Gran Canaria

I first went to Gran Canaria when I was 8 with my Nain and Taid (Welsh for nan and grandad) and have been there 8 times since! Please note that my review is about Puerto Rico in Gran Canaria as this is the main tourist town. Gran Canaria is one of the Canary Islands, located not far off the African Coast to the West, however, it is classed as Spanish. I can honestly say it is the most beautiful place I have ever been to and caters more for families than young groups wanting to go clubbing. The main tourist town in Gran Canaria is Puerto Rico. It has two shopping centres, an aqua park, a natural and a man-made beach, and plenty of hotels ...  Read the complete review

Feeling the winter blues a friend and I decided that a much needed break was needed. 'Somewhere warm and with a beach are my only requirements' said my friend. I groaned inwardly as I find the idea of a beach holiday quite boring, as I'm not a strong swimmer so watersports were out. However, I'd never really been on one so thought I should give it a go. After doing some research we narrowed it down to the canary islands and finally settled on Gran Canaria as it appeared to have a good range of activities for us to take part in, such as watersports (my friend is a keen swimmer) and land based activities such as cycling, quad-biking and hiking. I had some concerns about ...  Read the complete review

We went on a family holiday to Playa Del Ingles about 5 years ago. We went in October and boy was it hot between 35 and 38deg. Its some of the hottest weather i have ever encountered. We were a short taxi ride from the beach and it was so cheap that there was no problem just jumping in a taxi to go any where. The locals were very freindly the only problem we had was people touting for business trying to get you into restaurants and shops, this was the only thing i disliked about the island. We were in self catering appartments and ate out every night, local restaurants were good and there was a big variation in prices so you could eat ...  Read the complete review

I went Gran Canaria April 05. Just for a quiet break with a mate. Didnt really know what to expect. And it ended up being a funfilled week. We took full advantage of all the excurisions, such as dolphin and wale hunting, the pub crawl in playa del ingles, and a tour or Gran Canaria to see the cave people. We resided in Puerto Rico (cos we're rich ones......not) and it was amazing. In the centre there are many bars, and the best has to be cosmopolitan bar, belting out good tunes one after the other and Oh My Lordy how many sexy guys/workers can you get in one room (it have been jsut our luck, but they were steamy). We finished the film in my camera on them. Its ideal for ...  Read the complete review