I was fascinated to hear from my Friend Marcus at Casita Palmera that he had an American family staying at his property recently. There are no direct flights from the USA to Lanzarote, and based on our experience of travelling in the states, many people there have never even heard of The Canary Islands. I…
New Apartment Complex In Puerto Calero Approved Approval has been given by The Canarian Government for a new 4 star apartment complex to be built in Puerto Calero with 26 accommodation units. No details have been given about the promoter and the build has yet to be approved by the Lanzarote Cabildo. More than 1100…
<h4>New Weather Tech For Islands</h4> Weather reports for the islands are often inaccurate as they use modelling that doesn’t work effectively for a small land mass in a huge ocean. In a bid to make them more accurate, the Canarian Government are investing €600,000 to install sensors in all the islands, which will help provide…
Road Closures For Lanzarote Marathon This Saturday it’s the Lanzarote International Marathon, which runs along the coastal paths between Costa Teguise and Puerto del Carmen via Arrecife. There road closures in Costa Teguise, Arrecife, Playa Honda and Puerto del Carmen. You can see the details on this map – click to enlarge it. New Costa…
World Champion freediver Marianna Krupnitskaya and her partner Nick have been based in Lanzarote for some time and have offered training for freedivers from all over the world here, through their business Freediving Lanzarote. They now have an ambitious plan to create Europe’s largest freediving project here on the island, based in Puerto Calero.…
Largest Shopping Centre On Island For Arrecife A new shopping centre is being built on the site of the old canning factory, opposite the city’s sports centre. Building work will take just over two years and the result will be a 32,000 M2 shopping centre with underground parking for 900 cars. Crime Increase Crime in…
Estrella Galicia, makers of one of Spain’s favourites beers, have been holding a competition at Restaurante Amura in Puerto Calero, in a bid to find the best bar people in The Canaries. Competitors were tested on their skills at pulling draft beer, pouring bottled beer and their knowledge of the world of brewing. The winner…
Many years ago, we visited the plot of land that is now Finca de Arrieta with founders Michelle and Tila Braddock. And yesterday, they kindly invited us to join their team at the unveiling of a sculpture to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the first guests staying at the finca. These days, Finca de Arrieta…
Searching for sand Tias Ayuntamiento has commissioned a survey ship to find areas of sand off the coast, which can be dredged up to re-stock the sand on Playa Grande in Puerto del Carmen. The town hall are also putting out to tender works to improve the breakwater on the beach in a bid to…
TUI Aircraft Lands Without Flaps A TUI aircraft in bound from Birmingham circled to burn fuel before landing after declaring an emergency because the flaps would not deploy. An aircraft’s flaps increase lift and allow a slow approach – in this case the aircraft had to land at higher than normal speed, so weight was…