{"id":3831,"date":"2025-04-04T08:20:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T06:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/destinations\/hotels-in-gran-canaria\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:36:00","slug":"hotels-in-gran-canaria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/en\/destinations\/hotels-in-gran-canaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotels in Gran Canaria"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3831\" class=\"elementor elementor-3831 elementor-2946\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-518585ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"518585ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36775cdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"36775cdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- no optimize -->\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cbu\/cbu.css?v=1784545227\">\n<div class=\"cbu\" data-cbu-root lang=\"en\">\n<script data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-noptimize=\"1\">\/* Red de seguridad: si el controlador no llega a ejecutarse (CDN caido, JS bloqueado, script eliminado por un optimizador), a los 1500ms se retira la clase y todo el contenido vuelve a ser visible. Sin esto, un fallo de red deja la seccion en blanco. *\/(function(){var s=document.currentScript,r=s&&s.parentNode;if(!r||!r.classList)return;r.classList.add('is-js');r.__cbuFailsafe=setTimeout(function(){r.classList.remove('is-js')},1500)})();<\/script>\n<section class=\"hero cbu-bleed\" data-cbu-hero id=\"hero\">\n  <div class=\"hero__media\">\n    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"hero__img\" data-cbu-hero-img src=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/maspalomas-gran-canaria.webp\" alt=\"The Maspalomas dunes rolling down to the Atlantic in southern Gran Canaria\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\n         fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\">\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"wrap hero__inner on-dark over-photo\">\n    <p class=\"kicker hero__kicker\" data-cbu-hero-el>Canary Islands \u00b7 Spain<\/p>\n    <h1 class=\"display hero__title\" data-cbu-hero-el>Gran Canaria<\/h1>\n    <p class=\"hero__sub\" data-cbu-hero-el>A continent in miniature. And three ways to stay in it.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <a class=\"hero__hint\" href=\"#hoteles\" data-cbu-hero-el>\n    <span>Discover the island<\/span>\n    <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\"\n         stroke-width=\"1.4\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M12 5v14m0 0-6-6m6 6 6-6\"\/><\/svg>\n  <\/a>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/no optimize -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c7857f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5c7857f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n    <div class=\"neobookings-mask-wrapper\">\r\n        <div class=\"booking-inner\">\r\n\r\n        <form id=\"neobookings-form\" class=\"neobookings-mask\" action=\"https:\/\/bookings.cabauhotels.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n\r\n            <!-- Inputs ocultos: no modificar 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  <\/script>\r\n        <!-- FIN VARIABLES GLOBALES DE JAVASCRIPT -->\r\n\r\n    <\/div><!-- .neobookings-mask-wrapper -->\r\n\r\n    <!-- Contenedor sticky: vac\u00edo, recibe el form al hacer scroll -->\r\n    <div class=\"sticky-mask\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48046b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48046b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b84032f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3b84032f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- no optimize -->\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cbu\/cbu.css?v=1784545227\">\n<div class=\"cbu\" data-cbu-root lang=\"en\">\n<script data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-noptimize=\"1\">\/* Red de seguridad: si el controlador no llega a ejecutarse (CDN caido, JS bloqueado, script eliminado por un optimizador), a los 1500ms se retira la clase y todo el contenido vuelve a ser visible. Sin esto, un fallo de red deja la seccion en blanco. *\/(function(){var s=document.currentScript,r=s&&s.parentNode;if(!r||!r.classList)return;r.classList.add('is-js');r.__cbuFailsafe=setTimeout(function(){r.classList.remove('is-js')},1500)})();<\/script>\n<section class=\"section hotels\" id=\"hoteles\" aria-labelledby=\"hotels-title\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <header class=\"section-head\">\n      <p class=\"kicker\" data-cbu-anim=\"fade\">Where to stay<\/p>\n      <h2 class=\"h2 section-head__title\" id=\"hotels-title\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">Our apartments in Gran Canaria<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"lead section-head__lead\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">All three are in Puerto Rico, on the south-west coast, and all three are apartments with a kitchen \u2014 the format that works best on an island where you go out a lot and come back late. What separates them is the size of the complex and what each terrace offers.