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Description: Gran Canaria, rarely Grand Canary (archaic), is the third largest island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago located ... more

Gran Canaria ... in the Atlantic Ocean 210 km from the northwest coast of Africa and belonging to Spain. It is located southeast of Tenerife and west of Fuerteventura. The island is of volcanic origin, which is mostly made of fissure vents. The island was populated by the Guanches, who may have arrived as early as 500 BC. The Guanches called the island Tamarán. It was claimed by Spain in the 15th century. Gran Canaria's surface is 1,560 km² and its maximum altitude is 1,949 meters (Pico de Las Nieves). It has a round shape, having a diameter of just about 50 km.

Newest Review: ... a song when i saw it... haha. I'm sure you can guess the song =) Other Things In Gran Canaria- Where we stayed in Playa De Los Amadores it was on a cliff i suppose. At the bottom is the beach, road & little things. Then as you go up the cliff it has some hotels and right at the top is a shopping plaza. We found this really useful as it gave us more places to eat near by and was alot more ... more

... lively. There was shops and resturants which were open till late, information centers, enclosed trampolines for younger ones, and basketball court. We ate up here a few times and found it cheap & the portions were huge in one resturant! I ordere...more

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Gran Canaria: Sunny Sunny Sunny (790 words)
by OhLala-17 - written on 11/01/09 (Very useful, 128 readings)
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I went to Gran Canaria in August 2006. We stayed in a little place between Puerto Rico & Puerto Morgan called Playa De Los Amadores. It has a man made beach with over 800 meters of sand and sea. And in the sea (when i was there) was a big bouncy sea activity center, with rock climbing, trampolines and a few other bits it looked quite good and when we went to look at it, didn't cost to go on which i though was good! The beach is very nice and most importantly clean! There are many sunbeds & umbrellas which do cost & you do have to get there early to get some together. The beach was in a cove shape and had mini piers either ...

Forget the Alarm clock! (2566 words)
by jo@145 - written on 03/06/05 (Very useful, 2350 readings)
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This was to be our last holiday for 2004 and we wanted some sunshine and a relaxing time, to be fair we had not long returned from Sardinia which was fabulous but we did a lot of sightseeing. Last year we visited Malta in December and although the weather was horrendous (floods) we had a fantastic time, all because of the hotel and the Spa facilities. Gran Canaria had some apartments available through our timeshare Getaway breaks at very reasonable prices, so we decided to check it out as we had never been to the Canary Islands. The apart/hotel was called the Airtours Beach Club Hotel at San Agustin, which was in the south of the island east of ...

Alternative view of Gran Canaria (792 words)
by Sandy2 - written on 27/06/02 (Very useful, 595 readings)
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Gran Canaria We like to try different types of accommodation for our holidays. This year we decided on an apart hotel in Gran Canaria. We chose an apartment from the Riu chain attached to a four star hotel. The apartment was well equipped with basic kitchen needs, lounge, bathroom, bedroom and balcony. We wanted to experience the comforts of a hotel, but with the convenience and independence of self-catering. We feel this was achieved quite well. We hired a car for the week previously arranged over the Internet, which we picked up at the airport. On arrival at the hotel, we were met with the utmost courtesy and a glass of champagne then guided to the ...

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