More and more people want to “get away from it all” when they come on holiday. And that doesn’t mean lying by a pool where kids are dive-bombing in, splashing you every 10 seconds, babies are screaming and people are shouting at each other. It doesn’t mean walking down the busiest tourist street on the [...]
Entries from March 2008
Canary Islands Rural Tourism
March 28th, 2008 · No Comments
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Semana Santa 2008
March 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Semanta Santa, or Holy Week and Easter, is one of the biggest Canarian festivals, the Canary Islands being a Catholic Island. This is between 16th and 23rd March, Sunday 16th March being Palm Sunday (Domingo de Ramos) and 23rd March being Easter Sunday (Domingo de Resurrección) and Easter Monday (Luna de Pascua). Easter is usually [...]
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Rally El Corte Inglés
March 7th, 2008 · No Comments
The Rally El Corte Inglés is the biggest car rally held in Gran Canaria. Every year there are many people, both visitors and Canarians, who watch this rally, where domestic and international competitors battle it out across Gran Canaria for their chance to win the Corte Inglés Rally Trophy.
The course has 8 different stages, including those around San Mateo, Telde, San Mateo, [...]
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Things to Do in Fuerteventura
March 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Fuerteventura is known as the windy Canary Island, but in the Summer when it’s 40ºC you’ll be grateful for some breeze, I promise! You can either spend a week (or more!) in Fuerteventura or take the ferry or a plane over for a day or so, if you are staying on another Canary Island.
There is [...]
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