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…
Dear friends of the Centros We exchange the very last old calendars and make friends with this new number, which now assigns a quality to the course of the year, namely a place in our calendar. And just as the new year unfolds before us, at the turning point we…
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…
Anyone approaching Lanzarote was surprised. Is there a confusion with Ireland? Lush, fresh greenery initially only washed around mountains, flowed down ravines, branched out and wound its way through the landscape in fine veins. However, it is now apparent that it is not only where it is more humid and…
There are still a few miniature nativity scenes, called Belenes, on the island that can be visited. And: it’s worth it! The event of the Nativity in the stable, accompanied by shepherds and the Three Wise Men, is embedded here in our Lanzarote landscape. The nativity scene at the Bodega…
The longest nights of the year are now joined by the new moon, which makes them particularly dark. As in an Advent garden, which is usually reserved for children to enter, your own little light can now only be lit in the middle. There, where the warmth of the heart…
August has come to an end and something autumnal is making itself felt here. The colors painted by the sunlight have become more intense. The sky is bluer and the nights are cooler. But the strength of the currents in the sea and the power of the waves have also…
Via a goat farm, the path leads from the small village of Femés up to the Ajaches, one of the oldest parts of the Canary Islands. Rocks covered in shell limestone bear witness to dormant times under the sea. But reddish earth also appears here with basalt-like rock formations and…
On August 1, we celebrated the reopening of our restaurant – together with around 80 guests. It was a wonderful evening with an exuberant atmosphere and the finest buffet! The refreshed and newly furnished bistro “Tamarindos” was decorated with plants and candles and enchanted with a warm ambience. Delicious snacks…
