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The Canary Guide ‘Día de Canarias’ #WeekendTips 27-30 May 2022
May, 2022
It’s the last weekend of May and also a festive ‘puente’ long weekend. The...
Read MoreGran Canaria Weather: Some grey skies, clearing into the weekend, but a little rain expected by Día de Canarias on Monday
May, 2022
The weather across the Canary Islands, ahead of the main Día de Canarias May 30th holiday is...
Read MoreThe Canary Guide: Foundational festivities of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2022
May, 2022
This year marks the 544th Anniversary of the founding of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain’s first...
Read MoreCanarian Health service ‘Sanidad’ invests €654,700 in the new Playa de Mogán Local Clinic
May, 2022
The Primary Health Care Management of Gran Canaria, part of The Canary Islands Ministry of...
Read MorePride organisers silent as Ministry of Health investigates “probable” link to monkeypox in Maspalomas
May, 2022
Spain is the country with the highest number of Monkeypox cases in Europe, and the Ministry of...
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Faro de Maspalomas: More than 132 years as a beacon for Gran Canaria
May, 2022 | History
The Maspalomas Lighthouse El Faro de Maspalomas is a 19th century lighthouse at the southern tip...
A summary of some of the main Easter processions worth visiting on Gran Canaria (2022)
Apr, 2022 | Community, Events & Leisure, History
Whether you are religious or not, there are few more interesting spectacles than the faithful...
Shifting Sandcastles in the Sky: Spanish Supreme Court upholds the cancellation of the Tauro Beach coastal territorial plan on Gran Canaria
Apr, 2021 | Business, Cabildo, History, investigation, Local Council, Mogán, News, Property, Tourism
A little-known beach on the south west of Gran Canaria has been making big waves, again, following...
Shipping companies start sending ships to the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Port of La Luz to circumvent the blocked Suez Canal
Shipping companies have started sending ships via the main Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Port of La...
Las Palmas remembers their connection to best selling crime novelist of all time, unveiling Plaza Agatha Christie, with a memorial plaque
Jan, 2021 | History, Las Palmas, News, Tourism
Our provincial and island capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, this month officially honoured the...
Cara al Sol – Fascism marches with its “face to the sun” as far-right vox party protest in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria
Dec, 2020 | Demonstration, History, Immigrants, Local Council, Mogán, News, politics, Tourism
Editor-in-Chief – Edward Timon .:.Spain has come a long way over the last 45 years and since...
High Court invalidates Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria urban planning permits not legally administered
The Canary Islands High Court has ruled that the urban planning permits, used by the Mogán mayor...
Fighting breaks out in Western Sahara as tensions escalate between Polisario Front and Moroccan occupying forces
Nov, 2020 | #TheCanaryMigrantCrisis, Government, History, Immigrants, Immigration, politics
Images: Western Sahara refugee camp © Bård Ove Myhr Most have little or no understanding of the...

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