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What do Paris’ most famous landmark (not you, EuroDisney) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s Mercado del Puerto have in Read More

When we moved here in 2004, veggies had it tough. Or so we thought. Mr GCL, FYI, gave up meat at Read More

We’re not a directory. But we do cover accommodation. This much you should know by now. You searcher of cheap Read More

Ah, the offer of a guest post. It’s an occupational hazard we all face as bloggers. With mainly unscrupulous firms looking Read More

For a moment, time stood still. Our Las Palmas de Gran Canaria hood, Arenales, is a busy barrio. But beauty casts a strong spell. It’s Read More

It was what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity. We were appropriately enough drinking a cubata, local Arehucas Read More

Eight sharp Back in our university days, we were members of an elite group: the eight sharpers. Membership of this Read More

Las Rosas, come up smelling of roses The GC-200, which you’ll need to take to reach Casita Canarias’ Las Rosas in Read More

Hito Restaurante, a palpable hit Mr Gran Canaria Local, you may or may not know, is Spain-holiday.com’s man in GC. Read More

Barranco de los Cernicalos, what a carve up The Barranco de los Cernicalos bridges two municipios. Telde, where we’re dropped off after Read More

Arts and crafts in Vegueta On Sunday, from eight in the morning until two in the afternoon, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s Read More

Make a splash at Lago Taurito With our children, we favour a carrot-and-a-stick approach to education. When they get a Read More

San Lorenzo, LPGC’s urban village We’re from London, so the metro-village concept’s a familiar one. We lived in Primrose Hill Read More

The reluctant back-seat driver Mr GCL had vowed to never ever again perch his derriere on a back seat. He’d Read More

Carol’s kitchen Meet Carolcocina‘s Carol and Miki. They’re a LP-based ma and girl with an open-house Ciudad Jardin des res. Groups Read More

Springfield on Sea Doh, Simpsons fans, Bart, Homer, and Krusty’s Springfield doesn’t really exist. Springfield’s one of the most common city names Read More

Casa Del Caminero, way to go in Tejeda Casa Del Caminero, the latest restaurant the Gran Canaria Local family have Read More