A visit to the lovely 17th century Casa Spinola in Teguise could show you just how timple life can be...
Experiencing 2012 dawn in warm, sunny climes makes New Year on Lanzarote special enough. Add a dizzying choice of partying the old year away in hotels, bars and clubs or even in the streets and celebrating New Year’s Eve on Lanzarote becomes a pleasurably unforgettable experience. Visitors don’t need to leave their hotels to enjoy ...
I’m of the belief that to enjoy good art at its best you need exactly the right venue to bring it to life. When you have an artist who uses a mix of wine mixed in with ink to bring his visions to fruition then you couldn’t really better the choice of a bodega as ...
Capturing the translucent quality of the light, water colours are the perfect medium in which to graphically illustrate Lanzarote, and long time resident and artist Annelie Carlson does that beautifully. From the bright, primary blues and greens of its fishing boats and the vibrant crimson of its hibiscus hedges to the melodramatic and sombre blues ...
Next year Lanzarote will commemorate 700 years of European presence on its soil and archaeologists have begun excavating to uncover evidence of the very first European footsteps to land in the Canary Islands. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Genoa ruled the waves, her explorers and traders constantly seeking new lands and new nations with ...
Litter is deplorable at any time but when you see rubbish spoiling such a wonderfully unique landscape as Lanzarote’s, it’s positively a crime. Unfortunately this volcanic wonderland is no stranger to occasionally having its beauty blemished by mangled car wrecks, discarded washing machines and all manner of rusting debris. Thankfully there is a scavenger on ...
They say a picture paints a thousand words, but that seems a gross under calculation when you’re talking about the images in the World Press Photo exhibition at the Sala Charco de San Ginés in Arrecife near Costa Teguise. Lanzarote is one of the one hundred privileged venues around the world to play host to ...
A private cinema club in a bar – it sounds like film fan heaven. Throw in home-made popcorn and the movie-set location of Lanzarote’s most picturesque town, Teguise and you’ve got a unique cinematic experience that makes a trip to the local multiplex seem pedestrian by comparison. The Secret Cinema is an inspired idea; ...
This month sees the first harvests of Lanzarote’s Volcanic Malvasia grapes which produce the island’s award winning Malvasia Seco white wine. In order to fully appreciate the flavour and bouquet of this fine wine, I decided to learn how to taste wine like a professional. The venue for my introduction to wine tasting was the ...
This weekend (15th-16th July) sees Gay Pride taking centre stage in Puerto del Carmen and Sands Beach Resort will be there to share in the fun. The weekend kicks off on Friday night at 9pm in front of Centro Atlantico on Avenida de Las Playas with a packed entertainment line up of dancers and performers ...