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Wildlife and Wild Nights in Gran Canaria

If you're an avid fan of wildlife, Gran Canaria has 32 protected wildlife areas for visitors to enjoy. Other tourist attractions include Casa de Colon which was Christopher Columbus' former house and is now a museum, various water parks and theme parks, and lots of outdoor sports. There are many water sports facilities available on the island as well as whale watching off the coast. Additionally, Gran Canaria offers great shopping, nightlife, and restaurants.

Gran Canaria Fiestas

Gran Canaria is famous for its gorgeous beaches and blue sea, but the summer festivals and celebrations are just as inspiring.

Gran Canaria Operas

February this year saw the start of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's 43rd Festival of Opera.

Gran Canaria Calima

The island of Gran Canaria had its first calima of the season.

Maspalomas Carnival Details

While many of the larger carnivals in places like Rio de Janeiro were coming to an end, Maspalomas in the south of Gran Canaria were making the final preparations for thier carnival which took place between the 2nd and the 12th of March.

Maspalomas Carnival Get Go Ahead

One of the biggest carnivals on Gran Canaria has the green light to go ahead having been given assurances by its local mayor that proper finances would be available.

Gran Canaria Celebrations

The carnival season is an important time of the year in Gran Canaria and because the resort of Maspalomas and the capital Las Palmas are the two biggest towns on the island, it is not surprising that the most spectacular carnivals are held there. We will cover those events in more detail as they approach, but there are also other towns on the island that host their own programmes.

Gran Canaria Film festival

Gran Canaria's 11th International Film Festival is held between the 12th and 20th March 2010. The event which has graced the island since the year 2000 claims not to be seeking to duplicate its more famous counterparts in places like Cannes.

Shake Out Your Castanets in The Canaries

The Spanish music style of Flamenco is the kind of music played during traditional dances with performers dressed in stylish costume. In the Canary Islands, starting in late January and continuing throughout February, various Flamenco concerts were being promoted, these concerts covered different styles of this music form.

Canary Islands Music Festival Schedule

There may have been a big freeze across northern Europe at the beginning of January but the attractions for tourists soaking up the sun in Gran Canaria were added to on 8th January when the Canary Islands Music Festival started in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Canaries Football Spotlight

If you go to the Canary Islands for a winter break, don't be surprised to find the locals with a healthy appetite for watching football. The islands currently have several successful teams, one that competes in the top Spanish League and others that play more locally.

Almond Blossom In February

Tree blossom brings a welcome boost of colour to UK trees in spring, but for Mediterranean islands like Mallorca and Menorca, as well as the islands of the Canaries, spring blossom arrives a little earlier in February thanks to the almond trees.

Gran Canaria Winter Solstice

Tourists on Gran Canaria during December may have been lucky enough to witness one of the more unusual events on the island.

St Lucia Day on Gran Canaria

As well as many tourists from Britain, the Canary Islands are also popular with Scandinavian visitors, who probably also value the region's mild winter weather as means of escape from their naturally cold climate at home.

Las Palmas Carnival

One of the best ways to experience the true Gran Canaria is to take part in the annual carnival that started this year on the 26th January 2010.

Festive Weather Round Up

While much of Britain still experienced cold, snowy weather and temperatures in Scotland plummeted to as low as minus sixteen, we thought a round up of the weather in our key winter sun destinations would warm you up a little.

Countdown to Gran Canaria Marathon

The Gran Canaria International Marathon took place on the 24th January 2010. Over 600 runners signed up for the inaugural event in Gran Canaria that follows a route around the capital Las Palmas.

Transatlantic Yachts in Gran Canaria

Once again Gran Canaria briefly became home to over 200 yachts as the fleet for the annual ARC trans-atlantic yacht race assembled in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ahead of the event.

Fleet Departs Gran Canaria on Atlantic Voyage

Sunny weather and a fresh breeze treated competitors and spectators to a spectacular start of the 2009 ARC Sailing event in Gran Canaria.

WOMAD Festival in Gran Canaria

The Canaries version of the WOMAD Festival took place from 12th to 15th November in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Planning for 2010 in Gran Canaria

Tourists heading for Gran Canaria early in 2010 will be interested to know about some of the important dates on the events calendar for the island.

Food Fairs in Autumn

In Europe the Autumn period seems to be the time when many areas host festivals celebrating local produce and cuisine. A little research has revealed that food fairs are now held in many popular tourist areas at the end of the summer season and serve to provide visitors with a taste of local cuisine and traditions.

Transatlantic Yachts in Gran Canaria

Once again Gran Canaria briefly becomes home to over 200 yachts as the fleet for the annual ARC trans-atlantic yacht race assembles in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ahead of the event.

Cheese, Rock and Art Celebrations

Gran Canaria in October is much the same as Gran Canaria in September and November. The usual warm Autumn weather, lots of tourists arriving on the island for a late summer break and plenty of things going on. However the first weekend of October this year did seem to have an unusual combination of events on the calendar.

Gran Canaria and Tenerife Open Jazz Festival

The Canary Islands International Jazz Festival is a 10 day festival boasting a great variety of jazz styles performed by local and international stars alike. This year's event included such names as The James Taylor Quartet, Mezzoforte from Iceland and the CTI Allstars.

Gran Canaria gets the Cheese

Gran Canaria gets the Cheese Popular tourist destination Gran Canaria was selected to host the World Cheese Awards in 2009. In last years awards Tenerife won the award 'Best Cheese of the World' for their cheese Queso Arico Curado Pimenton. The festival was only open to the public for 2 days where visitors could enjoy not only all the cheeses but also meats, oils and wines. So for tourists on the island who like their food the convention could well have been an interesting opportunity.