The Mogán Town Hall is promoting its latest effort to make the area even more attractive to visitors and specifically to walkers with a new hiking route through many of its most beautiful natural areas. The Tamaranae route is thirty kilometres long and runs from the Degollada de Tasarte through Veneguera and onwards to Pueblo…
The Mogán Ayuntamiento has announced that local residents and property owners have until November 30 to make their voluntary municipal tax payments. The measure is designed to spread the financial burden of local taxes for residents and local businesses throughout the year. The latest on local tax changes that affect Gran Canaria property owners The…
The Jardín Canario Viera y Clavijo, Gran Canaria’s huge and very beautiful botanical garden, is now back open to the public with a safe car park. Until recently, visitors to the garden had to park by the GC 310 roadside to use the main entrance. This was inconvenient and often difficult at the weekends. However,…
Almost every hill and mountain in Gran Canaria has a large cross at the top and the one on the cliff edge above Patalavaca beach is one of the most visited by foreign residents and visitors in Gran Canaria. The cross is visible from Patalavaca and Anfi beaches and is easy to reach along the…
Now that the United Kingdom of Great Britain has formally left the EU, there are a number of rule changes for British nationals living in Spain, or visiting for long periods. British residents living in Spain before 1 January 2021 If you are a British citizens who lived legally in Spain before 1 January 2021,…
Monteleón is Gran Canaria’s most exclusive and luxurious property area thanks to its enviable location and limited number of exceptional villas surrounded by pristine countryside. Where in South Gran Canaria is Monteleón? Located on a hillside overlooking Campo Internacional in the San Bartolomé de Tirajana municipality of south Gran Canaria, Monteleón is set in quiet…
British and non-EU property owners in Spain and the Canary Islands can stay for longer than 90 days with a Non-Lucrative Visa. EU citizens can spend as long as they please in their Gran Canaria property. However, non-EU and EEA citizens are limited to 90 days out of a rolling 180 day period unless they…
A Spanish Supreme Court ruling is likely to spare UK citizens high tax payments on Spanish inheritances in Gran Canaria. Specifically, the court ruled in 2018 that Spain can’t prevent non-resident beneficiaries of a gift or inheritance from outside the EU from benefiting from regional tax exemptions. This means that it is likely that UK…
The Del Castillo family plans to invest 25.2 million euros in a luxury villa and hotel project called the Monteleón Canyon Spa Conference & Sport in the exclusive Monteleón area of south Gran Canaria. The first phase of the project includes a 154 room hotel, 37 independent suites with outdoor jacuzzis with leisure pool and…
Remote working is to be a rare positive legacy of 2020. Many companies now realise that employees are more motivated and productive when they work remotely. And as a remote working base, few places in Europe has as much to offer as Gran Canaria and particularly the south of the island. South Gran Canaria sits…
