Gran Canaria Travel Guide
Gran Canaria
(Spain)This Gran Canaria travel guide includes all you need to know. Restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels, events, and much more. Read the guide below or download and print to take on your journey.
Contents: The City, Do & See, Cafés, Eating, Bars & Nightlife, Shopping, Sleeping, Essential Information
About This Travel Guide
Guide language: English
Updated: 2009-05-12
Format: PDF
File size: Approx. 4000kb / 4Mb
Guide language: English
Updated: 2009-05-12
Format: PDF
File size: Approx. 4000kb / 4Mb
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Gran Canaria
If you like your climate balmy, your attractions plentiful and your scenery varied the Canary Islands’ miniature continent could be your bull’s eye. Geographically African, politically Spanish and culturally diverse, Gran Canaria is a melting pot of tastes and influences. Ever since the original cave dwellers roamed its palm-filled valleys and pounding shores, marauders have tried to claim it as their own - and for good reasons.
THE ISLAND
Most new arrivals to Gran Canaria are lured to the gilt-edged south where sandy bays, fishing harbours and bite-sized coves provide the coconut oil crowd with a plethora of horizontal opportunities. Here, the rolling dunes of Maspalomas are the only natural icon amongst the buzzing man-made resorts of Playa del Ingles, and Playa de Maspalomas. Further along the coast Puerto Rico and Puerto de Mogán also draw the bucket and spade brigade, the latter providing a scenic mooring spot for the yacht-erati.
Inland, dotted between flower-speckled meadows and narrow country roads, you’ll find villages like Fataga, Tamaraceite, and Teror. Here time drifts calmly by, save for the periodic village fiesta. Unlike the capital, Las Palmas. It’s not only the most populated metropolis of the archipelago but also the most cosmopolitan. The historical quarter displays a rich legacy sparkling with tales of daring incursions that have shaped the Gran Canaria of today. Read more about Gran Canaria:
The City, Do & See, Cafés, Eating, Bars & Nightlife, Shopping, Sleeping, Essential Information
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