockdown and entered the “new normality”, …
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Housing and unemployment top list of island’s worries

Lanzarote islanders are most worried about housing, unemployment and health, according to the results of  a new survey of public attitudes issued by the Cabildo's statistics departments, which was presented by Education and Citizen's Participation…
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Don Facundo is pardoned as Lanzarote goes “Covid-free”

Last C-19 case on Lanzarote discharged The discharge of the last active case of coronavirus on Lanzarote yesterday means that the island is currently “Covid-free”, with no active cases nor official presence of the virus. The…
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Future Football

After twelve weeks on the bench, top flight football is back in Spain and there’s likely to be plenty of on-screen action all summer. First published in Gazette Life, June 1st 2020. Football’s role in the spread of coronavirus…
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Drive-in Covid-19 testing at Arrecife’s General Hospital

Yesterday, Gazette editor Shaun Addison took a Covid-19 test at the Dr José Molina Orosa Hospital without having to get out of his car. I've been awaiting a minor operation for a few months, but the coronavirus crisis put a temporary…
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Animal Rescue

The Cabildo has reminded islanders that a special service is available for the rescue and treatment of injured wild animals. First published in Gazette Life, June 1st 2020. In early May, a video of a turtle rescue in Playa Honda…
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“The island Manrique designed”

Lanzarote has appeared in a new advertisement produced by the Spanish government to promote domestic tourism. The advertisement, which was introduced by President Pedro Sánchez last Thursday, begins with images of a bar opening its…
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