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Lanzarote re-opens beaches to the public

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The municipalities of Teguise and Tias in Lanzarote have decided to reopen all the beaches of Costa Teguise and Puerto del Carmen, most of which were closed over the weekend, after receiving authorisation from the Canarian Government permitting the public use of the affected coastline due to ‘suspected toxic organisms’ detected at the weekend, with [...]

More ‘Blue Flag’ beaches for the Canaries

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The Canary Islands will this year have 38 ‘blue flag’ beaches which recognise the quality of beaches and marinas, which is one more than in 2010. The new addition is the Las Canteras beach in Gran Canaria. By islands, Gran Canaria leads the league table with twelve beaches achieving this status. The second island with [...]

Los Gigantes (Tenerife) beach reopens

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The ‘Los Guios’ beach in Los Gigantes, Tenerife, reopened at midday last Friday 15th April 2011 after completion of the rehabilitation and improvement works arising from the accident that claimed the lives of two swimmers almost a year and a half ago on 1st November 2009. Work has been done on the access road to [...]

6 beaches in the Canaries amongst the best in Europe

Ten Spanish beaches, six of which in the Canary Islands, three of the Balearic islands, and one in Catalunya are among the best and most popular in Europe, according to a survey by travel website TripAdvisor. The beaches in the Canaries are included El Ingles and Pájara of Corralejo (Fuerteventura), Puerto del Carmen (Lanzarote), Maspalomas [...]

Maspalomas beach loses its sand

The Maspalomas beach in the south of Gran Canaria is suffering the worst erosion in its known history. There is no background, at least in the last fifty years history, of a similar situation to what is occuring at present with the almost total loss of sand and the appearance of  rocks where there were [...]

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