The Playa Honda Promenade, in the municipality of San Bartolomé, is possibly the most beautiful promenade on the island of Lanzarote. It is a long promenade, kilometers long, perfectly paved, lit along its entire length, and always, as an omnipresent neighbor, the beach, its coast. Sand settled on these beaches from the other side of the Island, transported by the wind; lava eroded by the sea for millions of years, and the contrasts between sand and driftwood, and volcanic rock, and always, our sea, our Ocean, the Atlantic, which welcomes us and calls us. These are some of the ingredients of our Promenade, but there are more, many more, which I will not list so as not to be too lengthy.
On this Promenade there are a series of prohibitions. In the form of large signs, both at the entrance to the Promenade from Arrecife, and at its entrance from the airport. The prohibition states: BICYCLES PROHIBITED ON THE PROMENADE. In Spanish and in English. The sign is very visible. Well made. No one pays attention to the prohibition. Tourists roam the promenade, delighted, without any guilt for having ignored the prohibition. I see them cycling very relaxed and happy. I even envy them.
Apart from the delinquent cyclists, there is another tribe. The tribe of electric scooters. This tribe is much more dangerous than that of cyclists. They circulate on the Promenade at all hours of the day, but it is especially in the dark, after sunset, when they flock to the Promenade in droves. Their drivers are usually young people, most of them immigrants. They circulate on the Promenade at an excessive speed. I estimate between 30-40 km/hour. Some even faster. They are a danger. A collision at that speed with an elderly person would mean a complicated fracture or death. Running over a child could mean serious trauma or death. In my case, as I have a pet, a little dog, one of my dearest loved ones could be run over.
When, in front of me, I see them circulating at those speeds, I, with ostentatious movements of my arm, up and down, try to make them understand that they should slow down. Their response to my plea: They look at me, circulating at full speed, the same speed, without having reduced it, and they smile at me. And they disappear behind me like a shooting star.
AI, by the way, I recommend it, for those who have good intentions, says the following, about electric scooters and their danger on a busy promenade: In Spain, nowadays (September 27, 2026), scooters cannot circulate on sidewalks or pedestrian areas. Furthermore, on October 1, 2026, a reform will come into effect that will allow city councils to authorize, by ordinance, the circulation of scooters in some pedestrian areas, always with priority for pedestrians; sidewalks will remain reserved for pedestrians.
This, which has been related here, is known to all inhabitants of Playa Honda. If the Mayor does not know about this matter, I have tried to explain it to him here. In the event that, in the future, whether near or far, a tragedy has to be regretted due to the collision of an electric scooter with an elderly person, child, or pet, this writing will remain as proof that you, Mr. Mayor of San Bartolomé, were informed. I can suggest that a local police officer from your City Council patrol our wonderful Maritime Promenade on an electric scooter.
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