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14/07/2025

Degollada Becerra Viewpoint: A Grand Window onto a Unique Landscape in Gran Canaria

The Degollada Becerra Visitor Centre Opens Its Doors to the Public.

Situated within the Biosphere Reserve near the Degollada de Becerra Viewpoint, this Visitor Centre invites you to embark on a unique journey through the island’s geological history, while enjoying one of the most spectacular panoramic views of the Tejeda basin. This privileged location offers breathtaking views of two majestic volcanic monoliths, known as the “Guardians and Children of the Volcano”: Roque Nublo and Roque Bentayga.

Rosa María baking sweet delights with almonds in Tejeda

26/01/2017

The sweetest story in Gran Canaria

The baking business featuring the almond in Gran Canaria reveals a whole host of tales from its ovens.

This story is laced with honey, almonds, sugar and cinnamon. The tale comes to us from the sweet, chirpy tones of Rosa María Medina, something quite normal in someone who spends day after day making sweet delights at the Dulcería Nublo de Tejeda, an establilshment she runs with her husband, José Antonio Quintana. Any culinary route linked to the almond in Gran Canaria should include a visit to this historical business premises.

Participants of the Gran Canaria Marathon 2014, Las Canteras beach aerea

20/01/2017

Gran Canaria runs the marathon

The Cajasiete Gran Canaria Marathon brings tens of thousands of people together on 22nd January, with runners, volunteers and public all taking part

18/01/2017

The almond tree showpiece

The almond trees in bloom sprinkle the summit and hilltops of Gran Canaria in a white and pink tint. This is call out for a celebration!

Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria in the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium

12/01/2017

Gran Canaria is on song

The Canaries International Music Festival brings world class classical music formations to Gran Canaria.

04/01/2017

Shopping in Gran Canaria is priceless

Stay with us for the next few paragraphs. We are going to take you line by line to the main shopping areas in Gran Canaria, to places where both your wishes and those of loved ones come true. The island, as is well known, is packed with so much. It constitutes an extraordinary shop window, with room for nearly every single wonderful thing you can imagine. Right then, shall we go shopping today?

A Christmas tree drawn on the sand of the beach

15/12/2016

Christmas stories with a difference from Gran Canaria

Christmas in Gran Canaria is something else and there are thousands of stories illustrating this. Come and write your own.

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