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La Bocaina – Playa Blanca

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

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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...

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New Lanzarote iPhone App

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...

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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...

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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...

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Profile Lanzarote People – Larry Yaskiel

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...

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Profile Lanzarote People – Sir Ernest Hall

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...

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Travesía El Río 2011 – swim from Lanzarote to La Graciosa

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...

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Arrecife Gran Hotel Fun Run – 15th October 2011

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...

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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...

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Tickets for Lanzarote Attractions can now be purchased online

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...

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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...

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9lives fundraiser

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...

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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...

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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...

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Artists of the Royal Opera House in 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...

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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...

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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...

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