Puerto del Carmen Carnival 2017

The carnival party is in full swing in Arrecife and will soon be heading to Puerto del Carmen, here’s the programme for the first holiday resort in Lanzarote. The main carnival procession is on Saturday 4th March at 17:00, 35 floats and 30 carnival groups have...

Haria Ayuntamiento Investing In The Palms

Haria is know as the valley of a thousand palms, and the ayuntamiento has now taken on a team to trim and look after the trees in the valley. All the trees are being trimmed, and the leaves collected and given to local farmers, So far 220 trees have been trimmed, and...

Reasons for living in Lanzarote

Lanzarote – A Better Work / Life Balance Most north Europeans who move here, and I include myself in the group, do so for a better lifestyle. Canarians seem to be better at achieving a good work / life balance than those of us from cooler climes. The siesta is...

Weather in February

It is never easy to give an accurate weather forecast and February can be one of the most unpredictable months as well as sometimes being one of the coolest and dampest months in Lanzarote. However having said that we would still expect most of the month to be warm...

7 mistakes to avoid in Lanzarote

We’ve put together a list of the mistakes people most commonly make on their holiday visit to Lanzarote, in the hope we can help you avoid some or all of them! Drinking spirits like you do back home! We don’t have set measures for a gin and tonic or a whisky and dry –...

Goodbye to the Wreck

Telamon shipwreck off Lanzarote Aparently plans are being made to remove The Telamon from the small inlet near to Arrecife Harbour this year…We shall see? The Telamon shipwreck The Telamon sank on 31st of October 1981 off the coast of Lanzarote, about a mile...