Gran Canaria is the most beautiful island in the Canary archipelago. Only 210 kilometers separates this island from Africa, but here you can feel its breath.
Gran Canaria is an island for those who love golden sand and warm sun. Huge beaches with a developed modern infrastructure are almost 60 kilometers long, and the warm sun shines and warms 350 days a year. The most famous beach is located in the Maspalomas resort, near an amazing nature reserve with stunning dunes. This reserve resembles a miniature Sahara, there are many dunes, palms and even lizards. Emerald water and fine, sugar-like sand are all in Puerto Rico. And for those who love noisy holidays, there is the Playa del Inglés resort. Here discos work until the morning, you can have fun all night.
La Palmas de Gran Canaria, the capital of this wonderful island, is known for its Old Town, with stunning buildings and attractions, including the Cathedral of Saint Anne, with an excellent observation deck on the south side of the tower, Columbus House Museum, where in the famous navigator stopped at one time on his way from America. And in small shops in the old merchant quarter, you can buy local goods and souvenirs. At a distance of 80 kilometers from the capital of the island is the famous town of Puerto de Morgan, which consists of a fishing village and a pier. Here, at the marina, you can order a magnificent ride on a snow-white yacht or dive on a yellow submarine.
It would also be nice to take an exciting journey inland. The magnificent pictures of the nature of Gran Canaria amaze even sophisticated viewers: tall mountains, wide valleys, parks where cactuses grow and gardens full of orchids … The Aldea region amazes with its unique mosaic picture, which includes: mountains, gorges, forests, rocks. And walking along the hiking trail from the town of La Aldea de San Nicolas, past the artificial lakes, you can see shepherds with dogs grazing sheep. You can also climb one of the high points of Pico de Las Nieves and admire the views from there. You can visit the city of Arucas, the banana capital of the island, and there, from the observation deck of Montaña de Arucas, look at the vast areas of banana palms.
There are a lot of all kinds of entertainment for tourists on the island: some love water, diving and surfing, others just warm up and soak up the sun, still others - ride a camel along the Maspalomas dunes, but everyone has one dream, to spend a perfect vacation, with lasting impressions on the most wonderful island in the ocean Gran Canaria.
