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Come and visit Gran Canaria, one of the Spanish Canary Islands. Are you looking for a route map for your trip to Gran Canaria? Know where to sleep in Gran Canaria, where to go out? How to reach your hotel from the airport? Activities, transport ...
Come and visit Gran Canaria, one of the Spanish tourist islands of the Canaries. Only 3h30 from France, with fantastic landscapes (little known french children), mild heat in winter, Spanish festive atmosphere in the many seaside resorts, surf, bike, triathlon world famous, idleness, thalassotherapy, destination "security" Absolute ... Yes, that's all, I confirm!
Gran Canaria is one of the eight islands of the Canary Islands (the most famous is Tenerife), 210km from the west coast of Africa, which explains its warm climate, even in winter, especially for the south of the island, the closer to the coast, and here I confirm, I was there in January, 26 ° in the day!
The island of Gran Canaria is rounded, with 1560km ° of surface, 47km of width. over 55 long, of which 43% of protected area classified by UNESCO, perfectly friends !!! So in love with nature intact like me, you will enjoy! The distance between 2 distant points never exceeds 80kms, so it is easy to visit the island of Gran Canaria while staying at the same place.
Beaches of blond sand stretch on 60kms of coast. The "Pico del Pozo de las Nieves", is the culmination of Gran Canaria (1949m) with the "Roque Nublo", natural and emblematic monument for Canarians, in the center of the island, at 1813m of alt.
A central mountain range delineates the north and south of Gran Canaria with 2 different climates and landscapes: the cliffs dominate the West and the South West, the large sandy beaches are in the South as well as the magnificent and impressive "Dunas of Maspalomas "classified as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
The temperatures vary a lot, based in the south of Gran Canaria in January, I started from 25 ° on the coast to 16 degrees inside the island ... so plan a little wool during your visit to Gran Canaria, which alternating warm coasts, valleys and subtropical forests (amazing palms), peaks sometimes snow-covered, hence its nickname "Continent Miniature".
yay!