A new law has been passed prohibiting smoking on one of Gran Canaria’s favorite beaches, Playa del Mogan. This is largely because of the dog-ends that smokers carelessly flick into the sand when they’ve finished smoking. I might be in the minority but I wholeheartedly support this. I would change the law to ban litter [...]
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Smoking Banned at Playa del Mogan
January 31st, 2012 · 2 Comments
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Early Winter Holiday Booking on the Rise
January 24th, 2012 · No Comments
How far in advance do you book your holiday? A few weeks, a few months or even a whole year ahead like some people are doing right now? The growing demand for Gran Canaria holiday bookings for the rest of this year’s winter is causing a lot of bookings for next year’s winter, which has [...]
New Aer Lingus Flights to Gran Canaria
November 11th, 2011 · No Comments
Aer Lingus is now offering flights between Cork and Gran Canaria. The new service runs every Sunday and flights depart Cork at 7am. This route is operational until April 2012. The flights are 4 hours and 10 minutes, and non-stop. If Cork airport is the closest one to you then this makes it really handy, [...]
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Liberty Boat Blaze in Puerto Rico
October 17th, 2011 · No Comments
I recently heard the sad news about what happened to the Liberty boat in Puerto Rico. I used to sell tickets for one of the neighbouring boats but not that one. The Liberty was a pleasure boat which took tourists out for a day of sun, swimming, dolphin-spotting and relaxation, but all was not relaxing [...]
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Mount Teide Lunar Eclipse
December 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment
There will be an eclipse over Mount Teide tomorrow but it happens before 8 o’clock in the morning so you have to be awake bright and early to see it!! Mount Teide is the highest point on the Canary island of Tenerife and you can often see it from Gran Canaria. Here are some more [...]
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ExpoMeloneras Art Fair
November 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments
If you are an art lover, you will be pleased to know about the upcoming art fair on November 12th 2010. This will take place at ExpoMeloneras at 7pm. Entrance is free and artists include Alvaro Henriquez, Ines Melado, Kumoki and Olimpia Peco. The exhibition itself is on until December 12th but it begins on [...]
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The “Queen Elizabeth” Docks in Las Palmas Today
October 18th, 2010 · No Comments
The Queen Elizabeth arrived at Gran Canaria today as part of its 13 night cruise. Tenerife is going to be its next stop. The massive ship, which weighs more than 90,000 tons, is 294 metres long and it was built to replace the QE2. This ship can hold 2098 passengers and there are 996 crew [...]
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Is it Quiet in Gran Canaria in May?
April 20th, 2009 · No Comments
According to http://www.islandconnections.eu/1000003/1000043/0/23741/daily-news-article.html tourism to the Canary Islands is “in freefall”. Whereas I wouldn’t put it quite like that it does seem to be quiet right now. April and May are usually the quietest months though. It is the end of the Scandinavian season and not quite the beginning of the British/German season. Several bars, [...]
Airlines & Travel Companies Going Bust
September 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments
A number of airlines and travel companies have gone out of business recently, including Futura, Zoom Airlines, XL Airways and Seguro Holidays. XL Airways went into administration last Friday morning, annoyingly one day before my sister was supposed to be flying out (with them!) and about 85,000 were stranded overseas with no flight home. Photo [...]
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Hypothermia Kills Stranded Refugees Heading for the Canaries
September 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Some sobering news here about illegal immigrant boat people coming to Gran Canaria. This seems to be becoming more and more common. Illegal immigration in Gran Canaria seems to be at an all time high and few of the illegal immigrant boats seem to make it to one of the islands, if they make it [...]
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