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Street Skating comes to Gran Canaria

2009 World Cup Skating to begin mid may in the island of Gran Canaria.

Canaries come to Chelsea

The Canary Islands Toursit Board brings the beauty of the canaries to the Chelsea Flower Show.

Fast Cars in Gran Canaria

The world of fast cars comes to the Canary Islands in early June when the 48th Rally of Gran Canaria takes place.

Desert in Gran Canaria

Experience an authentic desert, visit the Dunes of Maspalomas in the island of Gran Canaria.

Canaries Jazz Festival

The 18th Canaries Jazz Festival is due to start on the 3rd of July 2009.

Gran Canaria Much MoreThan Paradise

Gran Canaria has a wonderful climate, great beaches, history and culture, plenty of outdoor sports and wildife. It's an island paradise with much to offer travellers. An island of volcanic origin, Gran Canaria located just off the coast of Africa. The island has long dunes of white sand, snow capped mountains, green valleys, and at its centre contains magnificent tropical forests.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.