The British newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, last week wrote a glowing report about the Papagayo beaches on Lanzarote, stating that they are the best in Spain. The reporter Annie Bennett had her article about Papagayo published in the newspaper on 27th August, commenting that she had ‘no desire to move from here’ in her diary entry for a day trip to the beaches.
The warm praise heaped on Papagayo’s beaches is partially due to their less accessible location, which means that they rarely get as busy as the beaches in the …

Street artists and graffitists are showing a collection of their works in a new show at the Exhibition Hall in the Charco de San Gines. More than one hundred artists from the national and international scene have examples of their work featured in the show, under the title of the Icongraff Festival. Opening on Friday 3rd September, the exhibition displays examples of graffiti, street illustrations, figurines, music and DJ sessions which all form part of the urban art movement. As well as forming a showcase for established artists in the …

Despite talk of the weaker pound and the current trend towards stay-cations in the UK British tourists flocked back to Lanzarote last month.  As more than 80,000 visitors arrived on flights from the UK during July.  A figure that is even higher than July 2008, before the crisis hit.  And which is up by massive 34.41% versus July 2009.
In total foreign tourist arrivals rose by nearly 30% last month versus July 2009 figures, according to statistics released by the Spanish Airport Authority AENA.  As a total of 146,603 non Spanish …

Tourists visiting the island with tour operators TUI and Travelplan can now enjoy nighttime barbecues in the Timanfaya National Park.  As the El Diablo restauarant will be open in the evenings on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday nights until the end of September. 
 
The idea of night-time barbecues was part of Cesar Manrique’s original plan for the restaurant.  The grill at El Diablo uses the geothermal heat that emanates from the dormant volcano on the Islote de Hilario to cook all the meat and fish dishes served in the restaurant.  And during …

Leading travel website Trip Advisor conducted a recent poll amongst its readers and found that the beach at Famara in Lanzarote was rated as the second best in the whole of Spain. Beaches in both the Canary Islands and the Balearics were selected as amongst the best Spain has to offer visiting tourists, with two of them found in the Canaries, whilst five of the top ten were on one of the Balearic Islands.
The full list of top ten beaches leads with La Ses Illetes in Formentera, followed by Playa de …