The planes are always there. They never stop. Lanzarote, an island shaped by volcanoes, salt and wind, feels like an otherworldly outpost, but it has recently been wrestling with an influx of tourists that residents fear the island cannot handle.
Earlier this year, tens of thousands of protesters marched at rallies across the Canary Islands demanding a rethink of the mass tourism model that has been a mainstay of the archipelago for decades. Their slogan? Canarias tiene un limite - the Canaries have a limit.
Cubillo had fond memories of visiting his grandmother there when he was a child. Instead of buying a getaway apartment, however, de Vidal and Cubillo found a grand old house in a state of disrepair, and fell in love with it.
Lanzarote has something that you cannot explain, says Cubillo. The north of the island is wild and rugged, with ancient lunar landscapes, contrasting with the tourist-heavy south.
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