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The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 4-6 April 2025

The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 4-6 April 2025

April is here, Spring is in bloom and the Summer is just around the corner. The weather can be changeable at this time of year. This is also a beautiful time to wander to the mountains, as all shades of flowers and abundance have taken over the green landscapes.   Highlights for this weekend:  Arucas is hosting the big ENORTE fair this weekend, bringing together 11 northern municipalities.  In the Capital, there is the monthly...

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The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 28-30 March 2025

The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 28-30 March 2025

It's the end of March and Spring is here, and that also means that carnival celebrations are slowly now coming to an end. There is still plenty to enjoy as Maspalomas is having its big carnival weekend.   Highlights for this weekend:  Santa Brígida rally takes place this Friday and Saturday and that also means road closures during the stages. In the Capital, there is a British church Garden party this Saturday morning and then,...

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The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 21-23 March 2025

The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 21-23 March 2025

Hello Springtime! º SPRUNG! º There's a Cheese Festival in Gáldar, the KM.0 Fair in the capital, and more Carnival festivities are on offer across the island this weekend. Hopefully, the Spring weather will not prevent too many happenings or celebrations. As ever, more sunshine on the south, more cloud (and rain) on the north.   It's another busy weekend of carnivals on Gran Canaria: 🎭 Maspalomas has just started their festivities this...

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The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 14-16 March 2025

The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 14-16 March 2025

Mid-March brings a long weekend of festivities with big carnival celebrations and St. Patrick's Day parties on Monday. In the south, Maspalomas enjoys the last days of the Craft Fair by FEDAC by the Maspalomas Lighthouse. The shopping centre El Tablero, on the other side of GC-1, is having some carnival events. Join Ocean4Life on Saturday to do some good for nature and participate in a community clean-up.  🎭 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria...

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The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 7-9 March 2025

The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 7-9 March 2025

Oh my, a weekend of celebrations so let's see how much the unstable weather will interrupt the festivities on Gran Canaria.  Double event this weekend in Maspalomas with the Craft Fair by FEDAC by the Maspalomas Lighthouse and the Km.0 Fair Gran Canaria taking place just next to the Parque Sur.On Saturday and Sunday check out the fair with local products and then head up to the coast and marvel the work of the local artisans and craft...

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The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 28 February – 2 March 2025

The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 28 February – 2 March 2025

Hello March! This weekend is full of Carnival celebrations, alol around Gran Canaria, there is a big cheese fair, busy monthly markets and then some and even some rain is predicted. Here are just sone of our top #WeekendTips ...  🧀 Oh cheese, Firgas is full of it this weekend as the European Cheese fair is taking place.  🎭 There are carnival festivities to enjoy in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gáldar, Agüimes, Mogán, and Ingenio as well...

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The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 21-23 February 2025

The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 21-23 February 2025

Here we go! Carnival celebrations are now spreading all across Gran Canaria as Gáldar, Agüimes, Artenara, as well as Sardina del Sur in Santa Lucia, all start their springtime festivities this weekend. Here are our top #WeekendTips ... ✝️ Artenara, the island's highest altitude village, is celebrating their Patron Saint's festivities in honour of San Matias alongside their local carnival. 🎭 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria continues with...

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The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 14-16 February 2025

The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 14-16 February 2025

It's a lovely Springesque weekend on Gran Canaria, and love is in the air. The capital continues with their carnival celebrations and the rest of the municipalities are soon to follow. The Almond Blossoms are blooming in a beautiful display across the mountains and it's still a perfect time to see them, coupled with lush greenery and the first yellow wildflowers of the on-rushing Spring. How very romantic, but then every day is when you #LoveGranCanaria! Here are our top #WeekendTips ......

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The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 7-9 February 2025

The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 7-9 February 2025

Gran Canaria Carnival season 2025 is here! The festivities start in the capital this Friday. Here are our Top #WeekendTips for the weekend ahead... #Maspalomas brings back ‘Flavours of the World’ for a great night of tapas and music in Playa del Inglés with 22 gastronomic companies from around the municipality. This Friday a festive, culinary, and musical event on the esplanade of the parking area of the Anexo II Shopping Centre, down...

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The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 31 January – 2 February 2025

The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 31 January – 2 February 2025

Hello February and rain! For many of us it marks the beginning of spring with wild flowers and the first blossoms in bloom. The feast day of Saint Brigid, patroness saint of Ireland, the celebration of which has its own traditions here on Gran Canaria, in the colonial old town of Santa Brígida. The traditional date is 1 February, about halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox.  And this weekend looks like we'll be getting a little Irish weather too, with lower than average...

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