Video of the New Year Party in El Faro de Maspalomas
Click here and look at teh video which includes as well nice images of the island.
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/?page=2#659550
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15th craft fair Parque de San Telmo in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
If you like crafts then you should visit the 15th craft fair “Parque San Telmo” in las Palmas de Gran Canaria. There will be 94 artisan representing 34 different crafts. Maybe its a good place to find your 3 wise men’s present.
It will take place from the 2nd to the 5th of January in Parque [...]
Happy New Year in El Faro de Maspalomas
After a dinner with the family or friends it is traditional to eat 12 grapes, one on each chime of the clock. It is usual to follow these chimes on TV. This year TVE (Spanish Television) will show the traditional 12 chimes from El Faro de Maspalomas. This tradition has its origins in 1909, when [...]
Presa de las Niñas
After the rain on the 26th of December Pilar was out for a walk in one of our beautiful dams on the island, Presa de las Niñas. There were nice water falls as this one here.
Here are some nice pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=presa+de+las+ni%C3%B1as+gran+canaria&s=int
By Cardenas News
Walking trails around San Mateo, Tejeda, Valsequillo, Santa Brígida
In Canarias 7, one of the most important local newspapers , I have found an online guide for walking trails around San Mateo, Tejeda, Valsequillo, Santa Brígida.
There are approx. 35 different routes in beautiful landscapes to choose from. Each route can be downloaded in a pdf file. In the pdf file there is a map [...]
The 26th Canary Islands Music Festival from January 8th to February 7th
Almost all the top names in the musical firmament have visited the festival: Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Colin Davis, John Eliot Gardiner, Esa-Pekka Salonen, …
And impressive is as well the list of soloists who have taken part at the festival: Alfredo Kraus, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Mstislav Rostropovich, Krystian Zimerman, …
More information [...]
Highway to Mogán in schedule
Yesterday the 2 parts of the tunel named Lechugal-Candelaria in the construction of the new Highway to Playa de Mogán “found each other”.
Walk Valsequillo-San Mateo and tribute for Pilar
Nine o’clock in the morning the bus starts driving from Arguineguín. After making some stops to pick up the rest of us we started heading for Valsequillo. Some of our colleagues also brought their children. We reached the village about 11 in the morning. Valsequillo is a little village high up in the mountains in [...]
Largest sand crib in Spain
Since 2006 the Town Hall of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria organizes such a beautiful event. More than 300 tones of sand where used by numerous artists of different countries of all over the World. I have not seen it yet but I did last year and I really recommend it. After ut you can [...]
Bodyboard IBA World Tour El Confital, Gran Canaria
The best bodyboarders of the World are competing in the waves of El Confital in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria from the 1st to the 5th of December.
More info at www.ibaworldtour.com und www.confitalibatour.com.
Gran Canaria is known as one of the best places in Europe and the World for surfing and windurfing.
By Cardenas News
