Lanzarote sees a lot of tourists every year. There have been celebrities too like Penelope Cruz, Jenson Button, Bertie Ahern ex-Prime Minister of Ireland and the latest Br...
The busy sea crossing between Playa Blanca and Corralejo has a new boat working it. Líneas Romero put its latest ferry, the Juan Jorge R., into service on 31 July 2026, replacing an older vessel on the short hop between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. The company describes the new boat as part of a steady modernisation of its fleet, aimed at…
Read MoreDetermined 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 Lanzarote.
Read MoreLanzarote 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 year it added 2,786 people.
Read MoreRecognising a beach flag is about to get easier for the millions of people who are colour blind.
Read MoreLanzarote 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 changed a good deal, with sharp gains from southern and central Europe balancing out a heavy fall from Scandinavia.
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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.
