With one of Spain’s top outdoor shopping areas and several well-stocked malls, Gran Canaria (and especially Las Palmas), has become a great place to shop. The new shopping centres due to open in Puerto Rico will make a big difference in south Gran Canaria. 

So, you're moving to Gran Canaria with the kids in tow and wondering about schools. Here's the Gran Canaria Info guide to Gran Canaria schools and education.

From the stone behemoth at Maspalomas to Mogán's robotic modern lighthouse, here's a guide to the beacons that keep Gran Canaria's ships safe.

When you visit Las Palmas de Gran Canaria city, you have to stop in one of its squares for a coffee or a beer. Here's our guide to the city's top plazas.

A new cheese, wine and craft shop at Las Lagunetas puts the sleepy highland village right on the Gran Canaria tour map.

Here are the best Gran Canaria videos posted on the internet so far in March 2016.

Think all south Gran Canaria's beaches are covered in parasols and surrounded by restaurants? Some are, but there are plenty of quiet, natural beaches left. It's just that the locals keep quiet about them. 

A Gran Canaria guide for first-time visitors with links to the most useful pages on the website, including all the best resorts, beaches and things to do. Once you've read them, you'll know exactly what you want to do during your first visit to Gran Canaria. 

Thought west Gran Canaria didn't have any golden-sand beaches? Well, it's got one. Trouble is, it's 25 metres above the sea.

How many of these myths and cliches did you think were true?

So it's your first trip to Gran Canaria, or the first time you've decided to get out of the resorts and see the rest of the island. Hooray: Here's the top ten things you have to see and do.

El Perchel beach is currently only used by surfers when the famous Arguineguín wave is firing, but plans are afoot for the area.

Lomo Galeón beach is a short but wide pebble beach just east of El Pajar village in south Gran Canaria.