We’ve just returned from a wonderful vacation in Germany. Our noses are still filled with the scent of woodruff, spruce, and hay, and the taste of ripe mirabelle plums and sweet blackberries lingers on our tongues. Our eyes are still drunk on all that green—on the meadows and fields that…
Lanzarote has very pleasant temperatures even in summer. The Atlantic Ocean and the wind ensure this. Take advantage of our generous summer discount! For stays of three weeks or more between June 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026, you will receive a 20% discount on the room rate for the…
Manuel Peláez with his “Finca Tres Peñas” is by far the best-known face of the island’s organic farmers, with 16 hectares of planted land and stalls at all the farmers’ markets selling local fruit, vegetables and freshly squeezed juices.
Not long ago, ruins were discovered on the uninhabited island of “Lobos,” named after the sea wolves that once lived there. Excavations began after pottery shards and the remains of many shells indicated that there must have been settlements here. Historians are now certain that this island off the coast…
If you go to the larger villages on the island last weekend, you can watch the busy hands of volunteers spreading colorful salt carpets in the plazas in front of the churches. A Corpus Christi procession led by the priest will then walk over this carpet on Sunday. This small…
Between Easter and St. John’s Day, we can feel immersed in the grand tapestry of a luminous and vibrant world. Temperatures on the island are pleasant, and swimming in the sea has once again become an integral part of our daily lives after a relatively damp winter. Yellow stubble fields…
There’s a lot going on outside my office window by the palm trees: sparrows are stuffing the hungry mouths of their young and flying around. At the top of the palm tree, busy parrots are building their nests. The atmosphere is bustling with activity. I sit at my laptop and…
Carnaval here extends far beyond Ash Wednesday for all those who want to party and dress up until the last municipality, Yaiza, celebrates it this year in mid-March. And to be honest, I’m not a particularly big fan of the loud and colorful Carnaval, but I like the traditional, small…
We’re swapping out the very last of the old calendars and getting used to this new number, which now assigns a specific quality to the course of the year—namely, a place in our calendar. And just as the new year unfolds before us, at this turning point we look back…
No sooner had the rainbow been chosen as the brightly colored protagonist than the first little flowers stretched their heads upwards. First the yellow ones, many of them mustard-like. Then the violets, the viper’s bugloss, and lilacs – cloudy levkoyas. In the north, the sunny local daisies will soon begin…
