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A thousand landscapes, one journey.
Gran Canaria is a vibrant “miniature continent” suspended in the Atlantic, where an eternal spring brings together deserts of golden dunes, volcanic peaks and dense pine forests. Almost half of the island is a Biosphere Reserve, and its centre beats around Roque Nublo: from this sacred mountain heart, deep barrancos run down to the sea, tracing the lines of a natural compass rose. An ancient ocean crossroads that has welcomed and captivated travellers for centuries, between the spectacle of wild nature and the warmth of its historic villages.
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A fragment of desert slowly slipping down to meet the ocean. At sunset, the gold of the sand changes shade with every step, shifting from pink to amber. A Nature Reserve bringing together a beach, dunes, a palm grove and a lagoon of ornithological interest, close to the large hotels in the south.
An eighty-metre colossus of stone rising from the sea of clouds: the guardian of the island, a sacred place for the ancient Canarians.
The island’s Castilian cradle: stone streets and wooden balconies surround Santa Ana and the house where Columbus stayed on his voyage.
A little Atlantic Venice: canals and jetties framed by bougainvillea and white houses, where the tables look out over the harbour.
On the island’s summit, at almost two thousand metres: on clear days, the outline of Teide seems to float above the open sea.
Three kilometres of city beach, sheltered by a natural reef, with Las Palmas behind you as you swim.
From the waves of Puerto de las Nieves and its volcanic rock pools, up into the valley where Europe’s only coffee grows, as precious as it is rare.
Fifteen kilometres of barranco where people still live in houses carved into the rock.
From a glass balcony suspended high above the sea, the gaze follows the western cliffs as they trace a dragon’s tail.
Sheltered by the mountains and the sea, this untouched beach opens like a secret in a primeval landscape.
Shades of turquoise caress the calmest bay in the south, where the ocean settles and rests, still as a mirror.
A narrow canyon where undulating ochre walls draw together in a sandstone embrace.
White houses and palms as far as the eye can see along the barranco floor: the valley of a thousand palms.
A stone sentinel on the island’s southern edge, this lighthouse is the perfect place to let the sunset take you by surprise.
The island’s most majestic forest stretches across seven thousand five hundred hectares above the north-western cliffs, between the green of the pines and the blue of the ocean.
A volcanic crater one kilometre wide: a path leads down to the heart of the earth, where an old farm still stands.
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Choose a month on the timeline.
January and February
In midwinter, great international orchestras arrive at theatres across the islands.
Late winter
The almond trees of Tejeda and Valsequillo bloom while the rest of Europe is still in winter.
February, March
Weeks of masks, music and street celebrations, with Spain’s most famous Gala Drag Queen. Then the carnival continues in Maspalomas.
Spring
A week of arthouse cinema in Las Palmas.
May, November
A week of music and parties around the Yumbo, leading up to the big Saturday parade.
June
Las Palmas celebrates its founding with bonfires and fireworks on Las Canteras beach.
August
From the mountains down to the sea at Agaete, thousands descend dancing and waving pine branches to the rhythm of the band: a festival born from rituals to summon rain.
September
The night of the pilgrims: thousands of footsteps cross the island’s paths in the dark, walking together towards Teror and the Patron Saint.
September
At the sound of a shot, everyone leaps into the lagoon fully clothed, renewing an ancient aboriginal ritual of catching fish with bare hands, amid splashes and laughter.
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When I think of Gran Canaria, I see not only the island I have come to call “home”, but a setting that is always changing, ready to take the shape of our desires. A little paradise, poised between the warm dunes of the south and the lush green of the north, where the paths are many, and all of them open. Wherever you choose to go, I will be by your side, and every place will become a little ours.
Gran Canaria, with me
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