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St Patrick’s Day Events
Puerto del Carmen, the leading area in the accommodation of Irish tourists who visit Lanzarote every year, joins the green and the clover this weekend as an element of loyalty of visitors to Ireland. This weekend the town of Tias will host several activities to...
The residents of Playa Blanca are interested in Brexit
The British Consulate, the National Police and the Yaiza City Council are responding about how it could affect British citizens The mayor of Yaiza, Oscar Noda, thanked the British Consulate in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Immigration Department of the National...
Brexit Update
We had a great but busy time yesterday accompanying the Brexit representative from the British Consulates office in our partnership role. Thanks to everyone who attended the meetings, over 200 in total. Lots of questions and answers. Please stay up to date by signing...
Brexit Deal or No Deal
Please read the key messages relating to deal or no deal that were discussed at our Brexit partnership conference in Barcelona last week. As partners with the British Consulate we shall be posting first hand direct updates as we receive them. Please note that these...
Lanzarote and Menorca close 25 years of the Biosphere Reserve
The Cabildo of Lanzarote and the Insular Council of Menorca closed on Monday, March 11, with the reading of a joint statement, the commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the declaration of both Biosphere Reserves (Unesco). The result of this twinning and the will of...
Brexit Update
The British Consulate in Las Palmas have arranged two events for next Wednesday 13th March, one in Playa Blanca and another in Costa Teguise, these are open to everyone to attend.
Lanzarote starts on the right foot the ITB 2019
The island starts at the fair with an appreciable growth of 8.7% of German tourism registered in January, the largest in the Canary Islands With a 12.1% increase, compared to 0.3% increase in the whole of the archipelago, Lanzarote was placed last January at...
Brexit Update
Residency: If you have not already done so and you wish to apply for residencia then do so now, most likely your appointment will be for after 29th March but this will not matter, if you have been a resident for 5 years then you should apply for residencia...
A tail of the storm Laura may affect the Canary Islands
The storm Laura, which is hitting 45 provinces of the Iberian Peninsula and is at risk from rainfall La Coruna, Orense, Pontevedra, Huesca, Salamanca, Avila, Cáceres, Huelva and Seville, where rainfall has accumulated between 15 and 50 liters per square meter, may...
Two beaked whales in Lanzarote waters
A small fishermen's boat from the island of Lanzarote recorded a few days ago beautiful pictures of a couple of beaked whales in the northwest waters of the island. According to the expert in cetaceans, Vidal Martin, it is about two females of Blainville...
See here the news of the new decree of the holiday rental of the Canary Islands
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands has delivered the new decree of holiday rental to the seven councils and 88 municipalities, represented by Fecam and Fecai, with the aim that these administrations can study the...
Sign of ‘prohibited bicycles’ on the rise of Femés
The queues of cars that were formed until a few days ago when the Femés mountain was being climbed or lowered by the bicycles that were rolling by has already ended. Traffic has placed some signs of banned bicycles at the entrance of the town towards Playa Blanca and...
Register on the padrón
Register on the padrón If you are resident in Spain for more than three months, you must also register yourself on the padrón, which is a list of all the people who live in a certain town. How you register You register for the padrón at the local town hall by filling...
The Cabildo expects the airport to be named ‘César Manrique’ soon
The Cabildo of Lanzarote is pleased that the Ministry of Development, led by José Luis Ábalos, signed on Monday the ministerial order to make effective the change of name of Lanzarote airport that will be called "César Manrique" as a tribute to the legacy of the...
Binter offers a new Bintazo with flights from 9.98 euros.
Binter launches next Monday February 25 a new Bintazo with more than 25,000 seats available that will allow its customers to purchase tickets from 9.98 euros each way to fly on the inter-island routes that the airline operates in the Canary Islands. These...
Canary Islands Plan for Tourism 2025
Lanzarote brings together professionals from different sectors around a vote for the future of tourism in the Islands In the procedure, general actions of the Archipelago and the Island in particular included in the draft of the new Canary Islands Plan for Tourism...
From Lanzarote to Gran Canaria in Fred Olsen for € 13.50
Fred. Olsen Express launches on Tuesday February 19 a special promotion to travel on its new route between the capitals of Gran Canaria and Lanzarote, which will allow its passengers to travel between Arrecife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria from € 13.50 Canarian...
High Waves Alert
The Consortium for Security, Emergencies, Rescue, Prevention and Fire Prevention of Lanzarote reports that the General Directorate of Security and Emergencies of the Government of the Canary Islands has declared the situation of pre-alert due to adverse coastal...
Zest Restaurant Costa Sal Matagorda
Have a look at the press interview Geraldine did at the reopening of the newly refurbished Zest Restaurant and Bar. https://youtu.be/9I2SxdMd0sc
Passenger traffic grows at Lanzarote airport
The Lanzarote Airport received 569,287 passengers in January, 1.9% more than in the same month of the previous year. In this way, it is located behind the airports of Gran Canaria and Tenerife Sur in the Canary Islands and in the eighth position of the national...
Social Media Masterclass
Date: Friday 8th March 2019 Time: 10.30 - 12.30 Venue: Aqua Suites Calle Anzuelo, 23, Puerto del Carmen, 35510 Map: https://www.google.es/maps/@28.924388,-13.654484,15z At last we have a date and we have organised another Social Media Masterclass by John Beckley...
Tías will approve its budgets for 2019 with 15 million euros for new works
The City of Tías will approve this Tuesday in plenary session the general budgets for this 2019, where works will be executed for almost 15 million euros. The plenary session will be at 5:00 p.m. in the plenary hall of the Consistorial Houses. The group of...
The spending of cruise passengers arriving in Arrecife
https://youtu.be/O81y4AYUfMM Arrecife received four large cruise ships this Thursday at the port of Los Mármoles in Arrecife. On board these ships took to the capital of the island about 10,000 cruise passengers who were seen by the Avenue. Literally Arrecife has been...
Arrecife also removes electric scooters
The electric scooters located throughout the center of Arrecife by the empress Alemanda Wind for rent through a mobile phone application will be removed by the capital city council. The Local Police Councilor, David Duarte, has assured that the company does not...
The Wine Run will be held on June 16th
The Cabildo de Lanzarote has already opened the registration period to participate in the eleventh edition of the Wine Run Lanzarote (Wine Race), to be held on Sunday, June 16. Those interested in participating can formalize through the...

















