On Friday 24th November the Marina Shopping Center in Arrecife will be celebrating the traditional Christmas lighting of its facilities with a Christmas tree which stands 30 meters high. All islanders and tourists are invited to the event. A chance to welcome...
International Space Station Passes in Lanzarote
The clear night skies make it easy to see the International Space Station as it passes over Lanzarote but it does move quite quickly across the sky. It is traveling at 17, 150 miles per hour which means his means that the Space Station orbits Earth (and sees a...
New BBC Programme filming in Lanzarote
We have been contacted about a new TV programme which will be shown next year on the BBC. Filming took place over this weekend. The concept is following people that are fed up with the miserable winters in the UK and are planning to spend to escape abroad. Aplicants a...
Wine week Lanzarote
The Lanzarote wineries have had a success after finding out the scores of the 2018 edition of the prestigious guide specialising in wines. Mentioned are the volcanic Canarian Malvasía and El Grifo with a score of 95 out of 100 marked as exception wines.In addition to...
Playa Blanca Port
The Goverment sector of Public Works and Transport in the Canary Islands had originaly anounce that work would be started in September on the port of Playa Blanca. Much needed as the port has developed and is quite busy with the ferries leaving and arriving to...
Sustainable Tourism Lanzarote
Lanzarote this week will be an international hub on how to tackle sustainable tourism in Los Jameos del Agua, on the 19th and 20th, thanks to the international conference Sustainability as a key competitiveness factor for the development of the tourism industry. It...
Monarch Airlines Ceased Trading
The big travel news today is that Monarch airlines has ceased to trade and have entered administration. The companies within the group are Monarch Airlines Ltd, Monarch Holidays LTd, First Aviation, Avro Ltd, Somewhere 2stay Ltd. This means that future flights and...
Solar Eclipse
Today you will get to see a partial solar eclipse from Lanzarote. Its quite late just before sunset so you may not notice. It starts at 1951hrs and ends at 2124 hrs and will take place in the west. An eclipse of the Sun happens when the New Moonmoves between the Sun...
Elton John in the Canary Islands
Its not often that a well known artist includes the Canary Islands within their tour Everything was prepared for the Elton John concert that attracted over 8500 people in the Gran Canaria Arena The musician arrived at the airport in his private jet travelling from his...
Windsurf Championships in Costa Teguise
Las Cucharas beach will host, for the fourth consecutive year, the European Windsurf Championship, which will take place on 5, 6, 7 and 8 July. This year there are 32 parcipitants representing 15 nationalities all fighting for the title to be the best in Europe.This...