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The Canary Guide Weekend & Yule Tips 20-24 December 2019
From sunny Gran Canaria we wish you all Feliz navidad! Happy holidays! Merry Yuletime! The last weekend before celebrations on the 24th and 25th and it looks like it is going to be wonderful. This week we extend our normal Weekend Tips to cover events all the way to christmas eve. There are loads of wonderful seasonal goings on all around Gran Canaria. You may also see the island's now traditional cheery motorcycle gang dressed in seasonal costumes cruising all around and dispensing smiles and...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 13-15 December 2019
It's the second last weekend before the main seasonal festivities. All the holiday events programs for the municipalities are now in full swing and continue until January 5. This weekend is a perfect opportunity to enjoy many of the season's joys here on Gran Canaria. The main festive weekend in honour of the patron saint of Santa Lucia is this weekend, as ever bringing too a Swedish flavour to the Triajana valley. There are seasonal, artisanal and agricultural markets happening around the...
New recreational park of Playa de Mogán
The Mogán city council last month awarded Bernegal Infraestructuras y Construcciones Ruesma S.A. a €850,909 contract for the building of a leisure and recreation area with green zones, areas for children and sports, a picnic area, an amphitheatre, a museum devoted to local artisanal fishing, a skatepark and public toilets. The work, which is scheduled to begin before the end of this year, will be carried out in Plaza Las Gañanías in Playa de Mogán to be completed within eight months. This...
Mogán Christmas program 2019-2020
Mogán present their Christmas program for the municipality with more than 40 events for the festive season 2019-2020. The Christmas program runs from this Thursday December 12 to January 5 and includes activities spread across virtually every neighborhoods of the southwestern municipality. Arguineguín, Pueblo de Mogán, Motor Grande, Las Filipinas, Barranquillo Andrés, El Horno, Veneguera and Playa de Mogán will each enjoy free events aimed at the whole family and especially the...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 6-8 December 2019
A lovely, long December weekend ahead with a bank holiday on a Friday making it an option for many locals to enjoy a “puente”, long “bridge” weekend. in the run up to the season's festivities. With unfavourable weather forecast for many areas, rain and wind are predicted for pretty much the whole island, it is worth remembering that adverse conditions might cause cancellation of some outdoor events. This Friday is Spanish Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) and marks the 41st anniversary...
Concern for migrant baby sent to hospital after 5 days adrift at sea
News travelled the globe last night after twenty-four individuals, including three babies and three other minors, arrived on Saturday morning in an open boat, known as a patera, coming ashore on Playa del Águila (Eagle Beach), on the south eastern shores of Gran Canaria. The quiet beach is used by a range of visitors and residents, many of whom immediately ran to help the clearly distressed occupants of the little fishing vessel. Having spend five days adrift at sea 13 of the migrants were...
Events: Christmas program in Las Palmas 2019-2020
The Santa Ana square will start the capital's Christmas program on Thursday the 28th of November. From 20:00 the heart of Vegueta, the original old quarter, will me illuminated as well as the decorations installed on numerous streets and squares around Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.The lighting event on Thursday will feature a Christmas concert by the Symphonic Band of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Plaza de Santa Ana. Also on the same day, the...
The Canary Guide “Black Friday” Weekend Tips 29 Nov – 1 Dec 2019
Whew! What a ride. Already the Last Weekend of November as we say hello to December and the start of a decade. We have one busy weekend coming up, and that most American celebration of consumerism, the so called Black Friday, arrives once again on the island. Spanish State Meterological Agency, AEMET, are predicting clear skies across much of the island this weekend, though fairly constant cloud cover in the capital and to the nort of the island, warm winds from the east and south-east are...
Mogán grants the license for the construction of a luxury tourist complex in Puerto Rico
The Local Government of Mogán has granted planning permission to Rentivestcan S.L. for the construction of a 5 star multi-apartment complex in Puerto Rico. The Consistory is set to receive around €120,000 in capital gains revenues when this development has been approved for inclusion in the Costa de Mogán's existing Plan for Modernization, Improvement and Increase of Competitiveness (PMM). The complex, which is to be named 'Grand Horizon', will be located on Roque del Este Avenue, on plot 177...
Idea shop opens in Telde, just next to GC-1
A huge warehouse shop, in the well known "Chinese" style officially opened its doors last week in the industrial area of Las Huesas neighborhood. The new store is one of the biggest of its kind, perhaps the biggest on the island with over 5000m2. The "IDEA MARKET" is clearly visible from GC-1, with its bright red façade on the coastal side of motorway heading north to the capital. Exit just after the old IKEA warehouse. The new outlet is selling all kinds of household goods as one usually...
