Looking for a radio station to tune into whilst on holiday in Lanzarote? Well there is a choice, but the most popular and the one you will probably come across quite easily is Power FM. Broadcasting for the whole of the Canaries this radio station was formed in...

Flies, ladybirds and mosquitos you probably know about but I have never seen a bee in Lanzarote during all the years I have lived here. Thought it may be due to the lack of plant life to pollonise. I was suprised to hear of a local bee keeper in Teguise called Miguel....

The village of Las Valles is tucked away in the north of the island in a valley that decends from the Risco de Famara, (the mountains that overlook Famara beach). This village was founded by survivors of another village called Santa Catalina which was destroyed by the...

The Lanzarote film commission has been created by the SPEL Lanzarote Tourist Corporation. Its an organisation that offers a free service to agencies and producers who want to make audiovisuals in Lanzarote acting as a broker and a link between the producers and public...

  I remember my first landing in Lanzarote. The approach was unexpected, Most aircraft tend to take the same route depending on wind direction and which end of the runway they will be touching down on. Passing over the north of the island you first notice the...

The name Playa Blanca means white beach. This little town has been built around a small white sanded beach. Originally a fishing village over the years the resort has grown to be the largest resort on the island overtaking Puerto del Carmen. The resort is...

Lanzarote constructed its first airfield in 1936. This came about as there were flights from Sevila to the Canary Islands and in order for them to fly over Lanzarote an airfield was necersary. This was the begging of the creation of an aerodrome on the island which...

We take it for granted that the beach is there and tend to think that it always will be. Apart from the obvious care to make sure we keep them clean, there is another threat which is the sea and the weather. The Tias council that looks after the beaches of Puerto del...

The Lanzarote landscape is very impressive. Probably one of the most dramatic landscapes in Europe and most definately unique, so its not suprising that the island has been a backdrop and filmset for some pretty big blockbusters. Did you know that an episode of Dr Who...

The island of Lanzarote is full of interesting characters, everyone has a story to tell whether they are imigrants who have settled here or locals with a historic line back to the Guanches who were the original occupants of the island. One famous islander was Hilario...