Heineken Campus Rock
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,… (READ MORE)
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,… (READ MORE)
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… (READ MORE)
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… (READ MORE)
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… (READ MORE)
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…. (READ MORE)