Turismo Natural

Gran Canaria Island

Sep 20, 2010 Town, Towns, Culture, Nature, Leisure, Landscapes, Beach, Tourism, Tourism, Cultured Tourism, Natural Tourism, Rural Tourism, Holidays, Travel

About a year ago when I first started this blog, I wrote about a couple of places on The Island of Gran Canaria: La Playa de Maspalomas y San Juan de Arucas.

Now that Turismo Natural is almost one year old, we return to The Island of Gran Canaria, as I just recently spent my holidays in Palmas de Gran Canaria. Of course, I shall suggest different places you can visit if you have the chance to travel to the island.

In the following articles you will find out about: beaches, natural monuments, cities… This island is quite complete, which means we can do different types of tourism.

Gran Canaria, baptised as the miniature continent, is a volcanic island which has a 236km coastline, of which some 60km are beaches, and part of its interior was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 2005 by UNESCO.

With so many kilometers of beaches… perhaps some might think that Gran Canaria is only sun and beach. Not so! Gran Canaria is much more than that: in every corner of the island, there is something different to find. These differences together with the people from the island, make Gran Canaria an island which has its own unique personality, and that is what makes it so special and explains the large number of tourists that go there.

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