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October 2, 2009
· Filed under Gran Canaria, News
Visitors flock to Gran Canaria for the beauty of the landscapes but many are unaware of the further beauties that lay beneath the atlantic that laps at the shores. Fotosub Gran Canaria 2009, based in Costa Mogan brought together some of the best underwater photographers in the World for this 5th annual event, running from [...]
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September 24, 2009
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Las Palmas born Rafael Cabrera Bello proudly ognoted his winter season by lifting the Austrian Open golf title in Vienna to cement his place on the PGA European Tour. A great achievement for the 25 year old, but little wonder when Gran Canaria has such a wealth of golf courses for professionals and fun players [...]
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September 11, 2009
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Competition among the low cost airlines is set to give a huge boost to Gran Canaria tourism and also to regular travelers that want to invest in an island property. Jet2.com and Ryanair have both announced increased flights to Gran Canaria over the next year. Jet 2.com are adding Newcastle airport as a new route [...]
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September 4, 2009
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Gran Canaria is such a beautiful island, it’s good to invite as many people as possible to see for themselves. The new winter schedule for low cost airline  Ryanair does just that with 16 new routes. The UK is well served by the new schedule, but it also opens up several other European countries, adding [...]
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July 10, 2009
· Filed under News, Photos & videos of Gran Canaria
See video by Noticanarias on YouTube The south of Gran Canaria is rightly famous for its fabulous weather and beaches, not only does it turn tourists into investors and residents, it also attracts top sports stars. From July 10 to 17 the Gran Canaria Windsurf Grand Slam takes place on Playa de Pozo Izquierdo beach [...]
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June 5, 2009
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It’s official, the beaches in Gran Canaria are clean, gorgeous, and family friendly. The latest Blue Flag awards for the cleanest beaches in Europe, has dished out 7 of the prestigious awards, spread around the island. The European Federation of Environmental Education (FEE) are experts on the matter and have thousands of beaches in 100′s [...]
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May 28, 2009
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Like a beacon of sunshine and beauty, Gran Canaria attracts visitors from all over the world, and now thanks to new initiatives from the tourism department, Denmark and Romania will be sending more holiday makers over. Normally flights from Denmark start their winter schedule from October but Cimber Sterling will be running new flights from [...]
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May 15, 2009
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This is going to be a tough year for tourism, but just waiting for things to improve is not an option for Gran Canaria. The tourism minister, Roberto Moreno has unveiled a innovative programme to keep visitors flocking to the island. Scandinavians have long seen Gran Canaria as the place to go for winter sun [...]
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May 8, 2009
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It’s official, Mogan was the top place to stay in all of Spain for February. New figures, just released,show that the Gran Canaria southern hot spot, beat all its rivals in the Canary Islands and mainland Spain, with a 75 per cent occupancy. The monthly average for the Canary Islands was 60 per cent, so [...]
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April 17, 2009
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Sun, sea, sand and great beaches, it’s enough to inspire anyone, and in Gran Canaria it regularly brings out the sand artists in the capital Las Palmas. The Las Canteras beach is the unique canvas for a series of ambitious sand sculptures, and the latest depicts a very modern view of The Last Supper. The [...]
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