Fiestas de San Ginés: Arrecife’s Patron and the Sangineles
The patron saint of Arrecife was born some 3,000 kilometers from the Atlantic, in central France. San Ginés de Clermont was the bishop of a city ringed by volcanoes in…
The patron saint of Arrecife was born some 3,000 kilometers from the Atlantic, in central France. San Ginés de Clermont was the bishop of a city ringed by volcanoes in…
Lanzarote’s seafaring July is at high tide. The Fiestas del Carmen move across the island in a staggered sequence, town by town, and the 2026 edition reaches its midpoint with…
Femés has closed out its fiestas for San Marcial del Rubicón, Lanzarote’s patron saint, and the 2026 edition ended on a high: Saturday, Jul 4, brought both the return of…
July changed Lanzarote’s rhythm. June’s big month of music gave way to a month of seafaring and patron-saint fiestas that the island lived town by town: the patron saint came…
Every July, Lanzarote’s fishing towns carry the Virgen del Carmen out to sea. The image of the patron saint of fishermen is loaded onto a boat decked with flowers, a…
Every July 7, a village of just a few hundred people high in southern Lanzarote becomes the island’s spiritual center. Femés honors San Marcial del Rubicón, patron saint of Lanzarote…
The Fiestas de Uga 2026 fill the streets of this small village in the municipality of Yaiza once more with celebrations honoring San Isidro Labrador, patron saint of farmers. Every…