Gran Canaria - Top Ten Reasons to Visit

Gran Canaria is probably the most interesting of thefilled with colourful bougainvillaea and buildings with
Canary Islands. Here are 10 excellent reasons to visitbright paintwork.
1. Beautiful Scenery. Gran Canaria is often described6. Cruz de Tejeda. Take a drive through the
as a mini continent because it has such an amazingwonderful mountain scenery at the interior of Gran
diversity of scenery. The island is only 40km long butCanaria. Lots of amazing views to admire including the
has tropical forests, volcanoes, a desert and goldenview of Mount Tiede on the neighbouring island of
beaches. It also has a wonderful range of plants withTenerife.
masses of bougainvillaea as well as banana, avocado,7. Agaete. Vegetation on the north of the island is
orange, date and coffee plantations.much lusher than the south and the vegetation and
2. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Las Palmas is thelovely rock coast can be admired from the pretty
capital of Gran Canaria and has a beautiful historiccoastal town of Agaete.
centre which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The8. Water sports. Gran Canaria is an excellent base for
city dates back to 1478. As well as its historic centresurfing, diving, fishing, sailing in Catamarans and
it is a large city and great for shopping.admiring the fish from a glass-bottomed boat.
3. Maspalomas sand dunes. These look like something9. Jardin Canario. A beautiful exotic garden not far
from a Lawrence of Arabia film and you can even gofrom the city of Las Palmas. Full of cacti and
camel trekking.succulents and lots of palm trees. The plants of the
4. Playa del Ingles. If its parties and nightclubs you areCanary Islands can be seen here.
looking for this is the place to head for. One of the10. Sunshine. Of course one of the main reasons so
biggest resorts in Spain.many people come to the Canary Islands is the all
5. Puerto de Mogan. This is a beautiful little port townyear round sunshine.