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Playa de Vargas: The Gran Canaria Beach With A Campsite

Playa de Vargas is where windsurfers go to practise their wave skills and camp right by the water but on the right day, you can sunbathe and swim in comfort.

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Monday, 14 December 2015 21:46

Gran Canaria Carnival dates For 2016

The 2016 Gran Canaria carnival season starts in February

Gran Canaria's main carnival dates and posters are all out.

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Gran Canaria Weather: A Warm, Even Tropical, December Week

The weather in Gran Canaria goes Tropical this week

The warm weather looks set to continue in Gran Canaria this week as tropical air heads north.

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The Gran Canaria Cathedral: Why It's 500 Years Old & Still Unfinished

The interior of the Santa Ana cathedral in Las Palmas

Gran Canaria's only cathedral is a mishmash or architectural styles because it was built over 500 years.

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Gran Canaria Weather: Another Great Week Coming Up

Gran Canaria expecting another hot, sunny week

The weather in Gran Canaria for the next week will be rather boring: Warm and mostly sunny.

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Thursday, 10 December 2015 11:58

Gran Canaria In The Movies: Filming Of 'The Titan' Begins In February

Filming of The Titan starts in February 2016 in Gran Canaria

Filming of 'The Titan', a major sci-fi adventure starring Avatar's Sam Worthington and Ruth Wilson and directed by German director Lennart Ruff, begins in February 2016.

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Old Town La Vegueta: In The Footsteps Of Cavemen, Explorers & Pirates

Old Town Vegueta is Las Palmas' original district

La Vegueta was the original Las Palmas and hasn't changed much since Columbus visited, except the bits that the Dutch burned down.

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Sioux City: The Wild West, Gran Canaria-Style

Sioux City Wild West theme park in Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria's Wild West theme park is the perfect place to spend a day with the kids, and has a fully-stocked saloon for the adults.

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Tuesday, 08 December 2015 07:31

Gran Canaria Waterpark Gets Canarian Government Approval

El Veril: The site of Siam Park Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria's Siam Park waterpark looks like a sure bet after getting Canarian Government approval.

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Tuesday, 08 December 2015 07:09

Hot & Sunny November 2015 The Driest Since 1992

The Spanish AEMET weather service has announced that November 2015 was the hottest and sunniest on record after a mid-month hot spell sent temperatures up to over 30ºC.

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