Coastal Gran Canaria

Knowing ARC The ARC stands for Atlantic Rally for Cruisers. The brainchild of the World Cruising Club, it sees 200+ boats Read More

Playa del Cura, Gran Canaria Local’s on a beach hunt We first visited Playa del Cura on a bus trip Read More

Mr Gran Canaria Local’s never been the biggest fan of El Muelle Deportivo. He’s a lightweight landlubber after all. But then Read More

  Plan B We were at the family finca in La Aldea de San Nicolás. Plan A was to catch Read More

Arinaga Tour guide We hadn’t been to Arinaga for a while. So it was great to be shown around semi-forgotten Read More

The last resort West of Puerto de Mogan, there isn’t another holiday spot. It’s the end of the line. A Read More

Road kill Walking along the GC-200 to the Cruz de Tasartico from La Aldea de San Nicolás is one uphill Read More

Enjoy the silence The very antithesis of Gran Canaria’s average resort, San Felipe is a north-coast beach not many bother Read More

Beyond Gran Canaria’s resorts Most tourists to the island head south from the airport rather than north. To resorts such Read More

The west way The GC-2 is my escape route. Offering a way out from Las Palmas, a city, that despite Read More

Bucketing it down in San Cristobal What’s the story in Las Palmas? Well, today it’s a rainy day – indeed Read More

The great escape So, there we all were. Familia Gran Canaria Local. Making our getaway from Las Palmas and heading Read More

Highway to hell The GC1 is one ugly road. There’s no El Atlante for a start. Connecting Las Palmas with Read More