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The best hour of the day: where to drink while the sun drops into the Atlantic
The rule that changes everything: on Lanzarote the sun sets in the west, and almost every bar faces the wrong way. These are the places that face the...
Environmental monitors on the beach all through October: how to sort properly, with a tablet in the draw
Two thousand euros for the winning pair: the Teguise Envite Challenge is back, five weeks around the municipality's centres
San Bartolomé opens three historic houses and puts the people who can explain them inside: Rufina Santana starts on Thursday
Yaiza puts another 400,000 euros into its schools, and the list of works shows where it really leaked
EventsFrom tomorrow the Island Library gives away a month of workshops
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NewsWho has water back and who does not, village by village: Teguise is the worst affectedSunday morning. Arrecife, Tías, San Bartolomé and Haría are essentially sorted. Yaiza and Teguise are still behind, Nazaret…
What to seeLagOmar, the house cut into a quarry: the real story behind the Omar Sharif legendIn Nazaret, inside an old quarry: Manrique's idea, Jesús Soto's hand, a 1970s show home. And the bridge game everyone recounts…
NewsNine lives honoured at the Gala del Mayor: Antonio Pérez is older person of the yearOn Friday evening at the Casa Museo del Campesino, the Cabildo recognised nine stories: a carer, a day centre, a project…
CultureA full house and Corujo's coplas in the air again: how 'Recuerdos del jable' wentThursday night at El Salinero. The idea came from Óscar Pérez Cabrera, the staging and script from José María de Paiz, the…
EventsWhen you can no longer tell what is real: a workshop on artificial intelligence at the Manrique Foundation on Thursday 86pm to 9pm in the José Saramago room. Run by the United Unknown collective, on how generative AI is changing images — and how…
Eat & DrinkIkarus, the Canarian house with a garden in the heart of La Villa de TeguiseOn Plaza Clavijo y Fajardo, inside an old mansion. Tapas and daily specials, from tuna carpaccio to cod in Mediterranean sauce.…
NewsForty years caring for the island's elderly: the Cabildo proposes Elisa Corujo as Favourite Daughter of LanzaroteBorn in San Bartolomé, at the Hospital Insular since 1985. She built Lanzarote's geriatric care piece by piece: the…
NewsThe two guesthouses that invented tourism on La Graciosa, honoured on World Tourism DayEnriqueta and Girasol, in Caleta del Sebo, have received the Distinguidos del Turismo 2026 award. They were the first to take in…
NewsIn Yaiza, from tomorrow you can propose what the council spends on: the deadline is 10 NovemberA form on the website is enough — no formal project required. Last year a hundred proposals came in, and some have become real…
Things to doWalking inside a volcano: four routes across Lanzarote's cratersAt El Cuervo you walk in through the breach and stand on the crater floor. Montaña Colorada takes an hour. Caldera Blanca takes…
NewsIn Soo the 1-2 year-old class has already filled all 14 places, and 36 more are coming in Costa TeguiseThe council is widening its early-years provision in the smaller villages. The new 2-3 year-old room in Costa Teguise is built…
EventsOctober in Yaiza: candles, soap-making, theatre, the Rosario at Femés and the La Pardela fiestasThe council has published the month's programme. Nearly all of it free, from craft workshops to family cinema. Here are the dates…
CultureThe biggest night in thirteen years: how the Chambao evening went at Arrecife en VivoThe Psycho Clown street parade, Britain's MFC Chicken at the Charco, Piedrafita closing with 'Blanco y Negro' and La Mari…
NewsA surf film contest with 2,500 euros in prizes, screened in Tinajo: entries open until AprilThe fourth NASAS edition takes work until 10 April 2027 and screens it on the 16th at the Teatro Municipal. Three categories…
CultureTwenty years of Lanzarote told in cartoons: Miguel Cabrera's show at the Chamber of Commerce'20 años de reivindicaciones ilustradas' runs through two decades of island history with the drawings made to stop official files…
NewsThe night run with the music on is back in Playa Blanca: entries open for 28 NovemberOne mile, 5km and 10km through the streets of the south. This year Playa Blanca hosts the final of the regional Series de…
NewsTeguise opens its workshops for older residents: enrolment now open for 2026-2027The form is downloaded from the council website and handed in in person in Teguise, at Social Services, in Costa Teguise or at…
NewsPlaya Blanca: 340,000 euros to fix up the Parque Atlántico, bids open until 23 OctoberNew fencing and surfacing for the courts, shaded areas, and electronic locks on the padel courts. It is only part of what Yaiza…
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in depthTeguise revives the Luis Ramírez grants: three awards of €500, one reserved for La GraciosaAfter more than eight years the council brings back grants for young people who must leave…
in depthTeguise resurfaces Teseguite: the roads plan moves village by village, on municipal fundsAfter Tao, Mozaga, Tahíche and Los Cocoteros it is Teseguite's turn. The work is financed…
in depthPlaya Blanca's small beach closed after a sewage dischargeYaiza council ordered the closure on Tuesday morning after a pumping station failure. Red flag…
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