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The Canary Guide San Juan Weekend Tips 21-24 June 2019
It’s San Juan, one of the biggest celebration weekends on Gran Canaria and elsewhere with various festivities observed for the midsummers night and summer solstice that with a mixture traditional fiestas, midnight dips in the sea and various rituals with bonfires and fireworks. Every municipality and neighbourhood is likely to have their own bonfire and some will add fireworks in to the mix. As long as there is no fire warnings the traditional bonfires will be on and there are strict rules to...
Canary Islands tourist board launches a campaign to attract resident inter-island tourism
Promotur Turismo de Canarias has launched a new campaign to attract visitors to the Canary Islands during the summer, as residents are the fourth most important market for the tourist sector of the Islands. In-house tourism turned over of €730 million in 2018, with almost one and a half million Canary Islanders staying in establishments within the Archipelago. This market complements national and international tourism positively especially in periods of uncertainty regarding other markets....
Two beaches in the south closed due to sewage discharges
The popular tourist beaches at Las Burras and El Cochino were closed suddenly on the morning of Monday, June 17, due to concerns over discharge from the sewage treatment plant in the area, according to the San Bartolome de Tirajana town hall. The incident is said to have occurred due to a breakdown in one of the pump motors at the facilities, which caused water from one of its tanks to overflow and reach the sea. The Canary Islands Health Service have taken water...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 14-16 June 2019
An engaging mid June weekend ahead with with midsummer solstice on the way and many delightful events to get involved with on Gran Canaria. Harvest fair arrives on the south in El Tablero, the humble Potato is celebrated up in the mountains of Tejeda, founding festivities in the capital as well as patron saint fiestas and romerias in Moya, Telde, Arucas and Mogán among many other events.The weather forecast is a bit changeable across the island with showers possible on Friday...
Gran Canaria Creates New Guinness World Record on World Oceans Day
An outstanding team of planet lovers have, this Saturday June 8 2019, here on Gran Canaria, achieved an extraordinary new record for World Oceans Day, and (pending official verification) they hope to be recognised as Guinness World Record holders for the most nationalities ever gathered together to complete a beach clean.Oceans4Life is a charitable association set up here on the island little over a year ago by British resident Julie Dass with her son Nathan, with a whole bunch of...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 7-9 June 2019
This is the second weekend of June and summer is in full swing on Gran Canaria with a multitude of events, fiestas, celebrations, concerts and other happenings, along with some relief from the "scorchio" weather we've been seeing with the first heat wave of the summer having passed over in recent days, temperatures are looking set to lower back down to a more typical seasonal averages and beautiful summer days across the archipelago, with highs of 25º & 26ºC in the shade. It's...
New Las Palmas footbridge “Puerto Onda Atlántica” joins La Isleta, Las Canteras and the Puerto de la Luz
Installation of the outstanding new footbridge that will link the Sanapú dock, in the main port area, with the old Mercado del Puerto, La Isleta and Las Canteras beach started at the end of May, with the first pieces that form the artistic Port Atlantic Wave structure having been moved into place. Each of the pieces is 20 meters in length, seven meters in width and weighs 20 tons. This important new bridge reconnects one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the capital with the modern port,...
The Saint: Las Palmas V Almeria
2/6/19Well it is the last home game of the season and for once, a lovely warm day in the capital. Only a tiny crowd with most preferring the beach and a cool drink rather than a mid table nothing match.A good start from the away team and the ball is straight in the net but disallowed due to a foul on Garcia.In the eighth minute a good break by LP and Castro shoots just wide.A couple of minutes later and LP hit the bar with a good shot from edge of the box by Cedres, simply...
F18 fighters and military aircraft in the skies over Gran Canaria
This Friday, May 31 various F-18 aircraft from 462 Squadron 46th Wing, based at Gando Air Base, will rehearse over Las Palmas for their participation on Saturday in the military parades that will take place in both Canarian capitals to mark the occasion of Armed ForcesDay, the Spanish Air Force have reported. Every year military rehearsals are frequent around this time, taking many members of the public by surprise as the passing aircraft become one of the most talked...
A warm weekend ahead, up to 32ºC in the shade expected
The the north of Gran Canaria started with a little cloud cover this Friday, blue skies and high temperatures are expected to prevail throughout the Canary Islands this weekend. At sea north winds of force 3 or 4, up to force 5 around the northwest and northeast coasts. Strong swell along the southwest coasts. Temperatures rising, this being more pronounced in higher altitude areas. Northwest winds, and predominantly breezes on the south coast; and at the summits, the...
