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Maspalomas

Description: Maspalomas is the oldest touristic town in the south coast of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. Maspalomas is part of ... more

Maspalomas ... the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. Its name may derive from that of Rodrigo Mas de Palomar, a settler and soldier from Mallorca, or from Francisco Palomar, a Genovese friend of Alonso Fernandez de Lugo who purchased 87 Guanche slaves from Guimar and settled in the area. The place is famous for tourism, its hotels, beaches, dunes, apartments and other facilities including restaurants, bars, taverns, shopping centres, souvenirs and businesses.

Newest Review: ... was endless sand and an assortment of large luxury hotels. Dunas de Maspolomas certainly is a popular place. I have never seen so many visitors parading up and down the sea?s edge like a band of ants. Not being the fittest of couples, we found the walk up the dunes demanding but well worth the effort. Midway along the pathway the area became a lot more commercialised. There were a ... more

... lot more fast food chains. McDonalds get everywhere. We found we had to scout about a bit to find more authentic eating places. The far end of the coastal walk encompassed Playa de San Agustin, again masses of hotels and beaches. I suppose it ...more

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Maspalomas: Alternative view of Gran Canaria (789 words)
by Sandy2 - written on 30/05/02 (Very useful, 1740 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 ...

Horrible Holiday (925 words)
by Leolover - written on 21/03/02 (Very useful, 1422 readings)
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I went on a week long 'girls' holiday to Maspalomas in Gran Canaria in May 2000. I don't know if the area has improved since then, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless you're looking for a loud, booze fuelled, bar crawling type of holiday. It was a lager louts paradise of the worst kind. *** ACCOMMODATION We stayed in a resort a short bus ride away from the beach and the centre of town. The resort was strictly divided between English and German tourists. The Germans occupied one half of the chalets and the English the other. The meals and entertainment were also divided in this way. Germans and English ate at ...

Maspalomas: Sandstorms and nudity, but no camels!!! (795 words)
by roulette - written on 18/05/01 (Very useful, 773 readings)
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When my boyfriend and I were looking at holidays, we were trying find somewhere that wasn't totally mental and full of hormones and alcohol,but at the same time somewhere lively and fun. Gran Canaria seemed to be just what we were looking for.We booked two weeks in what seemed from the brochure to be a nice clean little complex of self-catering bungalows in Playa Del Ingles. So about six months later we arrive at Gatwick for our flight, excited and raring to go. But this had to be the day that French air traffic control went on strike didn't it. We were however very impressed when our flight was not ( apparently ) delayed at all, ...

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