Category : Lanzarote

Scammers Beware in Lanzarote!

The Provincial Court has ratified a two-year prison sentence from the Criminal Court number 3 of Arrecife that gave a defendant of committing fraud after charging 4,000 euros to carry out works in a house in Arrecife that was not carried out. The...

The Motorhome Association Arrives in Lanzarote

The Recreational Cultural Association of Motorhomes for Lanzarote (ACRAL) will celebrate on November 22nd, 23rd and 24th its fifth time on the island, to which about 140 vehicles have already been registered both from Lanzarote and from other parts o...

New Health Centre Open in Costa Teguise

The new Costa Teguise health centre by Teguise Greens on which works began in April 2018, has already opened its doors. As confirmed by the director of the Health Area of Lanzarote, Noelia Umpiérrez, the office went into operation on Monday. As expla...

Lanzarote Wind Gusts of up to 89 Kilometers per hour on Monday

The strength of the winds forced the Consortium firefighters to intervene in different parts of the island.The strong gale wreaked havoc on some infrastructure including the southern radio mast at Femes which fell down, taking many stations off the a...

Lidl Reopens its Arrecife Store After Investment of 2.7 Million Euros

The first Lidl store on the island, that opened in Arrecife in 2010, has completed a comprehensive refit in which more than 2.7 million euros has been invested, it is now open having been out of use, for a month and a half.The sales capacity of the...

César Manrique Arrecife Waterfall to be Restored

César Manrique, son of Arrecife is being commemorated in what would be his centenary this year, with the restoration of this feature waterfall and night lighting effects, taking advantage of the existing slope in the Morro de la Elvira, the highest l...

Jet2 to Increase Seats to 56,000 this Winter

The president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, María Dolores Corujo, and the Island Tourism Promotion Advisor, Ángel Vázquez, held a meeting with high-ranking officials of Jet2 on Tuesday, closing a deal to increase to almost 56,000 flights for this wint...

Cheaper Petrol for Lanzarote

The meeting of The Cabildo of Lanzarote, held on Thursday, has approved the elimination of the levy on petrol, the so-called fuel rate The removal of this rate will start on January 1st, 2020, so as not to cause any mistakes in the current budget ye...

Judiciary Suspends Arrecife Judge Lis for Six Months

The General Council of the Judiciary has decided to suspend Judge Rafael Lis from his duties for six months, when he considers that he committed a "very serious" offense in the processing of a case in which he had an "indirect interest. Lis's wife...

Jellyfish Alert in Lanzarote

The Security and Emergency Consortium has warned of the presence of jellyfish on several beaches of the island, specifically in La Garita de Arrieta, in Las Cucharas of Costa Teguise, and in El Reducto de Arrecife. However, despite their presence, b...

Artificial Beach for the New Hotel in Costa Teguise Refused

The General Directorate of Sustainability of the Coast and the Sea has rejected the project of building an artificial beach in Costa Teguise, which was intended to be located next to the new hotel to be built in the town. The authorization to create...

Government to Allocate 300 million to Ease Effects of the Thomas Cook Bankruptcy

The Government have approved a royal decree law with 13 crash measures, worth about 300 million euros, to support those affected by the bankruptcy of British tour operator Thomas Cook . The measures include a reduction in airport taxes (for passenger...

Canal Gestión Water Management Contract Under Investigation

The company who supply water to Lanzarote have been found to be operating with serious breaches of compliance. Pedro San Ginés, along with the Canal manager with whom he signed the contract and who was manager in Lanzarote, both later arrested in a...

Lanzarote to Tackle Island’s Chronic Mobility Problems

The Canary Islands Government and the Cabildo will create a joint commission to solve the mobility and road problems of Lanzarote.The Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Housing of the Canary Islands Government, Sebastián Franquis, was recei...

Yellow Flag on Almost all the Beaches of Lanzarote

Almost all of the island's beaches are on Saturday with yellow flags, as reported by the Security and Emergency Consortium. Also next to Famara beach, La Garita beach in Arrieta also has a red flag.The only beaches where the green flag flies for now...