Fire and Wind: Discovering the rural heart of Lanzarote The countryside of this island is home to a lot of truth. This comes to mind when standing before some of the black gardens that the people of Lanzarote designed with the ashes thrown up by the volcano in the 18th century, the same century […]
To be aware, or not to be: what is Lanzarote doing to be a sustainable tourist destination? The scientific community could say it louder but they couldn’t say it any clearer: we must adapt and mitigate climate change. Lanzarote is a pioneer in the design of experiences that impact on the traveller’s memory, while […]
Lanzarote’s Crafts: Character and Environmental Awareness Designer furniture made from recycled wood. Ceramics made with Lanzarote clay using aboriginal techniques. Baskets plaited from palm leaves. Scarves dyed using insects. Do you have finely tuned senses? Come and enjoy the 32nd Mancha Blanca Craft Fair. Anyone who visits Mancha Blanca from 10th to 15th September 2021 will leave the area knowing a little bit more about the history of Lanzarote. This time, the journeytakes place under a marquee, with no need to leavethetiny village of Tinajo. Here, every year for more […]
Sailors’ Log: How to Enjoy Lanzarote and la Graciosa by Boat To set foot on deck is to cross the threshold of another world. Another law. Another temperature. Another rhythm. Goodbye land, hello sea. We set sail to get to know the island from the coast, refreshed by the sea breeze. Ahoy there! Anybody on board? Yes, […]
The honour of grape harvesting in La Geria, the pleasure of drinking volcanic wines They descend into the hollow, cut the bunches of grapes that they have been watching over with forensic precision for months, place them in boxes and carry them up the same path they used to come down. We are participating in […]
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 […]
