Heineken Campus Rock 2008 is going to be great fun. In Gran Canaria, it was on 23rd September 2007 so next year it will be around the same time. This event is also celebrated on some of the other Canary Islands, and there is usually a big event in Tenerife. Tickets are only 13 euros bought in [...]
Entries from October 2007
Heineken Campus Rock
October 24th, 2007 · No Comments
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“Grand Canary Islands”
October 24th, 2007 · 4 Comments
How many Canary Islands do you know? Most people have heard of Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, but there are several more main islands too – La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. There is a dubious eighth one called St Brendan’s Isle, which Christopher Columbus apparently found but… it seems to have vanished!For [...]
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Fiesta del Carmen
October 19th, 2007 · No Comments
This fiesta is great fun and I’ve taken part in several! Decorated boats travel up and down the coast, carrying statues of the Virgin Mary on board. There is plenty of beer drinking and eating on the boats and there is a great atmosphere in the harbours. The fiesta actually goes (in the South) from [...]
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Dia de los Reyes
October 16th, 2007 · No Comments
Dia de los Reyes is on January 6th and is when the Canarian children finally get their Christmas presents! There are lots of ex pats on Gran Canaria now so they do get some on 24th or 25th December, so they can show their non-Canarian friends what Santa brought! Actually, that isn’t strictly true because the [...]
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Pilgrimage to Nuestra Señora de la Virgen del Pino
October 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Pilgrims from all over Gran Canaria meet in Teror and offer fresh produce to la Virgen del Pino, or in English the Virgin of the Pine (the patron saint of the island). This festival takes place between 6th and 8th September. This is the biggest religious festival in Gran Canaria. There is a big procession at [...]
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