Gran Canaria Info - Day Trips

Day Trips

Day Trips

Gran Canaria's resorts cover less than one percent of the island but about half of the islands visitors never leave them. There' a whole miniature continent out there to explore and plenty of ways to do it. We encourage everyone who comes to the island to see at least some of island and here's our guide to the many ways to roam over Gran Canaria and the best places to visit.

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Excursions

Excursions

Gran Canaria Info's carefully curated selection of the best things to do inn Gran Canaria; excursions, boat trips, guided tours, safaris, flights and dives.

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Theme Parks

Theme Parks

Palmitos Park has reigned supreme over the Gran Canaria them park scene for decades but it's about to be challenged. Europe's biggest water park is in progress right by Playa del Inglés and Las Palmas is getting a huge aquarium.

As soon as they open we'll be there with our cameras. Util then, here's your choice of Gran Canaria's theme parks.

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Hassle-Free Gran Canaria Car Hire

Renting a car in Gran Canaria

Renting a car in Gran Canaria is the best way to explore the island and it doesn't need to be a stressful experience if you follow our tips for the perfect Gran Canaria car rental. One of the most common questions we get asked at Gran Canaria Info is "what…

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Really Good Gran Canaria VIP Minivan Tour

Experience Gran Canaria through local eyes with this intimate minivan tour

Spend a day exploring the bits of Gran Canaria that you can't reach on the bus with this quality Volkswagen Caravelle / Transporter tour. This comfy Panorama trip up into the Gran Canaria mountains takes you through the island's most spectacular scenery and to the little highland villages where life goes…

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Visit Osorio: Gran Canaria's Country Estate

Finca de Osorio: Gran Canaria's green estate surrounded by forest

The Finca de Osorio is an old country estate surrounded by laurel, cork oak and chestnut forests. You need permission to visit but it is a great spot for a walk and a picnic.

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Gran Canaria Excursion: Coast Walk At La Garita With Beaches, Blowhole and Cave

The Cueva de la Reina Mora on the east coast of Gran Canaria

East coast La Garita has a wide and peaceful volcanic sand beach and a long coastal promenade that goes all the way to Playa del Hombre beach. The coast in between is rocky and hides a couple of beautiful natural features.

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The Barranco de Barafonso: Gran Canaria's Antelope Canyon

The Instagram ready Barranco de Barafonso in east Gran Canaria

If you want a memorable Instagram photo, head to the Barranco de Barafonso in east Gran Canaria. Just do it quick before everybody visits the closest thing to Antelope Canyon in the Canary Islands.

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Blue Pool Hike: Walking To Charco Azul in Gran Canaria

Charco Azul pool at El Risco in the Agaete area of north west Gran Canaria

This short Gran Canaria hike takes you through a quiet local village, up a beautiful green valley and ends up at Charco Azul; a deep pool with a waterfall that is perfect for swimming:

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The Jardín Canario: You Have To Visit Gran Canaria's Green Jewel

The beautiful Jardín Canaria in Gran Canaria

Spain's biggest botanical garden is a beautiful refuge for the 600 unique plants that make the Canary Islands one of the world's biodiversity hotspots.

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Gran Canaria Walking: World Class Hikes All Year Round

Walking in the Gran Canaria highlands

You don't know Gran Canaria until you've got off the tarmac and walked its world-class hiking trails.

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Gran Canaria's 13 Million Year Old Psychedelic Rocks

The technicolour rocks at Los Azulejos

Drive the GC 200 west coast road from Mogán to Agaete and your first stop is Fuente de Los Azulejos just past Veneguera village.

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GCF 605: From Pueblo Mogán To The Gran Canaria Highlands

View of Mogan from the viewpoint just past the hairpin bends

One of the three great barranco drives up into the Gran Canaria highlands, the GC 605 hairpins its way up the Mogan Valley until it reaches the cumbres at Ayacata village just below Roque Nublo.

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GC 216: Epic Views From The Tamadaba Loop Road

The view of Puerto de Las Nieves from Tamadaba

The Tamadaba loop road gives you the best views out over the Atlantic Ocean towards Tenerife and Teide volcano. It's a driving must in Gran Canaria.

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GC-220: Gateway to Tamadaba With Stunning Rural Scenery

Fagajesto village and flowers on the GC 220 road in northwest Gran Canaria

This little-known rural road winds up through the northwest of Gran Canaria past cliff-edge villages and flower meadows and brings you to the wild pine forests of Tamadaba.

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Carrizal de Tejeda: Gran Canaria's Masca

Carrizal de Tejeda: Gran Canaria's Masca

Tiny Carrizal de Tejeda is Gran Canaria's Masca hamlet but without its Tenerife twin's souvenir shops and coach queues. The only access, unless you hike or bike in, is via the tortuous GC-606 road between the Cumbres and La Aldea. It's narrow, windy and barrier-free in parts but well worth…

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GC 15: The North Route Up To The Cumbres

The Bandama Caldera and viewpoint on the road from Las Palmas to Cruz de Tejeda

The GC 15 is the main northern route up from Las Palmas to Cruz de Tejeda and the Gran Canaria highlands. It's windy but wide and runs through the green valleys and hillsides of northeast Gran Canaria and a series of interesting towns and villages.

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GC 200: Gran Canaria's Most Spectacular Road

The GC 200 is Gran Canaria's most spectacular road

The GC 200 has it all from hairpin bends to sheer cliff-edge drops. It's Gran Canaria's most spectacular road and takes you right through the Biosphere Reserve along its most remote coast.

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GC 210: Dropping Into Wilderness

Steep and hair-raising, the GC 210 road drops from the pine-shrouded cumbres right down to the west coast town of La Aldea de San Nicolas. It's the kind of the road that fries brake pads and makes grown men cry (we've seen it happen). But wow, is it spectacular. GC 210…

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GC 606: The Wildest Drive In Gran Canaria

Roque Palmes on the GC 606 road

Gran Canaria's least-driven road takes you to white villages surrounded by palm and almond trees and past Roque Palmés: Little brother to Roque Nublo. The GC-606 road is only 12 kilometres long according to Google Maps but takes a good hour and a half to drive as it is barely wide…

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Gran Canaria Drives: The Ridiculous West Coast Road

The Gran Canaria west coast road

CLOSED: The GC 200 west coast road between La Aldea and El Risco closed for good in 2016. The new inland road, now part of the GC 2 is now open. From El Risco until Agaete you can still enjoy the stunning sights from the GC 200. The West Coast…

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