The Cunning Canary

If you like Canarian cooking you will probably like Canarian cheese too. There are lots of varieties ranging from the softest goat cheese to the ripest, hardest cured cheese. Canarian cheese is bursting with flavor, whichever variety you try.
Canarians enjoy their cheese with cured ham and locally grown olives (and of course a glass of [...]

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If you come on holiday to Gran Canaria you will probably encounter some timeshare touts at some point (or every day!) asking if you have seen Anfi beach or Anfi del Mar yet. You can see more about timeshare here.
How to Get There
Anfi is a timeshare complex between Puerto Rico and Arguineguín which is well [...]

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It’s that time of year again, when carnival (or carnaval, to use the Spanish spelling) comes to town. You can enjoy the carnival in any town in Gran Canaria, such as the Carnaval Internacional Maspalomas 2009 but the Las Palmas festivities are particularly spectacular.
The carnival lasts for three weeks. It started on Friday 13 February [...]

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We have had no hot water since Saturday evening! Now, with February temperatures being what they are (warm in the day and cool at dawn and night) taking a cold shower isn’t my idea of fun!

However, I was interested to learn yesterday that boilers come with a 2 year guarantee here! Is that all, you [...]

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According to the Daily Record, Puerto Rico is one of the top package holiday destinations! You can read the full list at:
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2009/02/16/benidorm-voted-favourite-destination-for-package-holidays-86908-21127240/

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There are more examples of native art and culture in Gran Canaria than in any of the other Canary Islands. If you are interested in native art, rather than the newer stuff, you might like to check out the painted cave in Gáldar in the north of the island.

The Cueva Pintada, or painted cave, is [...]

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February is one of the coldest months in Gran Canaria and we actually have snow 1600 metres up right now! This month has been strange weather-wise. We’ve had rain and strong winds. The wind last Thursday and Friday night was about 60 kmph and there were boat covers, papers and all sorts blowing all over [...]

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If you are going to be in Gran Canaria between 12 and 22 March, you will be in time to see the Carnaval Internacional Maspalomas 2009! You can see the program here and most of the Carnaval events will be in the Yumbo Centre in Playa del Inglés.

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If you saw the post The 3 Worst Things About Gran Canaria you might be thinking it’s all doom and gloom here. But you’d be wrong!
The Canary Islands, and Gran Canaria in particular, have plenty to offer and I am going to attempt to narrow all these great things down to the three very best [...]

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Links about Gran Canaria from around the blogosphere:

Narfstrom  - amazing images of the island from Andrea
Holiday-Rental-Center  - a nice things to do article by Robert
Caskandkeg  - all about our beer!
Isle-Of-Gran-Canaria  - news of our bigger airport in the works
Airticketcheaper  - as the name says, cheap tickets to come here from the UK
Elsua  - Luis lives here and writes about all kinds [...]

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