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Fire in Fataga sparks major alert and rural hotel evacuation
On Saturday afternoon, just after 3 p.m., a fire was reported in the picturesque mountain village of Fataga, just 20 minutes inland from Masplaomas, within the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana . The fire originated in a palm grove next to the swimming pool of the wonderful little rural hotel, Molino del Agua, which was forced to evacuate its occupants, luckily avoiding any injuries from fire or smoke. The fire is behaving forcefully according to emergency services. Environmental Units...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 15-17 March 2019
Enjoy the Ides of March on Gran Canaria with weather predictions for these last days of sub-tropical winter looking warm and bright, with possible light breezes, an occasional little cloud wandering past and just a touch of hazy calima bringing saharan sand in the air. There are plenty of Carnival festivities happening with the southern carnival season starting this weekend, as well as a major cheese fair in the mountains, a road rally and not forgetting that Sunday is to be full of...
The Carnival Costa Mogán 2019 celebrates Africa 26-31 March
The poster and the program of events for the Carnival Costa Mogán 2019 were presented at the headquarters of the Gran Canaria Tourism Board on Tuesday, March 12, detailing an edition dedicated to the theme of the African continent. The streets of Arguineguín and Plaza del Mercadillo will be filled carnival from March 26 to 31, when more than 20,000 people are expected to gather for the annual Springtime celebrations. A citizens' vote selected the allegory for the third...
The Government assumes responsibility for environmental impact assessment for new Siam Park Gran Canaria
The Council of Territorial Policy, Sustainability and Security of the Government of the Canary Islands is to take responsibility for carrying out the environmental impact assessment report required for the Siam Park water park project, that German tourism entrepreneurs, the Kiessling family, plan to build on the land located in the El Veril ravine, in San Bartolomé de Tirajana on the south of Gran Canaria .The Official Bulletin of the Canary Islands (BOC) yesterday made public the...
Small property owners worried as Canary Islands Parliament readies to vote on vacation rental laws once more
The Autonomous Government of The Canary Islands' Parliament are, over the next 48 hours, allegedly proposing a new and controversial set of changes to the vacation rental laws. The Canarian Holiday Rental Association (ASCAV), themselves informed by some of the top real estate companies on the islands, have said that they foresee the approval of the modification to the tourism laws, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday in The Canary Islands' Parliament, being an...
The Canary Weekend Tips 8-10 March 2019
Friday, the 8th is the International Women's Day, but let's ask ourselves, should we be celebrating the women in our life everyday!? Carnival celebrations come to a head in the capital with its main weekend and the biggest parade on the island as well as the tear jerking and fun of the Burial of the Sardine on Europe's best urban beach, Las Canteras. The Artisan Fair at the Faro Maspalomas also comes to an end this weekend. So last chance to get yourself some of that...
Warmest and driest February in the Canary Islands since 2012
More than half of the Canaries archipelago recorded a warm or very warm February, and it has also been the driest since 2012, according to the Climatological Report from the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). This February was the warmest in the last ten years in places such as the Gran Canaria municipalities of San Bartolomé de Tirajana and La Aldea de San Nicolás as well as in Tijarafe (La Palma), Las Mercedes (Tenerife). It was also the warmest month in Pájara (Fuerteventura)...
Spanish Tourism Board prepares business for Brexit
As the supposed deadline for Brexit approaches, uncertainty has not stopped growing. Despite this, Turespaña, the main Spanish Tourism Board, have said that it expects "constant growth in the British market." The general director of the public body, part of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Hector Gomez, himself Canarian, said at the beginning of March that their outlook is that British tourist spending in Spain, as a whole, will increase by 3%. Of course, he warned that talking...
Brexit: Canary islands have already started to record a fall in reservations
Spanish tourism is already suffering from the Brexit debacle that continues without a clear end in site. The frustrating process leading towards the separation between the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) has already led to a significant fall in package tourism sales for the Canary Islands with reservations of individual stays for the coming summer reportedly down this winter.. On Gran Canaria, sales were already being reported to have declined by as much as 7% by the end of...
The new urban park in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria is opened to public
The new urban park in Puerto Rico was officially inaugurated this week on Monday 4th of March. The new leisure area is located on Calle Madrid in the neighbourhood known as Motor Grande, easily found just under the main motorway bridge. Residents and visitors are now welcome enjoy the facilities in which the City of Mogán has invested a reported total of around €1.3 million. The new park stands on a plot of 10,100 square meters and includes various public exercise machines, green spaces,...
