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The Parque Sur Maspalomas closes completely between 10-16 September
The Southern Urban Park, Parque Sur Maspalomas, will be temporarily closed from Monday, September 10 to Sunday, September 16, both days inclusive, due to scheduled maintenance works. The largest municipal urban leisure installation in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana has been required by the town hall to close for one week as a preventive and security measure, as important refurbishment works have been planned to improve the interior of the site. The park, built two decades ago,...
Gran Canaria tourism allocates €5m to Dunes, Lighthouse, and Tony Gallardo park
The Cabildo de Gran Canaria have announced €5m to recover important southern enclaves such as the Dunes of Maspalomas, the Faro de Maspalomas lighthouse and the little known Tony Gallardo Park, as well as to assist in the permanent installation of Cirque du Soleil in the south and to help expedite the much maligned Siam Park waterpark project, with the aim of adding its institutional weight to the works already undertaken by the private sector to help achieve a high quality offer for tourism,...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 7-9 September 2018
It's a grand weekend ahead and over days that follow with two of the most popular traditional annual celebrations on Gran Canaria. Exceptionally, this edition of weekend tips continues on until 11 September due the famous patronal festivities in La Aldea having 3 main days of celebrations, including the rather epic spectacle of El Charco. Saturday. 8 September is also a bank holiday on Gran Canaria, so most non-tourism oriented shops will be closed to celebrate the...
Performing animal attraction says it is “completely impossible” to free orcas into the sea
Loro Parque, on Tenerife, are one of a dwindling number of tourism attractions around the world that profit from the exhibition of performing captive animals, and who maintain their activities through breeding programs. Many of their animals are forced/trained to perform unnatural "tricks" for the public, so as to receive food, in some places punished for not performing "correctly" and kept in cramped conditions that are distinct and very much smaller than their natural habitats. ...
Canaries President applauds new car park project in Arguineguín
The President of the Canary Islands Government, Fernando Clavijo , yesterday spoke of a "smart future commitment" from the Mogán Townhall, in Arguineguín, as the construction of a public car park was begun that will provide 486 extra parking spaces for the area, and a covered public square with services for young people and the educational community. While laying the first stone, a ceremony attended by municipal and business representatives of the town, along with numerous...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 31 August – 2 Sept
September is here and there a full weekend of activities lies ahead, with various events and fairs to go and see. We highlight here Maspalomas Music Festival, Wine, mangoes and avocados on offer in Mogán, some Patron Saint festivities in Teror, clowns in Valsequillo, a cattle fair in Tejeda among other events for this first weekend in September edition of The Canary Guide Weekend Tips . FRIDAY 31 AUGUST, MOGÁN NOCHE DE VINOS A wine night is planned in Playa Mogán on Friday in...
The Saint: Las Palmas V Albacete
26/8/18 A lovely warm summer evening here in Las Palmas, and a great night to watch football. After a good performance last weekend , the home fans hope we can get another win and remain top of the league. The match starts with bit of early pressure from the away team but LP produce the first shot of the match however Tana's effort is high and wide. On 8mins ball played into the box by LP to Castro but he was stretching for it and the keeper makes the save. On 11mins, Castro again goes close...
Spanish statute to recognise Canarian Waters around archipelago
The Constitutional Commission of Congress, in the Spanish Parliament, gave its approval, at the end of last month, to a new statute that is about to make the Canary Islands legally the first Spanish autonomous community with its own recognised sea, something that has always been outside the delimitation of autonomous regional responsibility, including those regions formed by islands. "The spatial scope of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands comprises the Canary...
Heat advisory for the south west of Gran Canaria this Friday…
? The municipality of Mogán have declared a Health Warning Level 1 (yellow) due to high temperatures tomorrow, August 24. This means that the maximum temperatures will exceed 32ºC and the minimum temperatures will not fall below 24º. The General Directorate of Public Health recommends: · Drink plenty of water or liquids without waiting to feel thirsty, unless there is a medical reason not to. Avoid alcoholic beverages, coffee, tea or cola and very sugary drinks. · Avoid sun bathing during the...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 24-26 August 2018
A hot August weekend ahead and many summer events are going on around the island. Recommended places to visit are Teror and Agaete during this weekend, and these are some of the many highlights... 23-26 AUGUST, AGAETE FIESTAS DE LAS NIEVES - BIOAGAETE CULTURAL SOLIDARIO The Festival Bio@gaete Cultural Solidario, was conceived with the ultimate goal of helping those who need it most, thanks to the collaboration of all participants. Each year, several causes are proposed, among which one...
