Seven secrets whispered by the Maspalomas sands

The Maspalomas Dunes Special Nature Reserve is brimming with nature and history to be discovered and protected

1. The birth of a dune
Each dune in Maspalomas tells a story. They are wandering mountains, each with their very own biography. They come from the sea in search of the sky. These sand formations are daughters of the elements that combine to create them. Firstly, the sea currents leave sand on the shore. The sun in the south of Gran Canaria plays its part by drying them, then the wind drags them inland.

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29/11/2017

Visions of Christmas in Gran Canaria

A wholly different kind of Christmas is out there to be seen, heard and savoured in Gran Canaria.

Enigmatic news has just reached us from Gran Canaria. It appears that the Christmas Spirit has been spotted on the island. Several shocked testimonies confirm this to be the case. Some witnesses claim they have seen it moving around the dunes at the south, like a warm, gentle breeze that raises the sand pyramids. The story goes that here, Christmas is a far from cold affair, and people are throwing off the warm clothing they are dependent on at higher latitudes.

21/11/2017

Saulo Sarmiento, acrobatics in Gran Canaria

Gymnast, multidisciplinary artist and acrobatic dancer Saulo Sarmiento fuses in with his home island, Gran Canaria.

Saulo Sarmiento speaks the same language as the elements. For this reason his body is able to grip onto the volcanic stone of the cliffs that hang over the ocean, or on the beds of the deep ravines of the interior, and fuse in with them all. Saulo does acrobatics, and is just like the wind on the crest of Maspalomas Dunes, or between the branches of the trees in the hillsides around Gran Canaria. Saulo sometimes looks like liquid, just like the Atlantic where he was born, into which he plunges like he did when he was a young child, way before he became a solo performer at the circus of Cirque du Soleil.

16/11/2017

Call me Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria is the name given to the island, and has been for centuries now.

Call me Gran Canaria. That’s my name and the only one I answer to. That’s how I’ve been known for centuries and is the denomination which tells of my history, my essence, the people who live on me, the air that breezes past my peaks, and all the people, legends, experiences and amorous conquests and failures that have occurred, are occurring and are yet to occur along my shoreline. Call me Gran Canaria, because these two words alone are the backbone to everything I am and everything I can offer you.

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Seven secrets whispered by the Maspalomas sands

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Visions of Christmas in Gran Canaria

Saulo Sarmiento, acrobatics in Gran Canaria

Call me Gran Canaria

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