Here’s a funny thing. Roper Properties send me their property of the month to share with you each month, and when their email arrived, I realised the place was where we used to live! This one was our home when we first moved to the island way back in 2001! It’s a lovely bungalow…
Update 08/08/17 this position has now been filled. Catlanza are looking for someone to help with their catamarans based in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote. No experience is required, they are looking for an enthusiastic individual who can clean and re-stock the boats. The hours are 07:00 – 09:30 AM and 19:00 – 21:30 PM on certain…
Jet2 and Jet2Holidays currently have a selection of vacancies to join their team in Lanzarote. Drivers (Resort Flight Check-In) – Lanzarote Our Drivers provide operational support between our Resorts and the airport, on an early morning, afternoon or split-shift basis Monday to Sunday. Reporting to the Driver Supervisor, the Drivers work co-operatively and productively with…
Flower Power has been established in Lanzarote since 2006, and have been selling plants and flowers, as well as offering a landscaping service for homeowners on the island since then. The team there has established a real expertise in plants that will grow successfully in Lanzarote’s harsh climate and they have introduced new options from…
Bereavement is always difficult, but when it happens in a foreign country the practicalities of dealing with the local customs and procedures can seem even more daunting.There is help available and your insurance company, tour operator and the British consulate can be invaluable at this distressing time. The local and international undertakers are also professionals…
It’s cyclical, but once again we have a real shortage of long term rental accommodation on the island, and we’ve been contacted recently by increasingly desperate people looking for somewhere to stay for more than a holiday. Long term rentals fall into two categories – those who live here, or are planning to move here,…
It’s a question we are asked all the time by people planning to move to the island. The easiest way to answer it is to give you some idea of what we pay for things here, and you should be able to work out where you need to add or subtract, based on your particular…
Seeing a Doctor in the Canary islands: The British Consulates in Gran Canaria and Tenerife have written this practical guide to receiving medical assistance in the Canary Islands. They spend a lot of their time assisting British nationals who find themselves in difficult circumstances when it could have so easily been avoided. NEED TO SEE…
We don’t really watch television – aside from the odd programme which we watch on Netflix, TV doesn’t really feature much for us. But we know that many of our readers who are resident on the island want to stay up to date with television from their home countries. It used to be relatively easy…
We’re often asked by people staying in villas, or those who are planning to be on the island for several months: “Where do locals do their food shopping?” The resorts are populated with small supermarkets where you can get most of the essentials, but they are relatively expensive and lack a good range of products,…