<\/p>\n    <\/header>\n\n    <ul class=\"hotel-grid\" data-cbu-stagger>\n      <li class=\"hotel\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <a class=\"hotel__media\" href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/calador-apartments\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/calador-apartments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/11\/cala-dor-apartments-gran-canaria-spain-25.jpg\" alt=\"The Cala d\u2019Or Apartments complex in Puerto Rico, its white terraced blocks stepping down the valley\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\n               loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <\/a>\n        <div class=\"hotel__body\">\n          <div class=\"hotel__meta\">\n            \n            <p class=\"hotel__location\">Puerto Rico<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n          <h3 class=\"h3 hotel__name\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/calador-apartments\/\">Cala d\u2019Or Apartments<\/a>\n          <\/h3>\n          <p class=\"hotel__tagline\">The largest of the three, and the one that opens the most doors<\/p>\n          <p class=\"hotel__desc\">Seventy-nine one-bedroom apartments above the Puerto Rico valley, looking out to the Atlantic. Guests also get access to the infinity pool and terrace at Alta\u00efr, which is a short walk away.<\/p>\n\n          <dl class=\"hotel__spec\">\n            <dt>Accommodation<\/dt>\n            <dd>79 one-bedroom apartments<\/dd>\n            <dt>Best for<\/dt>\n            <dd>Families and longer stays<\/dd>\n          <\/dl>\n\n          <ul class=\"hotel__features\">\n            <li>Access to the Alta\u00efr pool<\/li>\n            <li>Rooftop sun terrace<\/li>\n            <li>Cala d\u2019Or Pool Bar<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <div class=\"hotel__actions\">\n            <a class=\"btn btn--ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/calador-apartments\/\">\n              View property<span class=\"visually-hidden\"> \u2014 Cala d\u2019Or Apartments<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n            <a class=\"btn btn--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/bookings.caladorapartments.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n              Book<span class=\"visually-hidden\"> \u2014 Cala d\u2019Or Apartments<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/li>\n      <li class=\"hotel\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <a class=\"hotel__media\" href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/altair-suites\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/altair-suites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/11\/altair-suite-apartments-gran-canaria-spain_45.jpg\" alt=\"The Alta\u00efr Suites sun terrace with its infinity pool overlooking the Atlantic\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\n               loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <\/a>\n        <div class=\"hotel__body\">\n          <div class=\"hotel__meta\">\n            \n            <p class=\"hotel__location\">Puerto Rico<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n          <h3 class=\"h3 hotel__name\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/altair-suites\/\">Alta\u00efr Suites<\/a>\n          <\/h3>\n          <p class=\"hotel__tagline\">An infinity pool and Balinese beds over the Atlantic<\/p>\n          <p class=\"hotel__desc\">A recently refurbished complex whose rooftop is its best argument: an infinity pool looking out to the ocean, Balinese beds, and a small pool bar where you eat without leaving the water for longer than necessary.<\/p>\n\n          <dl class=\"hotel__spec\">\n            <dt>Accommodation<\/dt>\n            <dd>Suites with a kitchen<\/dd>\n            <dt>Best for<\/dt>\n            <dd>Couples and short breaks<\/dd>\n          <\/dl>\n\n          <ul class=\"hotel__features\">\n            <li>Infinity pool with ocean views<\/li>\n            <li>Balinese beds on the terrace<\/li>\n            <li>Alta\u00efr Pool Bar<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <div class=\"hotel__actions\">\n            <a class=\"btn btn--ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/altair-suites\/\">\n              View property<span class=\"visually-hidden\"> \u2014 Alta\u00efr Suites<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n            <a class=\"btn btn--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/bookings.altairsuites.