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Gran Canaria, March 2003
by
RistoP
We spent our winter holiday on Gran Canaria. Our Hotel was in Puerto Rico, but we did drive around the island a lot instead of staying in Puerto Rico.
Landing Las Palmas
The GC-1 motorway seen from the plane jus about to land. Notice the banana...
Hotel Altamar, PuertoRico
The hotel is situated on top of a hill close to Amadores beach and Centro...
Hotel Altamar lift
The lifts were kind of cable cars. We didn't use them much as we stayed...
Altamar view
A night view towards the hotel's restaurant and one of the swimming pools.
Tenerife
On a clear day you could see el Teide from our parking lot. Here the view is...
Playa del Amadores
Playa del Amadores seen from the parking lot of our hotel. The...
Aqua Sur
Aqua Sur water park is located in el Tablero just outside Maspalomas
....
Cruise Ship
"Volcan de Tenagua" makes half-day trips around Gran Canaria...
.
Bougainvil
les in Cocodrilo Park
Cocodrilo park is located in Los Corralillo
s. The garden was beautiful. These...
Crocodiles
, Cocodrilo Park
There are lots of these in Cocodrilo Park. The biggest ones are about...
Parrot at Cocodrilo Park
In Cocodrilo Parkthere were parrots, tigers, llamas, monkeys, etc. ...and of...
Las Palmas
The old town in Las Palmas is full of these narrow alleys.
Las Palmas Cathedral
Las Palmas Cathedral bell tower seen from the other tower. There was a...
Las Palmas, Cathedral de Santa Ana
A view at the central tower from the south tower.
Las Palmas Library
Santa Ana cathedral in the background
.
Old GC-1 road
The old GC-1 road from Maspalomas to Arguinegui
n. Views are a lot more...
Southern Las Palmas
Seen from Cathedral of Santa Ana.
Maspalomas beach
Maspalomas beach boulevards at Faro
Maspalomas dunes
This is like a mini Sahara.
Maspalomas dunes
The dunes can be fun - at least if you're 13.
Maspalomas
, Faro lighthouse
Faro lighthouse is at the southernmo
st point of Europe. At least so they say.
Palmitos Park cactuses
There are hundreds of different cactuses in Palmitos park.
Palmitos Park, Malibus
Are these Malibus? They seemed to enjoy living in Palmitos park.
Palmitos Park
A view from the "Falcon show" cafeteria up in the hills at Palmitos..
.
Wild Reptile
There were quite a few reptiles running wild not only in Palmitos Park (where...
Palmitos Park Orchid House
Fataga valley
Mini Grand Canyon. One of the best views on Gran Canaria. These...
Fataga Valley 2
Another view from Fataga Valley viewpoint midway between Playa del Ingles and...
Fataga Valley Map
Don't miss this route if you are driving in the south of Gran Canaria.
Puerto de Mogan
A nice little village to visit. They call it the Venice of Gran...
Puerto de Mogan Fish
Some of the local inhabitant
s of Puerto de Mogan :-D
Puerto de Mogan
The houses in Puerto de Mogan were all covered with beautiful flowers.
article published 07/04/2003
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Weather in December
Most likely at Xmas time its going to be +23C warm and sunshine :-D But nowadays one never knows. Anyways, Puerto Rico is the most sun secure place on the island.
—
RistoP
, February 25, 2008
im going to puerto rico for xmas .whats the weather like at that time of year
— kelly, February 22, 2008
Cheers
Thank you for clearing my error up, my first article and not bad for a student eh...Great photo's, a wonderful island :)
—
Elizabeth-June Brailsford
, July 14, 2003
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