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2025 Buying Property on Gran Canaria: Understanding the Current Market, Legislation, and Opportunities
Spain’s property market has long attracted international buyers, with its warm climate, cultural richness, and investment potential offering a compelling draw. Buying property on Gran Canaria, in particular, remains a strong market for foreign investment, thanks to its stunning coastline, year-round tourism, and vibrant foreign-resident communities. However, significant changes are afoot in Spain's property laws, with proposed legislation aiming to restrict non-resident, non-EU buyers from...
Sudden Fire at Fun Fair in Arguineguín Sparks Safety Concerns
A sudden fire broke out on the evening of Friday, January 24, during the opening night of ArguínPark, a traveling funfair located in the Plaza Negra of Arguineguín, a well-known fishing village and tourist destination on the southwest coast of Gran Canaria, near Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria. The incident raised questions about public safety and the setup of temporary events in the municipality of Mogán. The fire began around 7:30 PM,...
The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 24-26 January 2025
It's the last weekend of January 2025 and start of a new year of events, happenings, shows, fairs, spectacles and shindigs with some magnificent festivals and celebrations to enjoy when ever you have free time on Gran Canaria. Our sunny Januaries are always peaceful, as the first of the years fiestas get going and the almond blossom fills the air calling Spring to infuse the island with life. Here are our Top Five #WeekendTips for the weekend ahead... ...
The Canary Guide Reyes Magos #WeekendTips 3-5 January 2025
A festive weekend ahead as the holiday season draws to a close here on Gran Canaria. Monday is officially a national bank holiday. Twelfth night is almost upon us, the Epiphany, preceded by the Noche del Reyes Magos, or night of the kings, the spectacular finale to the holiday season, when 3 wise men are expected to visit every home in the kingdom, in celebration of a newly born child. In some houses, Santa has already been too. REYES...
Gran Canaria Public Holidays / Bank Holidays 2025 – The Canary Guide
The Regional Government in the Canary Islands establishes, within an annual limit of fourteen such dates, a list of official bank holidays for the year 2025, following the publication of the Laboral Calendar in the Official State Gazette (BOE). The local municipality holidays are then published at the end of the year. The island of Gran Canaria and the Canary Islands share official holidays with the rest of Spain. In addition to these, each of the Canary Islands has its official holiday and...
The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 27-29 December 2024 & New Year
Well, it's the last weekend of 2024 and New Year’s celebrations are upon us! Happy New Year 2025! Wondering what happens for New Year on our sub-tropical winter-sunshine island? There will be celebrations for the start of 2025 across Gran Canaria at most bars and restaurants, with several fireworks displays on offer, the biggest and most popular of which include Las Canteras, the main beach in the capital, and in the south, Anfi Beach,...
The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 20-22 December 2024 🎄🌟 Merry Christmas!
It's the last weekend before Yule goes into full swing with your #WeekendTips all the way to the 24th. Merry Christmas! A very festive weekend ahead with Christmas Day landing on a Wednesday this year, a bank holiday throughout Spain. Many wonderful seasonal markets, concerts and Santas to visit and enjoy. If you are looking for that special Yule Time feeling with street decoration and lights, Gáldar is probably a top choice, and of...
The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 13-15 December 2024
A weekend ahead with an abundance of seasonal events to enjoy all around Gran Canaria. Christmas markets, concerts and other events like the Orange Fair in Telde. Plenty of options to experience that Yule Time feeling with family and friends! A very busy weekend indeed when it comes to festive events with two more weeks to go to Christmas. These are our chosen highlights included in this edition of the Canary Guide #WeekendTips. 🎅🎄🎁...
The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 6-8 December 2024 🎄🌟
What a lovely December weekend ahead, with a national bank holiday on Friday making it an option, for many locals, to enjoy a long “puente” (bridge) weekend. There is a wonderful selection of events to attend, with fairs, concerts and Christmas markets happening over the next few weeks. Here are just our top picks for this weekend, including, among others, the last of the Xmas lights on events. On Saturday in Tejeda and Moya and then...
The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 29 November – 1 December 🎄🌟
This is it! The big weekend of Christmas lights being switched on in most of the main towns on Gran Canaria with a few more still to come. This also means that the season to get jolly has truly commenced. We have one busy weekend coming up, and that most US celebration of consumerism, the so-called Black Friday, can be clearly seen on Gran Canaria as well. There are plenty of other events going on this weekend like the Mogán Avocado...