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n              Book<span class=\"visually-hidden\"> \u2014 Alta\u00efr Suites<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/li>\n      <li class=\"hotel\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <a class=\"hotel__media\" href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/cala-nova\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/cala-nova\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/cala-nova-apartments-gran-canaria-spain_56.jpg\" alt=\"Pool and sun terrace at Cala Nova Apartments, with the Atlantic beyond\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\n               loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <\/a>\n        <div class=\"hotel__body\">\n          <div class=\"hotel__meta\">\n            \n            <p class=\"hotel__location\">Puerto Rico<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n          <h3 class=\"h3 hotel__name\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/cala-nova\/\">Cala Nova Apartments<\/a>\n          <\/h3>\n          <p class=\"hotel__tagline\">Fifty-nine apartments facing the ocean<\/p>\n          <p class=\"hotel__desc\">The quietest of the three. One-bedroom apartments with views split between the pool, the valley and the Atlantic, and a sun terrace turned towards the sea.<\/p>\n\n          <dl class=\"hotel__spec\">\n            <dt>Accommodation<\/dt>\n            <dd>59 one-bedroom apartments<\/dd>\n            <dt>Best for<\/dt>\n            <dd>Anyone after quiet<\/dd>\n          <\/dl>\n\n          <ul class=\"hotel__features\">\n            <li>Sea-facing sun terrace<\/li>\n            <li>Cala Nova Pool Bar<\/li>\n            <li>24-hour reception<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <div class=\"hotel__actions\">\n            <a class=\"btn btn--ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/cala-nova\/\">\n              View property<span class=\"visually-hidden\"> \u2014 Cala Nova Apartments<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n            <a class=\"btn btn--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/bookings.calanovaapartments.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n              Book<span class=\"visually-hidden\"> \u2014 Cala Nova Apartments<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n\n    <div class=\"hotels__cta\" data-cbu-anim=\"fade\">\n      <a class=\"btn btn--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/bookings.cabauhotels.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        Check availability and rates\n      <\/a>\n      <p class=\"hotels__cta-note\">Direct booking \u00b7 Best rate guaranteed<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- \/no optimize -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12472c9d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"12472c9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-761b54ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"761b54ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- no optimize -->\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cbu\/cbu.css?v=1784545227\">\n<div class=\"cbu\" data-cbu-root lang=\"en\">\n<script data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-noptimize=\"1\">\/* Red de seguridad: si el controlador no llega a ejecutarse (CDN caido, JS bloqueado, script eliminado por un optimizador), a los 1500ms se retira la clase y todo el contenido vuelve a ser visible. Sin esto, un fallo de red deja la seccion en blanco. *\/(function(){var s=document.currentScript,r=s&&s.parentNode;if(!r||!r.classList)return;r.classList.add('is-js');r.__cbuFailsafe=setTimeout(function(){r.classList.remove('is-js')},1500)})();<\/script>\n<section class=\"section section--alt cbu-bleed intro\" aria-labelledby=\"intro-title\">\n  <div class=\"wrap intro__grid\">\n    <div class=\"intro__text\">\n      <p class=\"kicker\" data-cbu-anim=\"fade\">The destination<\/p>\n      <h2 class=\"h2 intro__title\" id=\"intro-title\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">A continent in miniature<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"prose intro__prose\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <p>Gran Canaria gets called a continent in miniature, and for once the clich\u00e9 holds: forty minutes of driving takes you from the dunes of the south to a mountain pine forest at fifteen hundred metres, and on to the cliffs of the west. The landscape changes so abruptly it is hard to believe it is the same island.<\/p>\n        <p>More than forty per cent of the territory has been a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2005, and since 2019 the Sacred Mountains of the interior are a World Heritage Site. The climate does the rest: around twenty degrees all year, so the season never really closes.