The current spell of stormy weather that has swept across the island has taken its toll on Carnaval festivities.  With the traditional finale of the Carnaval in Arrecife – the Burial of the Sardine – cancelled.  Whilst the start of Carnaval in Puerto del Carmen has been postponed.
High winds and heavy rainfall continue to batter the island – forcing Carnaval organisers in both Arrecife and Puerto del Carmen to alter their plans.  With the Burial of the Sardine in the island capital suspended and the start of Carnaval in Puerto …

High winds and rain caused travel chaos in the western Canary Islands yesterday.  With 18 flights to La Palma and El Hierro cancelled. Most were inter-island flights connecting the smaller islands of La Palma and El Hierro with Tenerife, although one flight from La Palma was destined for Brussels but had to put down at Tenerife South.
The State Meteorological Office has issued an orange alert until Tuesday afternoon, as further high winds are anticipated, gusting up to 95 kilometres an hour in the peaks of Teide National Park.   With high …

The number of passengers passing through Arrecife airport grew by 1.7% during January according to the latest figures released by the Spanish airport operators AENA.  As the eight airports of the Canary Islands handled a total of 2.618.725 passengers last month.  Up from 2.591.235 passengers for the same month last year.
A total of 379,500 passengers passed through Arrecife airport in January  Whilst Gran Canaria recorded an increase in volume of 1.2% in comparison with the same period in 2009, followed by Tenerife South with 687,684 (an increase of 1%),  The …

Asprocan, the Canary Islands banana growers association has launched a new campaign to build awareness of the regions offering, in a market that has historically been dominated by large US companies.
In association with the Spanish government and the EU Asprocan have created a new brand mark – the European Taste symbol – to help promote Canarian bananas (and avocados) across Europe.  And are launching a marketing campaign across key markets such as Germany and Portugal. All of which is designed to communicate the unique characteristics of the platanos from the …

Passing through Arrecife airport in the next month or so?  Then head over to Terminal 2 and catch an exhibition of sculptures by local artist, Francisco Medina Caraballo. Under the title ‘Naturally noble wood’ the pieces are all created from a single trunk or piece of wood and illustrate the intrinsic beauty of this material.
‘It is a bit crazy,’ the artist admitted, ‘that I work with wood on an island where there are no trees’. Caraballo has not been trained in the fine arts, but has a knack at creating …