Gran Canaria Tourist Guide

The day is nearly over, and there is no better plan than to take in a stunning sunset at Agaete.

settlement in Gran Canaria. The museum stands over an ancient pre-Hispanic population who left their mark in the form of geometrical wall paintings inside one of the caves. It is the defining proof of a not so long distant past that today lives alongside the modern day commercial activity in the town. The coastline of Gáldar is popular for its exquisite marine life on sea beds all around Sardina, and for the highly respected wave that crashes in at El Frontón, a windsurfer’s paradise. The day is nearly over, and there is no better plan than to take in a stunning sunset at Agaete, a genuinely Canarian village where the whitewashed houses offer a lovely uniform display. The Valley of Agaete hides a wholly enigmatic setting, crowned by the towering Tamadaba massif. Hiking paths criss-cross it in an intricate mesh, around the edges of estates that boasts the only coffee to be grown in Europe, thanks to its organoleptic properties.

Just above the centre of the village is Maipés de Agaete, an aboriginal cemetery declared a Site of Cultural Interest, with around 700 tombs that are over 1,000 years old. Back down at the centre of the village is the place for some peace and relaxation, at the Huerto de las Flores botanical gardens, which is home to over a hundred different plant species from all over the world. The hermitage of Virgin of Las Nieves, with its scale model boats and its polychromed Mudejar coffered ceiling, are another must see at this municality, before heading down to the natural pools of Las Salinas on the shore. Our day finishes up at the Port of Las Nieves, a spot where the famous Dedo de Dios rock looms out of the sea, dwarfed yet undeterred by the towering 1,000 metre Faneque cliffs and the winding dragon tail of the mountains that runs all the way down the coastline of La Aldea de San Nicolás.

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LEISURE GUIDE OF GRAN CANARIA