Do you like to get out and about on your travels? At Gran Canaria Local, we travel the length and breadth of Read More

Day in, day out My daily routine has changed somewhat since I penned my Parque Doramas post. The paternal grandmother 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

Gran Canaria’s lake district Actually, Gran Canaria doesn’t do lakes. But it’s home to 69 reservoirs. Many of these, including 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

Day trippers My fellow passengers on Global’s 311 bus line which travels from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Santa 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 Holy Trinity Church and Rome Where Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s Calle de Rafael Ramírez meets Calle de Brasil, Read More

Columbus indirect In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. You knew that already, right? So far, so elementary (school). What Read More

Church hill: Hilly Full Gospel Las Palmas Church A church. A church on a hill. But not any old church Read More

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

Head like the proverbial orange On the ever-quotable An Idiot Abroad, Karl Pilkington claims: “You’re better off living in the 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

Wake up to wonder If you lived within view of a sight as majestic as the Taj Mahal, would you Read More