Canary Islands

 

Canary Islands

 

Gran Canaria Interest
 

Sightseeing
Telde
 

The old town district of Telde has been a protected conservation area since 1981. It centres on the attractive Plaza de San Juan, shaded by mature trees and surrounded by colonial-style houses with beautiful mosaic tiles and intricately carved balconies. Lording it over the square is the Iglesia de San Juan Bautista. Building began in 1519, but the neo-Gothic towers are early 20th-century additions.


Bandama
 

On the GC-110 from Las Palmas, just past the prosperous suburbs of Tafira Alta and Monte Lentiscal, you can take a left turn to the Caldera de Bandama. The volcanic crater is 1000 meters wide and 200 meters deep and the best view of it is from the volcanic peak next door, the Pico de Bandama, which has an observation platform. Adventurous visitors can climb down into the crater itself via a steep path that is visible from the rim, it takes about 30 minutes.


The West coast road
 

The journey up the west coast from San Nicolas de Tolentino to Puerto de Las Nieves and Agaete is one that demands great concentration. The narrow, vertiginous road winds past bare rock on one side and steep cliffs, plunging straight into the ocean, on the other. It is reassuring to learn that there are very few accidents on this road, because drivers, realising the hazards, take great care. Fortunateely, two miradors have been created at points of particular beauty, so drivers can stop to admire the breath taking views.


Maspalomas
 

Maspalomas, is divided from its sister resort, Plays del Ingles, by a spectacular stretch of dunes, designated a nature reserve in 1994, in order to preserve the ecosystem. Tou can walk over the dunes if you protect your feet from the hot sand; and camel safaris are organised. A golf course forms another barrier between the neighbourhoods.


Artenara
 

Artenara can be reached by a difficult but beautiful drive from Tejeda. At an altitude of 1270 meters, it is the highest village on the island. It is also one of the oldest, pre-dating the Spanish conquest, and Artenara is its Guanche name. Many of the houses in the village are built into the solid rock, although some, with their painted facades, look like ordinary houses, and most now have modern amenities. There is a cave church, La Ermita de la Cuevita, which houses the Virgin de la Cuevita, whose festival is celebrated at the end of August.

 

 

 
 
     
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