Autumn in Lanzarote with a flavour of fishing and tradition

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It’s fun for all at Crazy Minigolf Lanzarote

Crazy Minigolf Lanzarote, the only 18-hole course on the Island, is the perfect spot to have some competitive fun for adults and families. We went down last year to have a go ourselves. The Crazy Minigolf Lanzarote has been open for a year now and is the only 18-hole course on the Island situated in […]

Is it time to rethink your UK assets?

If you’re a UK national living in the Canary Islands, it may be time to rethink your UK assets. Sign up for the Blevins Franks seminar at the Paradisus by Meliá Salinas on March 20th for an update on how recent UK tax and pension reforms could affect you. Photo: Paradisus by Meliá Salinas Lanzarote. It’s a new […]

Lanzarote tourism figures December 2024

In December last year Lanzarote recorded just over 325,000 tourists according to the Lanzarote Data Centre which brings last year’s total to over 3.4 million tourists. The Centro de Datos is a great source for all things Lanzarote data, and they have just published December 2024 tourism numbers. The tourist figures for December 2024 are […]

Seven Lanzarote bodegas present local wines at Barcelona Wine Week

Seven of Lanzarote’s local wineries are showcasing their quality wines in the fourth edition of the prestigious Barcelona Wine Week fair. Photos: Barcelona Wine Week. The Barcelona Wine Week is a celebration of wines from around the world. This year the wine week has brought 1,266 wineries together across two halls with approximately 24,000 professionals […]

CCOO supports strike at the Meliá Sol Lanzarote hotel

The Workers Commissions trade union (CCOO) warns that the workers at the Meliá Sol Lanzarote hotel plan to organise a strike this Friday and Saturday. The strikes are planned to take place this Friday (9am – 11am and 4pm – 6pm) and on Saturday (1pm – 3pm and 8pm – 10pm.) In a press release, […]

Body of missing 61-year-old man found in Haría

The body of José Esteban Acuña Fernández, who went missing on Monday while gathering seafood, was discovered yesterday near Caletón Blanco on the Haría coast. The discovery, made by the victim´s brother, brings an end to a five-day search that extended as far as Fuerteventura. Emergency services believe the body may have been temporarily trapped […]

Lanzarote’s hotels generated 772 million euros in 2024

Hotels on Lanzarote generated 87 million euros more in 2024 compared to the previous year, totalling 772.8 million. According to data provided by ISTAC (Canary Islands Statistics Institute), the number of overnight stays rose by 300,000 compared to 2024, a total of 12.6 million. Hotel room occupancy increased from 84.9% in 2023 to 85.9% in […]

Lanzarote Cabildo Vice-President replaced

Jacobo Medina has been replaced as Vice President of Lanzarote’s Cabildo by his party, the PP. Medina had occupied the Vice President’s role since the elections of 2023 and had enjoyed a close relationship with President Oswaldo Betancort of the Coalición Canaria. Rumours of a poor relationship between Medina and the leader of the PP […]