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Electric vehicle to pass through Lanzarote
Today, the first edition of the Vuelta a España has started in electric vehicle, organized by Endesa in collaboration with the Korean manufacturer KIA Motors, with the aim of bringing electric mobility to Spanish society. The inauguration of the tour took place...
Rescued two women “trapped” in the cliff of Famara
Two women had to be rescued yesterday by the firemen of the Consórcio de Seguridad y Emergencias yesterday Wednesday afternoon, when they were "trapped" in the cliff of Famara and could not climb to leave. Alerted by the CECOS, the firefighters went to the...
Local Elections 2019
As you are probably aware 2019 is the Canarian regional election year, and over the past few weeks we have been busy having meetings with the various political parties and these meetings will continue through into next year, up until the elections is May. You may...
Spanish Residency
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The children of Arrieta’s boat called 112 themselves
The children of the boat that arrived in Arrieta last Saturday to Lanzarote , seeing that no security cash was waiting for them on the ground, called 112 to take charge of them. https://youtu.be/B_ceJLYXTa4 An avalanche of minors that has arrived in the last...
New Express Catamaran
The new express Catamaran that will operate between Arrecife and Gran Canaria starts today. Find the full details here. https://www.fredolsen.es/en
Armas recovers the route Arrecife to Corralejo
The maritime links between Arrecife and Corralejo are retaken and will be more pleasant from now on. A new catamaran will link the island capital with the neighboring island. In fact, the ramp tests that are being carried out at Ferry Alcántara 2 at Corralejo dock...
More boats arrive
The drip of the arrival of boats to the island of Lanzarote does not stop. Early in the morning a boat with about thirty Maghrebi, including a woman, docked and after crossing from the African continent, in the little village of La Santa. He did it in broad daylight...
Iberia Express will increase connections between Madrid and Lanzarote
The Iberia Express airline will double the number of night flights between Madrid and Lanzarote during the next winter season, from two to four days a week, incorporating two new weekly round-trip frequencies on this route at nine existing last winter season, which...
The week begins with the arrival of two new boats
The wave of pateras that arrive to Lanzarote in these days continues, favored by the good weather that the sea presents. This morning from Sunday to Monday two new boats arrived on the island. At around 2:00 this morning, a unit of the Tax and Border Patrol of...
The project of Las Cucharas avenue will be able to see the light at the end of October
Oswaldo Betancort held a meeting on Wednesday with the general director of Tourism Infrastructure, Héctor Suárez, in which the tourism council of the Canary Islands Government assured that the new tender for the Las Cucharas walkway project "is underway and will be...
Lanzarote will receive more than 157,000 cruise passengers before the end of the year
This month of October will end with the visit of some 60,000 tourists The cruise season has started and we already notice the intense activity before the arrival of boats to the port of Los Mármoles. According to the latest forecasts, Arrecife will receive more...
Two new boats, with 22 immigrants, arrive on the island
Two new boats arrived Friday on the island of Lanzarote with a total of 22 male immigrants. Towards 3:35 the troops of the Cecoes confirmed the arrival to the area of Chaco de los Clicos, in Yaiza, of a boat with ten men, apparently in good condition. There...
Fermina could open next year
The space will have a pool and gardens for public use, a cafeteria, as well as a workplace The Tourist Councilor, Echedey Eugenio, confirms that the work on the island of La Fermina , according to the projects they have, is scheduled to conclude in "five or six...
The fourth boat of the week arrives
This morning the fourth boat came to Lanzarote this week. About 4.15 hours the Main Post of the Civil Guard of Costa Teguise received a notice from the fishermen of the dock of La Santa, in Tinajo , for the arrival of a possible boat to the coast. So far, 6 males of...
October Events
Espectáculo ÁNGARO Un singular viaje entre tradición y vanguardia de música y danzas de las Islas Canarias Ángaro es un espectáculo que se nutre del folclore del archipiélago canario con una puesta en escena especialmente atractiva, sonora y visual. Escenas dinámicas...
Sustainable tourism, the great challenge
After three years of economic bonanza, the insular tourism faces the dilemma of being profitable without the island losing its charm The tourist sector of Lanzarote faces one of its greatest challenges, to show that during its best time they have been able to do their...
More immigrants arrive
Of the two boats arrived this morning, the one that arrived at the beach of La Garita, in Arrieta, was a motorboat. So far, 13 immigrants have been located, all of them males of Maghrebi origin and 6 claiming to be minors. Apparently around 7.30 in the morning...
Asolan and Asofuer ask that the Law of Tourism Modernization legalize tourist villages
The Presidents of the Tourism Employers of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, Susana Pérez and Antonio Hormiga, shows their satisfaction for the good disposition shown by the different representatives of the parliamentary groups of the Canarian Coalition, Popular Party and...
LANZAROTE: NOT SO GROTTY!
September 25, 2018 A brilliant article about Lanzarote by Jack D. March LANZAROTE: NOT SO GROTTY! Having recently returned from a week in Lanzarote if feel a bit sorry for the island. In recent years it has often been dubbed ‘Lanzagrotty’ and, even when people...
Intercepted a boat in Caletón Blanco
A new boat arrived on the island early in the morning, according to reports from the Civil Guard, to the area of Caletón Blanco, in Órzola. So far, 28 immigrants have been located , all of them male, without confirming if there is a minor. About 8.20 hours the...
Digital transformation, a challenge for the tourism sector on the island
The hotel industry is no stranger to digital transformation. The great changes that have generated all the technological innovations in the management of the companies have supposed a re-evolution in the processes, services and in the way of relating with the clients....
Arrecife taxi drivers adapt their vehicles for the blind
Lanzarote is a pioneer in the Canary Islands of this system. It is not ruled out that it is transferred to the rest of the municipalities "It seems very good that the administrations remember us." His name is John, he is blind and he uses the taxi in Arrecife every...
This was the start of the sixth edition of Arrecife en Vivo
The Festival Arrecife en Vivo kicked off this Friday, September 21 at Playa del Reducto at 6:00 pm with a concert by the students of the Toñín Corujo school . Also on the Reducto beach, the theatrical work Asco, written and directed by the playwright Salvador...
High temperatures return from this Sunday
High temperatures return from this Sunday Declared the pre-alert for maximum temperatures in Lanzarote. It is expected that thermometers reach 32º on average accompanied by calima The General Directorate of Security and Emergencies of the Government of the Canary...