Editorial policy

Every article on this blog is written by the host of Casa Los Alisios, a holiday villa in Costa Teguise, Lanzarote. Here is how we decide what goes on the site and how we keep it honest.

Who writes this blog

Maria Jose owns and hosts Casa Los Alisios. The villa sits in a private community a short walk from the sea in Costa Teguise. Everything we publish draws on two things: actually living on the island, and hosting guests from many different countries who ask us what to see, where to eat, and how to spend their week.

When a guide has a byline, that person is the one who did the walking, driving, diving, or eating. When a post describes a specific beach, bodega, restaurant or trail, someone from the villa has been there recently.

How we choose topics

We write about things our guests actually ask about. The Sunday market in Teguise, the black beaches around Costa Teguise, the bodegas in La Geria, the windsurf schools on Las Cucharas, the cycling routes over Tabayesco. We do not write about places we have not visited, and we do not fabricate itineraries to fit keywords.

How we fact-check

Every post gets a dedicated fact-check pass before it goes live. The rules we follow:

• Prices and opening hours always come from the operator's own website, not from travel aggregators or Google snippet boxes. We learned this the hard way when a competitor's prices we had reused were two or three years out of date.
• Distances and drive times come from Google Maps directions, with Casa Los Alisios as the origin, verified on the day of writing.
• Event dates come from the official event website, cross-checked against the organising federation where one exists.
• Historical claims are sourced from named references. If we cannot verify a date or a name, we do not include it.
• Wikipedia links are opened before they are added. A 404 or a wrong-person disambiguation is worse than no link.

If you spot a factual mistake, email us at [email protected] and we will correct it and update the Last updated date on the article.

Photos

Where a section describes a specific named place, we try to use a photo of that actual place rather than a generic stock image. Our own photos come from the villa and from walks we have done ourselves. Where we use external images (historic buildings, bodegas we have not photographed), we source them from Wikimedia Commons or other Creative Commons pools and compress them locally for performance.

Affiliate links and paid placements

We do not currently run affiliate links, sponsored posts, or paid placements. The blog exists to help people who stay with us get more out of their week on the island, and to attract the kind of guests who will enjoy the villa. If this ever changes, any sponsored or affiliate content will be clearly labelled as such.

AI-assisted writing

We use AI tools to help with drafting, translation, and fact-check checklists. Every published post is reviewed and edited by a human who lives on Lanzarote before it goes live, and every factual claim is verified against a primary source (see above). AI does not publish content to this blog on its own.

Updates and corrections

Prices, hours, ferry schedules, and race dates change. When we notice or are told about a change, we update the article and set the Last updated date. The publication date stays as the original.

Contact

For factual corrections, feedback on a guide, or to ask about the villa directly: [email protected] or +34 600 005 872.