Determined not to miss the first family holiday abroad, a British couple and their two young children abandoned their taxi and walked down the M6 with their suitcases when a crash shut the motorway on the way to their Birmingham flight to Lanzarot...
Lanzarote has more residents than at any point in its history. The island's population reached 170,155 in July 2026, crossing the 170,000 threshold for the first time, on figures from Spain's National Institute of Statistics. In the space of a yea...
Recognising a beach flag is about to get easier for the millions of people who are colour blind.
Lanzarote welcomed 1.7 million tourists in the first half of 2026, holding almost exactly level with the same period last year, down by only about 5,000. Behind that steady headline, though, the nationalities filling the island's hotels have chang...
Lanzarote's winemakers are looking at their best crop in years. The island's protected denominación de origen expects the 2026 harvest to come in at around 2.5 million kilos of grapes, a huge jump on last year, when the crop fell short of 700,000...
The warm weather carries on into the last week of October, with highs of 26 to 28°C every day and nights that barely drop below 20°C. Monday and Tuesday are the warmest at 28°C, and Friday looks the brightest day of the week.
Read MoreIt was a record-breaking September for Lanzarote's hotels. Income reached €71.4 million, the highest ever for the month and 12.5% more than the €63.5 million earned a year ago, according to the Cabildo's Centro de Datos.
Read MoreItalians and the French are discovering Lanzarote. While overall international arrivals dipped slightly in September, visitors from Italy rose by almost a third and those from France by more than 7%, according to the island's Centro de Datos.
Read MoreJust over 700,000 people flew in and out of Lanzarote in September. Aena's figures show 702,813 passengers used César Manrique Lanzarote Airport during the month, a fall of 0.9% compared with September last year.
Read MoreWednesday could be a damp day in Lanzarote and La Graciosa. A DANA is sitting to the west of the Canary Islands, and AEMET expects it to bring cloud, showers and possibly a thunderstorm.
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Lanzarote has always something to offer for the whole family.
Puerto Del Carmen is one of the main tourist resorts in Lanzarote, with a bustling promenade and a lively nightlife.
Playa Blanca is a place where you can have a little lavish holiday with a yacht ride or a ferry ride to Fuerteventura Island.
Costa Teguise is a popular coastal town with lots of British restaurants and pubs.
Puerto Calero is one the most luxurious ports in the Canary Islands with great restaurants and also some very popular boutiques.
