This time we had our Christmas Dinner at the restaurant Compostela in San Fernando. It was a wonderful dinner and we had a great time together.

Thanks to all the team!

Nenoteca, Puerto de Mogan

For nearly 24 years I have come to Mogan-Playa regularly more than once a year to spend some time with my sister who’s been living on the island for all those years. I really thought that I had seen it all, especially regarding the restaurants. This November however we got really surprised.

We had a meal at a restaurant which just opened some months ago, situated in a quieted corner of a little back-alley of Puerto Mogan. They serve Italian food – NO – don’t think: “Oh, another of these”. It’s called “N’enoteca” and the owners, Greta and Alessandro, come from the region of Le Marche in Italy. They are authentic as well as the food they serve. Everything is homemade and gets prepared after you have placed your order. The prosciutto is divine,the tagliatelle are just perfectly “al dente”, the sauces are pure heaven and the meat is absolutely delicious. If you wish, Alessandro will serve you every wine he’s got on the menu per glass. To finish it’s a big “MUST” to have dessert. As desserts are homemade as well you think you are in heaven. I live in Switzerland and we have got very good Italian restaurants, but believe me, Alessandro’s and Greta’s “N’noteca” is just superb, also regarding the prices, as they are really very reasonable, too.

So, then in Mogan, go there and you’ll have a wonderful meal while spending some quality-time in this little quiet alley.

By Marianne, Theresas sister

Barranco de los Cernicalos

Barranco de los Cernicalos

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 those who love walking this is a route that will become a firm favourite thanks to the stunning natural beauty of the area.

The ravine is a forest composed of wild olives, willow trees and plenty of unique flora that thrive thanks to the year-round running water in forms of streams and waterfalls. The walk takes you up along the stream, under the shade of huge trees and lush vegetation passing smaller waterfalls before finally reaching a spectacular 10m fall.

The route is approximately 6 km long and a return journey will take you approximately 3 hours taking time out to sit and enjoy the surroundings. A picnic area can be found at the start of the walk next to the parking areas or you can sit down along the way in the midst of the Forest.

This really is a magical place where the young, old and even the four legged furry friends can all enjoy a memorable day out.

Directions from the south:

-Take the motorway direction Las Palmas

- Take the GC10 off to your right (sign posted “Telde todas direcciones”)

-Continue along the GC10 through the main town of Telde until you see sign posts to “Lomo Magullo”

-Follow directions to Lomo Magullo, approx. 10 minutes drive

-Continue until you see a sign post for “Barranco de los Cernícalos”

-At the bottom of the Valley you will see parking spaces next to a picnic area; a small track will   take you to the beginning of the walk.

We welcome in our team Gilberto Gil (1st from left), Juana Vega (2nd from left), Cristina Caruso (1st from right) and Yvonne Weerts (2nd from right).

Gilberto speaks fluently English, Spanish, Norwegian and Swedish and joins our property consultant team.

Yvonnes speaks fluently English, Spanish, Norwegian, German and Dutch and Cristina fluently English, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish and Italian. Both of them  are in charge of the rentals and will be happy helping you to find a great place for your long term stay in Gran Canaria.

Juana joins our administration department for a even better service.

We can now perfectly assist and advise our customers in English, Spanish, Norwegian, German, French, Swedish, Dutch, Italian, Russian or Hungarian.

Find out more about our team here:

http://www.cardenas-grancanaria.com/en/about/our-team.asp

http://www.cardenas-grancanaria.info/category/our-team

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cardenasrealestate/sets/72157623293103955/

We wish Toni in our office in Arguineguin and Lucy in our office in Puerto Rico a happy birtday!

Recently we celebrated Axels birthday with a danish cake which was welcomed by all the Team.

Axel Kubisch speaks fluently German, Spanish and English and is mainly in charge for our German speaking customers.

Happy Birthday Axel!

Last Friday nearly all the Cardenas Team met in Holiday World in Playa del Inglés for a great bowling evening. I was very suprised by the high level of Lucy and Lonnie who did a strike nearly every second time. We had a great time together and we hope we can repeat it soon again.

Never in the history of Formula 1 have four drivers been left fighting for the Drivers title in the final race, there are sure to be millions glued to their tv sets on Sunday at 1pm to watch the final of this memorable year.

Spain´s Fernando Alonso is the firm favorite to win as he leads the Championship by 8 points, closely followed by Australian Mark Webber. German´s Sebastian Vettel is 18 points behind Alonso but will be sure to fight until the last minute and last is British Lewis Hamilton who is 24 points off the leader, Lewis needs a miracle greater than the one in 2008 when he won the Championship in the last laps of the final race.

I know who I will be supporting but I’m not telling, who will you be supporting?????

Last saturday we held our Companies Summer party.  All our employees brought a typical dish from their country of origin so we all enjoyed Paella, Speckknödel from Austria, Quich from Switzerland, appertizers from Denmark along with some great desserts.

All our employees came along with their partners and children and we had hours of fun dancing, singing, playing football and fun games in the swimming pool.

We all had a great time and were sorry to see the day end but as the saying goes “Time flies when your having fun”.  We will all be looking forward to the next Summer party!

More Fotos in our Flickr Album

Although I was personally denied the opportunity to participate myself this year I felt the need to write about this great event which I have been to many times over the past years.  Leonor (second from left in the picture in 2007), our office director in Puerto Rico spent the weekend there with her family and dressed up to join in the fun and our colleague Marta also went to watch together with her family and some friends visiting the island who marvelled at the experience.

More than 3000 people congregated in this small village where the locals pride themselves on the utmost attention to detail in every aspect including costumes and religious beliefs.  It is one of a few where the locals walk along offering a taste of the typical food products to the bystanders.  Many conclude that this is one of the best Romerias on the island and this year 19 Pilgrimage floats from Mogán and other areas of the island decorated the streets together with the traditionally dressed participants.  Together the village was bought alive with the sounds of music from the traditional Canarian guitars, folklore singers and dancers.  The celebrations lasted well into the early hours with many out until the sun came up.

By Lucy Evans