Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria is a miniature continent, and is right on Europe’s doorstep, with a wide range of beaches as diverse as the changing sceneries waiting to be discovered. Nearly 60 kilometers of beaches, out of 236 kilometers of coastline, lie under a gentle sun that seems to have made this island its home.

For this reason, is one of the most important tourist destinations of Canary Island and its capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is considered the city with the best weather of the world, in where stand out a cosmopolitan environment and the beauty of the old town, with the famous neighborhood of Vegueta and Triana, for more than 500 years.

Corners that shelter infinity of colonial buildings that sends us back to the past, when the admiral Christopher Colón, before his first trip for the discovery of America, visited us, falling in love with our wonderful lands.

But the capital hides another treasure, the beach, Playa de las Canteras, with several kilometers, which spreads over the bay. Turning Gran Canaria into the destiny of navigators, divers and surfers, they escape to an island with a magnetic spring for anyone that looks for the sea of good time and for practicing sports as the body board, windsurfing or kite surf.

In paradise beaches, famous and crowded, such as the long stretch of sands at Maspalomas beach, a huge strip of yellow sand or Playa del Inglés , which in addition, are provided with many options of leisure during the day and an attractive nightlife.

But if some corner shines, it is Puerto Rico and its sea of dolphins. It is worth visiting to live a fascinating and unforgettable experience. We should not forget the Puerto de Mogán, a fishing village quite picturesque where is possible to play the deep sea fishing.

An island with loads of beaches but on the other hand has outstanding high mountains. Because the hearth of Gran Canaria, hides an ocean of mountains, concentrated among volcanoes and ravines. Mountains full of beautiful paths, created a long time ago, before the maps were drawn.

A little world apart, declared Reserve of the Biosphere, where is possible to rest and to escape the noise, where resides one of the particularities of Gran Canaria, a vast depression caldera in Tejeda, a village that appears and disappears, as if by magic, over a sea of clouds.

A small great place, near the sky, where looks the stunning Roque Nublo, the lunar landscape that surrounds it and the ocean of pines that seems to fall down up to where the sight gets lost and that spread out a marvelous net of ravines that wind up to coming into the sea.

Gran Canaria is a perfect destiny for hiking lovers and for people that enjoy the active tourism since the mountainous area, is a paradise for practicing mountain bike or climbing. A small beautiful continent in miniature, with several possibilities for walking, breathing and even to find aboriginals hideouts on cliffs, a Neogothic church between banana plantations and even a pre-Hispanic hidden city.

It is an island unlike any other, which will offer you the best opportunity to enjoy its diverse nature. And always close to a sea of good weather.