The Culture of the Sea (or how to go with the flow of the tide) Coastal people. Fishermen. Sailors. Artists. Surfers. Canoeists. Carpenters. Worshippers of limpets. Pirate fleers. Lanzarote is sea-faring people, eating from the quay. Come and go with the flow! It embraces the whole island and tempers its climate. It’s both party and pantry. The sea is omnipresent: it’s on your skin and on your […]
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Lanzarote’s blue lung: the wealth of its underwater world
Lanzarote’s blue lung: the wealth of its underwater world It’s in our DNA. We are water. Life emerged in the depths of the ocean millions of years ago and Lanzarote reminds us of this every second. Did you know that you are in the largest Marine Reserve in Europe? Take a deep breath and […]
On Holiday on Your Own Island: 7 Plans for Rediscovering Lanzarote during Easter Week
The French novelist Marcel Proust once said that a true journey isn’t about seeking new landscapes “but in seeing with new eyes” when looking at the landscapes that surround us. Are you up for it? We have some well-deserved rest days ahead of us, so let’s make the most of them. It’s probable that most of the 155,000 people living on Lanzarote would agree that it doesn’t take a lot to get the feeling […]
Tías, the land that enamoured a Nobel Prize laureate
Tías, the land that enamoured a Nobel Prize laureate José Saramago made this town his home for its calm, its colour and its light. Tourists love it for its wide, comfortable beaches and lovers of scuba diving and golf have it written down in their diaries. It’s worth asking yourself why a Nobel Prize winner […]
Objective: Endorphins! Sports to do (and watch) in Lanzarote
Objective: Endorphins! Sports to do (and watch) in Lanzarote Lanzarote will shift your mindset, and teach you to experience sport according to Haruki Murakami’s mantra: “The only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.” Forget about results and rankings: develop at your own pace, and enjoy every minute of […]
Eau de Lanzarote: coves, beaches and natural pools to enjoy this summer
Eau de Lanzarote: coves, beaches and natural pools to enjoy this summer “Happiness was this.” “Salty is better.” Monday, 25 May 2020 was not just any old Monday. After two months denied the pleasure, we could again swim in the Atlantic, raking the sea with our thirsty bodies, leaving effervescent wakes of salty bubbles behind. […]