Category : Islands

Plans to Create Two Natural Pools in El Golfo

Yaiza City Council has sent this week to the Regional Coastal Demarcation two projects for El Golfo, with which it intends to pedestrianise the town's Maritime Avenue and create two natural pools, taking advantage of the existing shape in the beach o...

Airports Will Have Thermal Cameras

The Ministry of Transport agreed a proposal at the regional Executive to install thermal imaging cameras throughout the Aena network, as one of the measures to guarantee health security for both residents and visitors. The Canary Islands airpo...

Full Beaches of Lanzarote with Few Places to Eat and Drink

As Lanzarote progresses in phase 2 of the de-escalation, economic activity in the tourist areas of the island continues to be practically paralyzed. Both in Playa Blanca and in Puerto del Carmen, most of the businesses have not yet opened their doors...

Passenger with Coronavirus Arrives at Lanzarote Airport

The Civil Guard arrived at Lanzarote airport after receiving information that a passenger who had tested positive for Covid-19 was flying to the island. The man appears to be a resident of the island but had travelled to the Peninsula to attend his m...

What To Expect in Phase 3

The third phase of the de-escalation plan that could launch this coming Monday, June 1st, in La Graciosa, El Hierro, La Gomera and Formentera. These islands were the first to launch the de-escalation plan on May 4th. In theory, this new phase brings...

Canary Islands Increases Daily Inter-Island Flights to 40

Lanzarote will have four flights to Gran Canaria and one to Tenerife North The Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing of the Government of the Canary Islands and the airline Binter have agreed to start a new expansion of routes and freque...

Government Removes Quarantine for Foreign Tourism on July 1st

Foreign tourists will be able to arrive in Spain from July 1st without having to keep a 14-day quarantine. This was decided at the inter-ministerial meeting that was held by videoconference and in which the vice-presidents Teresa Ribera and Nadia Ca...

Sanchez Announces there will be a Tourist Season This Year

The Prime Minister announced that there will be a tourist season this summer , which is why he has called on Spaniards and foreign tourists to plan their vacations, with the aim of reviving the tourism sector, one of the hardest hit by the crisis....

Phase 2 - The Green Light On Monday

After La Graciosa, La Gomera and El Hierro achieved it, the rest of the islands will advance next Monday Use of Generalised Mask Obligation to use masks in all closed spaces and where the distance of 2 meters cannot be maintained. (Shopping cente...

The Canary Islands Will Host a Pilot for Covid-19 Tracing With a Mobile App

The data that this application will collect will be anonymous, but it will allow us to have a vision of the movement of suspicious and positive cases. The Canary Islands will host a pilot project of a mobile application for tracking infections by...

Masks Will Be Compulsory from Thursday

The use of masks will be mandatory from this Thursday in closed spaces and on the street when a minimum distance of two metres cannot be guaranteed for those over six years old and recommended for children between 3 and 5 years old. The Official S...

The Government Will Control The Prices of Flights to The Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands

The Executive intends to check whether the subsidised prices are respected, currently at 75%, to "prevent abusive situations from occurring". The Minister of Finance and government spokesperson, María Jesús Montero, has announced that, once progre...

The World's First Coronavirus-Free Test Flight Will Take the Madrid-Gran Canaria Route

Gran Canaria will receive in July the first flight in the world totally free of coronavirus. It is an experience of the World Tourism Organization in which the Canary Islands Government participates. Gran Canaria will be the destination of the fir...

The Terraces of Lanzarote May Double Their Space and Without Paying for the Space on Public Roads

The insular coordination committee between the Cabildo de Lanzarote and the town councils held this Tuesday approved to exempt the terraces from the fee for occupation of the public highway and allow, on a temporary basis, one hundred percent more ex...

Terrace Evacuated in Corralejo

The Local Police around 8:00pm verified that on the terrace of the establishment there were more than 50 people gathered, including some minors, without respecting the maximum permitted capacity of 50% established in the regulations of Phase 1 de-esc...