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Gran Canaria Holiday Accommodation
Gran Canaria
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Gran Canaria has holiday accommodation to suit all tastes & budgets from basic apartments to luxury villas. Gran Canaria is the most populated of the Canary Islands and probably the most commercial covering some 1560 sq kilometres with a population of approximately 716,000.
The terrain of Gran Canaria is as diverse as Tenerife with its desert to the south its green fertile north and the arid interior. The capital of Gran Canaria is La Palmas it is worth while a visit if you are interested in architecture with its historic old quarter busy nightlife and the beach of Playa de las Canteras where you can watch the surfers on long hot evenings.
The main tourist resort is Playa del Ingles & Maspalomas this area provides mass tourism if you are looking for an extremely busy resort that offers nightlife and beaches this area has it all including the Yumbo Centrum a large shopping centre. Gran Canaria was known to its original inhabitants as "Tamar" which takes its name from the Arabic name for palms. Initially the island became profitable because off its sugar industry & Trans Atlantic trade with Canary Islands & the Americas. After a period the sugar industry declined in favour of wine making but this was short lived due to the superior conditions for wine making on Tenerife. The Islands of Gran Canaria & Tenerife are still to this day rivals over the production of there wines.
Museo Canario: Gran Canarias pre conquest period Collection off artefacts including Cro-Magnon skulls.
Casa/Museo de Colon: Museum of Canarian Architecture Represents Columbus voyages
Whilst visiting Gran Canaria enjoy a drive through the scenic coastal route from Agaete to Aldea de San Nicolas
Explore the resort & fishing port of Puerto de Morgan & have lunch on the water front of Puerto de Las Nieves.
Take a walk around the amazing sand dunes at Maspalomas & watch the windsurfers or perhaps try it.
Enjoy an evening out in the many fashionable bars & restaurants in city of Las Palmas after taking a walk through the cobbled streets of the historical Vegueta quarter of Las Palmas.
