Lanzarote recorded just over 275,000 tourists in the first month of 2025 according to the Lanzarote Data Centre. The Centro de Datos is a great source for all things Lanzarote data, and they have just published January 2025 tourism numbers. The tourist figures for January 2025 are as follows: Spain – 21,564 Germany – 28,778 […]
The rain held off in Arrecife last night, allowing the island’s first and biggest carnival procession to go ahead in good conditions. Thousands of carnival-goers sand spectators attended the parade, which was led by traditional groups such as Los Buches and the fearsome Diabletes. These were followed by the comparsas (dancing groups), murgas (singing groups) […]
Ryanair & Vueling will add four more flights to the Lanzarote – Málaga routes this summer, making a total of ten directly weekly flights. Ryanair will offer five weekly flights to Málaga instead of two that were available last summer. They are scheduled for Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Additionally, Vueling adds one more […]
A new species of plant has been identified on the Canary Islands, with volcanic terrain on Lanzarote one of its habitats. The Phytokeys scientific journal has published a paper announcing the identification of a new parasitic plant species. Orobanche andryalae is a member of the broomrape genus, small plants with pretty flowers that are entirely […]
A Lanzarote delegation, including the Cabildo officials, Tias Ayuntamiento officials and some of Lanzarote’s Irish business owners, was sent to Dublin recently to present Puerto del Carmen’s upcoming St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. The St. Patrick’s Presentation was held at Dublin City Council and also included cheese & wine tasting from Lanzarote. The aim of the […]
Thursday has always been one of the busiest days at Lanzarote’s airport – it was traditionally the day when most flights from the UK arrived – but yesterday saw unprecedented crowds of passengers waiting on the tarmac outside the terminal building. Joanne Brook has sent us this video of the queue, waiting to reach passport […]
