It was in June this year that The Art, Culture and Tourism Centers (Cact) in conjunction the the Council announced the closure of the Atlantic Museum, which is a unique under water exhibition of sculptures by the artist Jasson DeCaires. Its claimed that due to the...
A fourth wind farm is under construction in Lanzarote which will be situated at Montana Mina close to where the Teguise wind farm is located. The giant turbines arrived on Thursday ready for the construction. The new park will be the second largest on the island and...
Hungarian low cost airline Wizz Air, have announced Lanzarote as one of the four new routes from London Gatwick. The budget airline is basing one Airbus A321 at Gatwick and flights will be starting from the 22nd October 2020. Seats are on sale now with prices starting...
Arrecife will not celebrate its traditional San Ginés festivities this year.Normaly the fiesta is a big event with a fun fair, music and shows that last over a period of 2 weeks. Due to the coronavirus none of the celebrations can take place. The fiesta derives like...
The most intense meteor shower takes place tonight. Its called the Perseids is its astronomical name and it is visible every August when the Earth crosses the orbit of comet 109 which left a dense trail of suspended dust particles that were part of its tail on its...
Plans are being made for the Arrecife Carnaval in 2021 in the hope that the fiesta will be able to take place. If it goes ahead the dates will be between February 6th to the 17th .This will allow other carnivals to be held in the six remaining municipalities between...
In the midst of a wave of outbreaks of the coronavirus in the mainland Spain and the latest quarantine measures of the entire country taken by the United Kingdom the Spanish prime minister arrived on Lanzarote for a holiday on Monday. Pedro Sánchez is staying at La...
A 3rd plan has been put forward by the council of Tias with regards to the modernisation of the old town area in Puerto del Carmen. The area is in need of some improvements to re establish it as one of the main tourist resorts on the island. An office has been opened...
The camels in Uga are back and the rides for tourists have been reintroduced after the lock down in Lanzarote. The camel shepherds have been given guidelines to operate safely with extensive sanitary security measures. During the lock down the shepherds were forced to...
Astronomy fans will be in for a real treat over the weekend as the brightest comet for over the last decade will be visible with the naked eye. In May a fragmentation occured on the Atlas comet which has contributed to its visibility. On March 27 a new object orbiting...