The Canary Islands have been awarded with “best stand” at the most recent Fitur (International Tourism Trade Fair) event. This year, the Canary Islands has a new stand, measuring at 1,768 metres squared (223 metres squared more than last year). The Canaries, amongst the other 806 exhibitors, was awarded with “best stand” at the most […]
The Grand Teguise Playa hotel in Costa Teguise has changed owners. The society that owns the emblematic hotel that overlooks Playa Jablillo was owned by CaixaBank (60%) and the real estate company Metrópolis (40%). However, earlier this week the society was purchased by Alexandré hotels, which also owns three hotels in the Playa de las […]
Scientists are monitoring Mount Teide in Tenerife after detection systems revealed that the earth rose by a centimetre over the last year at four monitoring stations on the volcano. Itahiza Domínguez, of the National Geographic Institute (IGN), said that the deformations do not mean an increase in the probability of an eruption in the short […]
A record 7.66 million journeys were taken on Lanzarote’s interurban buses in 2024, a 15% increase on 2023. More than 4.7 million of those journeys were made by locals using the Bono Residente Canario, which allows free travel to travellers who take more than 15 journeys in a quarter. The Cabildo has recently pledged to […]
The Canarian Manga Festival will come to Arrecife today, with events planned from this afternoon until Sunday morning. Fans of Japanese and far Eastern pop culture can attend the Parque Islas Canarias on Arrecife’s seafront, where there will be a gaming zone with tournament events, art exhibitions, martial arts demonstrations, a show-cooking event, K-Pop DJs, […]
Diversions will be in place at the Playa Honda roundabout tonight as works continue on the underpass. From 9pm to 6 am tomorrow drivers wishing to access Playa Honda’s industrial zone from the LZ-2 main road will have to continue to El Cable, where they must U-turn via C/ Los Helechos and the EL Cable […]
A 43-year-old woman was taken to hospital with “serious injuries” after being hit by a car in Arrecife. The incident took place near the IES Las Maretas school in the San Francisco Javier barrio at around 10.45 am. Canarian Health Service workers attended the scene and rushed the victim to hospital in a medical ambulance. […]
Costa Coffee in the UK is likely to cause confusion after launching its new “Spanish Latte”, a long coffee drink that includes sweetened condensed milk. Available in hot or iced versions, the Spanish latte is described as “subtly sweet” and “velvety”, but most Canarian residents will recognise it as a longer variation of the local […]
AEMET has declared a yellow alert for rainfall and storms on Lanzarote and the Canaries as storm Garoé passes the islands today. The alert commenced at 9 am and will last until midnight. 15 mm of rain in an hour is predicted, with the northern and western facing parts of the island worst affected. The […]
The Deiland shopping centre in Playa Honda has announced new opening hours. The centre, which hosts more than 60 shops, will now be open from 9am until 9pm Monday to Saturday. On Sundays & public holidays it will open at 11am and close at 9pm. Deiland’s leisure and catering establishments will not be affected by […]
