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La Bocaina – Playa Blanca
La Bocaina are holding a Summer Ball on the 9th September 2011 and have only a few places left. Make sure that you contact them to reserve your place on 928 518 388 after 5pm or send them an email tolabocainarestaurant@hotmail.com
Lanzarote secrets
The Secret Cinema in Teguise will be closed between the 7th and 15th September for refurbishing. Haven´t you been there yet? Don´t miss it, it´s something special to enjoy beautiful Teguise even more. Also, if you have any unwanted vintage/designer clothes, furniture...
New Lanzarote iPhone App
There is a new Lanzarote App available for the iPhone. This application provides maps of the island of Lanzarote (Canary Islands) in offline mode. Do not need internet to browse them!. 100% guaranteed. -Includes GPS location. -Most important contact phones. -The most...
SARA Fundraiser – 17th September 2011
1 pm - 6 pm SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER Joan and Keith will be holding a fund-raiser at their lovely home on the outskirts of Tias, which will include a BBQ, live music, a bar, good quality second-hand clothes and an auction. The tickets are only 10 Euros each ... fantastic...
Piano extravaganza in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote
We have great pleasure in sharing with you the latest Maestro Music Management Press release: Maestro Music Management open their Autumn 2011 Season with an extraordinary Piano Extravaganza! TWO PIANOS - EIGHT HANDS Maestro Music Management?s exciting and varied new...
Profile Lanzarote People – Larry Yaskiel
Taken from www.diariodelanzarote.com In one of the walls of the house with Larry Yaskiel (London, 1936) in Puerto del Carmen, Larry himself appears in dozens of photographs, very dark, bearded, always smiling, and many of them, sitting in his office he is surrounded...
Profile Lanzarote People – Sir Ernest Hall
Suarez house, a house in centennial Macher (Tias), is the pianist's vacation retreat, British businessman and philanthropist Sir Ernest Hall, 81. Taken from www.laprovincia.es Sir Ernest, a well known Lanzarote resident, has realized another of his dreams, The Camel...
Something for the kids – Tias 26.08.11
Why not come along and see if your child could be one of the 50 first to get there and enter for free!
Travesía El Río 2011 – swim from Lanzarote to La Graciosa
24th September 2011 The most popular swim across the Canary Islands takes place in the stretch of sea between the islands of Lanzarote and La Graciosa, called "El Río", within the Marine Reserve largest area of Spain. It has become a must for lovers of swimming in...
Arrecife Gran Hotel Fun Run – 15th October 2011
On 15th October 2011 there is a "Fun Run" of 6km, going from the Arrecife Gran Hotel to the turning point in the urbanization La Concha, passing back to Arrecife, to return to the finish line. Thes best bit is that the finish line is located on the top floor of...
Yaiza approves lease of public land to a hotel, which aims to build a “theme park” with an aquapark
The Aparthotel Paradise Island, which for years has occupied a plot of the Municipality of Yaiza private sports courts and mini golf, has launched a new project by asking the Ayunatmiento of Yaiza to lease them more land to build a "theme park" that includes a water...
ATC Strike in Germany is expected to cause many problems in Lanzarote today
The air traffic controllers' strike in Germany is expected to affect 70 flights to the Canary Islands and Lanzarote is in particular due to suffer. The strike that GDF controllers' union has called for Germany on Tuesday could affect about 70 scheduled flights between...
Tourist spending has increased in Lanzarote in the 2nd quarter of 2011
The total expenditure per tourist per day has increased in the second quarter of 2011 in Lanzarote and reached 111.06 euros, 73.81 euros of which was spent on the booking and 37.25 euros on the island. The data obtained from the "Tourism Expenditure Survey," published...
Canary Islands launch free app for Water Sports
The Canary Islands have launched a free iphone App for their Water Sports Experience. In a press release yesterday, the Deputy Minister for Tourism in the Canary Islands confirmed that they had released an app promoting water sports for the iphone. The app can be...
Tickets for Lanzarote Attractions can now be purchased online
Tickets to visit the Centers for Art, Culture and Tourism of the Cabildo of Lanzarote and can be purchased online through www.centrosturisticos.com page. Similarly, as noted by the first vice president and chief executive of the area, Astrid Pérez, "anyone who wishes...
Lanzarote Airport report 2 cancellations due to the wind on Sunday
Guacimeta Airport in Lanzarote have reported two cancellations and 24 diversions due to delays in the wind on Sunday 31st July. The operations of the airport on Sunday was hampered by the strong winds of up to 80km per hour. Guacimeta recorded two cancellations, and...
A new dimension to “Intercambio”
While we wait to re-start our Intercambio - Language exchange events in Playa Honda on Wed 7th September... there´s a website worth having a look at. We have just learnt from an article published in El País newspaper how the website called Verbling.com was created to...
9lives fundraiser
9liveslanzarote, the charity that works all year round to neuter/spay the feral cats on our beautiful island, are running their annual campaign the first week in October. The campaign will enable them to target a large number of cats and hence reduce the number of...
Transporting people with disabilities: interesting course in Lanzarote
We have learnt (thanks Isa!) that there is a Level I training course in the management of Joëlette in Lanzarote. It´s free, and it will take place on Saturday 30th July in Costa Teguise. The Joëlette is a wheelchair designed for hiking and rough terrain. With this...
Norwegian Lanzarote part-time residents ”Unharmed, deeply shaken and moved”
The email I got yesterday from Susan and Tom Senstad is worth sharing with all of you. Susan is an American married to a Norwegian and they spend some months every year in their house in Lanzarote. Susan says: "We realize we're late sending you word that we’re fine,...
Language Exchange takes a break
The "Intercambio" group is meeting again today, Wednesday 20th July at 5.00 at Friends Bar in Playa Flor Complex, La Concha, Playa Honda. We have decided to take a break during August as several participants will be on holiday, so we will resume the Intercambio event...
Partying Lanzarote
We have been told many times "If you want to party, Spain is the place", and Lanzarote, in its own style, offers many different options every week. Two very special events happening in the next two days Puerto del Carmen will host the 2nd edition of the "Lanzarote...
Artists of the Royal Opera House in Lanzarote
Another great team of opera singers will be arriving on Lanzarote in July for two concerts on the Island. The directors of Maestro Music Management have booked four outstanding singers and a piano accompanist to produce “A Night at the Opera”. Maestro MM have been...
Language exchange – Intercambio de idiomas
We are meeting again on Wednesday 6th July at 5.00 at Friends Bar in Playa Flor Complex, La Concha, Playa Honda. Don´t miss the chance to practise Spanish with native speakers in a relaxed atmosphere. You will also help others to speak more fluent English, and have a...
This week
I've been devoting much of my time recently to "trámites" - a word with no exact English translation. We say "Tengo que hacer trámites" when we talk about doing paperwork - which can also cover obtaining and completing forms, queuing, paying the required fee in the...