Unusualy bad day in Lanzarote weather wise allbeit short lived which meant that 12 flights were diverted from landing on the island Seven of them landed at the airport of Fuerteventura and the other five, in Gran Canaria, although at 11:00 am on Sunday morning...
Playa Blanca Has A Busy Tourist Office
The tourist office in Playa Blanca received over 6000 visitors in January. Located in Calle Jaime Quesada the tourist office proved very popular amongst the British, French, Spanish and Germans. British visitors were the most frequent. As a result the Integrated...
Kitesurfer Delays Landing at Lanzarote Airport
A kitesurfer caused 2 planes to delay their landing at Arrecife airport on Tuesday. Air Traffic Controllers Teeted the incident saying that the kitesurf was interferring with the approach to the runway. The kitesurfer was stuck to the approach lights and covering them...
Book Your Flights to Lanzarote Early
The best time to search for flights is when the flight company first releases their seat allocation for any destination. As the demand increases so does the price. You might be lucky and find a cheaper deal nearer to your departure date but these will probably be odd...
The End of Fireworks in Lanzarote?
A request has been made by the Nueva Canarias group to stop the use of fireworks in Arrecife. This has been pursued after other Spanish counties and other European countries have been succesfull with a total ban. The noise caused by firecrackers and fireworks can...
Ryanair Cancelled Flights
Its been quiete well publicised now in the news that Ryanair are cancelling flights over the next weeks as they have back log of holidays for their staff. Despite the apologies from the directors and the admission that they mad a hug damaging mistake, it does n't...
Ryanair Baggage Policy Changes
From 01/11/2017 Ryanair will be changing their baggage policy. This is mainly to encourage passengers to check in bacgs and reduce the carry ons which should reduce boarding delays. The new allowances are as follows The check-in bag allowance will increase from 15kg...
New Radio Telescope
The most southern islands in the Canaries already are home to observatories and the telescopes play an important part in discovering what lies beyond our planet. The high mountains and clear night skies make this a perfect place to install this equipment. Its no great...
New Palms for Costa Teguise
To improve the landscape in Costa Teguise, the local council has past a bill to remove 200 palm trees which have died or are in poor condition and replace them with 550 to improve the landscape. The existing palm trees will be given a make over by cleaning and...
Puerto del Carmen Anual Santa Parade
Its a tradition that started in 2010 organised by the Lanzarote Business and Residents Association which is a non profit making organisation dedicated to the promotion of tourism in Lanzarote with the help of local businesses and locals. This you the event will take...