Archive for Gran Canaria
International Football Tournament in Maspalomas: teams of Norway, Denmark, Switzerland and Holland
It’s not just tourists and those investing in a new life that find Gran Canaria so attractive, the wonderful climate and rugged landscapes make it a big attraction for leading sports teams. January 2012 is starting out with some of Europe’s top sports stars heading for the sun. Maspalomas has an annual football tournament that [...]
Barranco de los Cernícalos – A Hidden beauty inland
A Hidden beauty inland Nearly all visitors to our island will no doubt have visited many of the beautiful beaches and coastal areas in Gran Canaria but how many know about the hidden beauties inland? One of my favourite places on the island is “Barranco de Los Cernícalos” translated to “Ravine of the kestrels”. For [...]
Reduction of the VAT for the purchase of new building properties
The Canarian Government has decided to reduce the VAT Tax (Impuesto General Indirecto, IGIC) from 5% to 2,75% for the purchase of new building properties up to 150.0000 Euros to be used as main residence. We trust this measure will help to pusth the market of main residence, quite stagnant because of lack of bank [...]
Mountain Village “Fataga” – Valley of Tirajana
This time we would like to present you another beautiful place of Gran Canaria. The village of Fataga is located in the rocky Valley of Tirajana. Fataga is an Oasis surrounded by many palm and pine trees. Fataga has an history which goes back 2.000 years in time. Already the ancient Canarian aborigenes used to [...]
PWA Windsurfing Worldcup in Pozo Izquierdo
The Canary Islands and specially Gran Canaria is known to be one of the best locations in the World for Windsurfing. Pozo Izquierdo (Gran Canaria) will be celebrating the PWA World Cup in Waves between the 5th and the 10th of July. Other 3 World Cups are going to be celebrated in the Canaries: in [...]
Puerto de Mogán, Past & Present
A beautiful fishing village carefully extended with new buildings that blend in perfectly with the old traditional Spanish style, a marina full of vibrant colours & walkways and a golden sandy beach. This is how you will picture Puerto de Mogán today but how many of you know about its past and what it looked [...]
Local and regional elections last Sunday
Local and regional elections were held on 22 May 2011 in Spain. Some 34,6 million voters (including half a million foreign residents with voting rights) were called to elect the mayor and city councils of 8.116 municipalities all across Spain. At the same time, elections were held for the provincial councils in the mainland and [...]
Property Newsletter Gran Canaria April 2011
Our monthly property newsletter “Properties of the month April 2011″ has been sent. Subscribe here and receive it directly in your email
Gran Canaria’s Award Winning Beaches
Compliments are always nice to receive especially when they come from people in the know. Leading on line travel experts Trip Advisor have just released their list of the top ten beaches in Spain and Gran Canaria has 3 entries. Playa del Ingles, Maspalomas, and Mogan have come up trumps due to their quality and [...]
