by Kathy | Apr 8, 2025 | About Lanzarote
Bees are essential for our ecosystem. They pollinate plants and contribute to the preservation of biodiversity. Without bees, many plants would no longer bear fruit and our food chain would be threatened. Klaus Guttenberger started organic beekeeping in Lanzarote...
by Kathy | Apr 3, 2025 | About Lanzarote, Culture
Casa Ajey, is located in the town of San Bartolomé and currently operates as the Cultural Center of the City Council holding various activities. The town of San Bartolome used to be called Ajey This colonial house dates from the eighteenth century and its construction...
by Kathy | Mar 25, 2025 | Culture
A timple (pronounced Timplay) is a small guitar with five nylon strings that is played in the Canary Islands – usually with traditional folk law music from the islands. It is made from wood and it includes a soundboard, neck and pegbox. There is a Timple Museum...
by estivito3038@gmail.com | Mar 4, 2025 | Volcanos
For the bicentennial of the 1824 eruptions, an exhibition has been set up at the Casa-Museo Monumento al Campesino, with the support of several municipal departments. Admission is free. It combines documentary material, historical testimonies and scientific...
by Kathy | Feb 20, 2025 | Wildlife
The Cochinilla (or Cochineal) is an insect that lives on the cactus known as the tunera. They absorb the jiuce of the plant and this is their only food. The origin of the name Cochinilla is said to be found in the Latin ‘coccinus’, whose meaning is...
