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 …

The Islote de Frances in Arrecife will be studied by the Swiss architectural team of Herzog and De Meuron, as the first step towards creating an iconic landmark for the capital. At present, this area of the city is home to several derelict warehouses and occupies one of the prime waterfront locations that has yet to be redeveloped.
Jacques Herzog will make a preliminary study of the site next Monday, accompanied by the site’s owner, Jaime Cortezo, various architects from Gran Canaria and a representative from the Arrecife mayor’s office.
The partnership …

Head for the former island capital of Teguise this Friday, July 9th, and soak up some cool jazz sounds. Courtesy of The Miguel Zenon Quartet and Sharrie Williams.  Who will both be performing free of charge at the annual Jazz Canarias Festival.  Which gets underway from 9pm onwards.
Miguel Zeon hails from Puerto Rico originally and is a highly acclaimed saxophonist. Whilst Sharrie Williams draws her inspiration from old school jazz vocalists such as Etta James and Aretha Franklin.  The concert is part of wider festival taking place across the Canaries …

The annual PWA Windsurfing World Cup touches down in the resort of Costa Teguise next week.  With all of the board based action taking place on the main beach of Playa Cucharas from June 30th onwards. Where some of the worlds leading riders will be battling out if for the top prize of €45,000. 
The event runs for four days until Saturday July 3rd and entrants will be digging deep into their boxes of tricks to produce some seriously high octane moves.  With the action kicking off every day at 10am.  …

Fancy snapping up a historic slice of the Lanzarote property market?  The Casa Palacio Ico, which is located right in the heart of the former island capital of Teguise, was constructed in the 17th century.  And has just been reduced in price from a cool €1,950,000 to €1,390,000.
The Casa Palacio Ico is one of the most historic buildings on Lanzarote and is a marvellous example of traditional Canarian architecture.  Featuring key original features such as a beautiful courtyard and numerous balconies.
It was first built way back at the end of …

Budget airline easyJet is pioneering a new infra red warning system that will allow its pilots to identify harmful volcanic ash clouds.  In the wake of the recent chaos caused by the Iceland eruption.
The devices designer claims that it can detect volcanic ash clouds up to sixty miles away, providing pilots in effect with an early warning system.  With the airlines planning to test the system on twelve of the planes in its fleet.
The Ash Cam  – or to give it its proper name – the Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier …

Lanzarote is currently sweltering in a mini heat wave as temperatures on the island climbed as high as 37 degrees Celsius yesterday.  With the island capital of Arrecife setting the record as the hottest spot in the whole of the Canary Islands during Tuesday.
The current heat wave has been caused by a wave of hot air being carried across the islands by a calima and is expected to last well into Thursday.  When a blast of colder air from the north will move the Saharan weather front away from the …

Good news for Europe´s travel industry at last as reports emanating from Iceland suggest that the volcano which has caused widespread disruption has stopped erupting.  And with clear skies and no ash clouds reported for the next five days at least.
Iceland’s Met Office has stated that initial tests seem to suggest that the volcano is now dormant.  Whilst also cautioning that it is still too early to be sure that this is permanent.  Either way the news represents excellent news for Lanzarote’s all important tourist industry which suffered an 8% …