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The Funniest Tourist Complaints From Gran Canaria 18 Apr 2013 | 01:12 am
Cheap booze ruined my Gran Canaria holiday! Here's the Top Five most absurd tourist complaints that we've heard over the last year in Gran Canaria: Have you got a better one? Let us know for next yea...
Gran Canaria Foods That The Locals Love 6 Mar 2013 | 09:34 pm
Leche y leche: Canarian food and drink the locals love Canarian restaurants all serve delicious papas con mojo and goat cheese but there are lots of Canarian foods that don't make it onto the menus. ...
The Historic Maspalomas Space Station Has Saved 10,000 Lives 26 Feb 2013 | 05:42 am
The Maspalomas Space Station picks up distress signals from around the world The Maspalomas Space Station has saved 10,000 lives in 20 years by detecting distress signals from ships and planes. This ...
Come To Las Palmas For Culture, Stay For Food And Fun 19 Feb 2013 | 06:40 pm
The two sides of Las Palmas city In brochure-land Las Palmas is full or tourists wandering around cobbled streets between museums and galleries. They eat authentic Canarian food, buy arts and craf...
Gran Canaria: Las Palmas Carnival 2013 Photos 17 Feb 2013 | 04:39 am
The 2013 Gran Cabalgata parade in Las Palmas: 110 floats and a whole city in costume. This is Gran Canaria's biggest fiesta, and one of Europe's biggest street parties. Read more about carnival in G....
Carnival Photos From Gran Canaria 13 Feb 2013 | 04:33 pm
The Carnaval al Sol procession in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on February 13 2013. Dance groups, drumming dands and costume groups parade down the Las Canteras beachfront in a celebration of colour and...
Gran Canaria Weather: What To Expect In February 8 Feb 2013 | 04:45 am
February weather in Gran Canaria: Variable but better than anywhere else The average day temperature in Gran Canaria in February is "only" 18ºC and it rains fox six days during the month. February is...
Gran Canaria: The Island Of Eternal Cliches (And How To Stop Them) 7 Feb 2013 | 08:34 pm
Looking past Gran Canaria's many travel writing cliches Travel writers always use their first paragraph to criticize Gran Canaria for having resorts, as if they pollute the whole island. Then they vo...
Vicia vulcanorum: A New Species From Lanzarote 26 Jan 2013 | 05:23 am
Vicia vulcanorum: New Lanzarote species Botanists have discovered a brand new species of plant in the lava fields of northern Lanzarote. It's only small but produces pretty white flowers and highligh...
Columbus In Gran Canaria 26 Jan 2013 | 03:56 am
The Casa de Colón museum in Vegueta, Gran Canaria Christopher Columbus spent a month in Las Palmas in 1492 on the way to the Americas because his crew had sabotaged the Pinta's rudder. They weren't a...
