It looks like tourism is slowly starting to get back on track in Lanzarote but its not surprising that the latest figures are showing a drop50.3% in the Canary Islands compared to 2019.A study by Exceltur tourism shows the decline and attributes the decline to the...
The final approval has just been passed for the construction of a new underpass under the LZ-2 to improve the connection between the town of Playa Honda and the commercial and industrial centre on the other side of the dual carriageway. This new underpass will run...
Sucar Airlines plan to bring back a service that was last seen 65 years ago in the Canary islands. It will be an alternative transport for business travellers and some tourist passengers. It will start between the 3 islands of Tenerife, La Palma and Gran Canaria and...
The 24th April 2022 will be the 103rd anniversary of the birth of César Manrique the artist responsible for so many of the atractions on this island of Lanzarote. On this day a sculpture will be displayed in Arrecife as a result of a popular campaign which was...
A celebrated cultural treasure of Lithuania, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra is widely recognised as one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras. Based on a group of enthusiastic young musicians, LCO was created in 1960 by distinguished conductor Saulius Sondeckis,...
AEMET, the State Meteorological Agency, has stated that a mini heatwave is heading our way in the next day or so and leading up to New Year's Eve. Practically clear skies and temperatures up to 27 degrees are expected.
The Arrecife City Council has made a decision to have 3 new public electric buses in operation throughout the the city. The initiative will cost over one million euros, which will also include the installation of three recharging points for vehicles. The are hoping...
Arrecife will have 12,000 poinsettias on the Christmas season spread throughout the various neighbourhoods of the city, mainly adorning parks, roundabouts and shopping areas. The company CESPA Ferrovial, the concessionaire of the parks and gardens service, contributes...
The famous Nativity Scene (Belen) of Yaiza has returned to this quaint village after missing last year due to the pandemic. The nativity was inaugurated last Friday, 3rd December, by the deputy mayor who recalled that the scene was not just the representation of the...
Human bones were recently found in Famara in the north west of the island. The bones were discovered in a hard to access cave and have been dated to around 400 AD which is 1000 years before the Spanish conquest and are said to be part of an aboriginal burial site. The...