The Cunning Canary

When you are enjoying Gran Canaria holidays it is nice to find great restaurants too. There are hundreds to choose from but not all of them are good! See the Restaurants Gran Canaria post for more restaurant ideas.

Restaurant Picasso is between the Lara Apartment Complex and the Europa Centre in Puerto Rico. It calls itself an Italian pizzeria but there are many different dishes on the menu, including sole, mussels and various cuts of steak.

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Gloria Palace is one of the best hotels in the south of Gran Canaria. Located halfway between Amadores Beach and Puerto Rico Beach, Gloria Palace Hotel has a lift which takes you straight down to the beach promenade.

Although I’ve never stayed there, I’ve seen the rooms and enjoyed their breakfast buffet several times! It’s about 5 minutes from Puerto Escala where I work and the breakfast is top notch. It is a huge buffet with everything from yogurt, cereal, toast and pastries to freshy cooked bacon, sausage, eggs and pancakes! There are different fruit juices, herbal teas and coffees and fruit smoothies. Try to get in the dining room before 9am because it gets packed!

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Gran Canaria holidays? Bliss. We all enjoy holidays to Gran Canaria but what’s it like actually living here?

 
Photo By Szeke

There are pros and cons to living anywhere and many people who come to Gran Canaria or any of the Canary Islands on holiday and fantasise about living here one day. You can break the group down into:

1. Young people in their teens and early twenties who dream about working in a bar (with free alcohol thrown in, of course) at night and laying on the beach all day.

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Many people want to rent a car when they’re on holiday in Gran Canaria. The island is called the “miniature continent” and if you’re happy to lie by the pool by day and drink in the hotel bar by night, that’s fine. But what if you want to explore the island? The best way to do it is to hire a car - or a jeep! Or even a buggy: http://driveforcegc.com/buggy_tour.html 

You can either hire a car at the airport or from a car hire company in the resort. I’ve done both. Here is a quote form for airport car rentals: http://www.spanish-airport-guide.com/gran-canaria-car-hire.html

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The busiest times in Gran Canaria tend to be for two weeks over Christmas and from the end of June until September. But now it’s more like a ghost town! That might be good news for people who like more than a square foot of sand at the beach to themselves and a distinct lack of queues in the bars and restaurants. If you like beach holidays Gran Canaria is always a great destination because we have 365 warm days a year, most of which are sunny. But does it matter when you visit?

Photo By Fotofill

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The nightlife in Gran Canaria is quite varied and you can choose from quiet harbour bars and restaurants to large nightclubs which are open until the small hours. I used to work as a DJ so I know a few of the clubs (I also like a beer now and then so I know the bars pretty well too!!!!)

Me, attempting some karaoke!

Nightlife in Puerto Rico 

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