Lanzarote Information

The Lanzarote Rebajas (summer sales) have started this week, with reductions from 30-50% on offer in most shops, now's the time to go and get your shopping done!

If you’re just visiting Lanzarote but want to know where to go shopping on the island, try these areas for bargain hunting:

Biosfera Plaza in Puerto del Carmen – Lots of shops, easy access and even open on a Sunday

Deiland Centre in Playa Honda – The original indoor shopping centre with KFC, Burger King, Bowling Alley and Cinema

Arrecife Centre – Lots of individual shops and boutiques

Almost a month of celebrations from the 1st to the 19th of July are planned in Teguise and La Graciosa, leading up to the fiesta de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, which is where the fishing boats pay tribute for their safe passage to the Virgen del Carmen. Events to look out for are:

10th July - Folklore group Acatife at the Santa Domingo church at 9pm folllowed by the verbena in the tent in the main square at 11.30pm

11th July – Soprano concert at the Santa Domingo church 9pm

12th July – Foam party! The local firebrigade hose down the kids in the square!

16th July – formal procession at midday

Here are a selection of photos from this morning (day 4) at the PWA event in Lanzarote, it was that gusty it was hard to stand up, a row of seats were blown into the sea, the Red Bull buoys couldn’t be anchored and the wall blew out of the judges office!

Next week The Horizon Singers present their summer concert in Yaiza, at the Casa de la Cultura Benito Perez Armas. The singers will be performing songs from stage and screen and there will be a special guest appearance by violinist Iya Zhmaeva.

Here are the latest results from day two & three of the competition, including video from PWA with some of the amazing action so far……to get the very latest news check out www.pwaworldtour.com.

After a disappointing start, the weather improved on day two to a windy 25 knots at Playa Las Cucharas in Costa Teguise, Lanzarote. There has been a great crowd supporting the event from the beach and some amazing freestyle performances, the athletes have really had to emphasize their individual style, in order to wow the judges during this tough competition.

Someone has been very busy, you may have already seen the posters around the island confirming that the circus “Gran Circo Mundial” is in Arrecife, Lanzarote from the 3rd to the 16th July 2009. The Gran Circo Mundial is a huge, renown international circus and this year they are back with their high quality performers and animals such as the beautiful white lions, the hula hoop and trumpet playing bears, antics from Carletto & Lalo, acrobatics from 6 Jorge’s brothers, flying trapeze artists, Miss Aurori’s horses, elephants and much, much more.

There are a series of Jazz concerts planned around the Canary Islands for the XVIII Festival of Internacional Canarias Jazz being held from the 3rd to the 12th July 2009, including two venues in Lanzarote.