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <figure class=\"intro__figure\" data-cbu-anim=\"scale\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Roque-Palmes-cerca-de-Roque-Nublo-Gran-Canaria.webp\" alt=\"The Roque Nublo silhouetted above a sea of clouds in central Gran Canaria\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1054\"\n           loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n    <\/figure>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <dl class=\"facts\" data-cbu-stagger>\n      <div class=\"facts__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <dt class=\"facts__value\">1,560<\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"facts__label\">km\u00b2 of island<\/dd>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"facts__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <dt class=\"facts__value\">236<\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"facts__label\">km of coastline<\/dd>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"facts__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <dt class=\"facts__value\">1,956<\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"facts__label\">m at its highest point<\/dd>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"facts__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <dt class=\"facts__value\">2005<\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"facts__label\">Biosphere Reserve<\/dd>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/dl>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- \/no optimize -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eb9835b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3eb9835b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43f36b63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"43f36b63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- no optimize -->\r\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cbu\/cbu.css?v=1784545227\">\r\n<div class=\"cbu\" data-cbu-root lang=\"en\">\r\n<style data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-noptimize=\"1\">\r\n  \/* === Alto del slider ===\r\n     Cambia el valor de --cbu-story-h para ajustar la altura:\r\n     80svh = 80% de la pantalla \u00b7 75svh \u00b7 70svh, etc. *\/\r\n  .cbu[data-cbu-root]{ --cbu-story-h: 78svh; }\r\n  .cbu.cbu .story__stage{\r\n    height: var(--cbu-story-h) !important;\r\n    top: calc((100svh - var(--cbu-story-h)) \/ 2) !important;  \/* centrado vertical *\/\r\n  }\r\n<\/style>\r\n<script data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-noptimize=\"1\">\/* Red de seguridad: si el controlador no llega a ejecutarse (CDN caido, JS bloqueado, script eliminado por un optimizador), a los 1500ms se retira la clase y todo el contenido vuelve a ser visible. Sin esto, un fallo de red deja la seccion en blanco. *\/(function(){var s=document.currentScript,r=s&&s.parentNode;if(!r||!r.classList)return;r.classList.add('is-js');r.__cbuFailsafe=setTimeout(function(){r.classList.remove('is-js')},1500)})();<\/script>\r\n<section class=\"story cbu-bleed\" aria-label=\"What makes Gran Canaria unique\">\r\n  <div class=\"story__track\" data-cbu-story-track>\r\n    <div class=\"story__stage\">\r\n      <article class=\"story__panel is-first\" data-cbu-story-panel>\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"story__img\" src=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/maspalomas-gran-canaria.webp\" alt=\"The Maspalomas dunes with the Atlantic beyond\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\r\n             loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\r\n        <div class=\"story__scrim\"><\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"wrap story__content on-dark over-photo\">\r\n          <p class=\"kicker story__kicker\">01 \u00b7 Coast<\/p>\r\n          <h2 class=\"h2 story__title\">A desert that ends in the sea<\/h2>\r\n          <p class=\"lead story__body\">The Maspalomas dunes have been a Special Nature Reserve since 1994 and move between two and five metres a year, pushed by the trade winds. Behind them lie the lagoon and the palm grove of the Oasis; in front, six kilometres of beach. To the west, Amadores and the coves of Mog\u00e1n close the coast in bays of still water.<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/article>\r\n      <article class=\"story__panel\" data-cbu-story-panel>\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"story__img\" src=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Roque-Palmes-cerca-de-Roque-Nublo-Gran-Canaria.webp\" alt=\"The Roque Nublo above a sea of clouds\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1054\"\r\n             loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\r\n        <div class=\"story__scrim\"><\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"wrap story__content on-dark over-photo\">\r\n          <p class=\"kicker story__kicker\">02 \u00b7 Summits<\/p>\r\n          <h2 class=\"h2 story__title\">The island that rises nineteen hundred metres<\/h2>\r\n          <p class=\"lead story__body\">The interior is another island. The Roque Nublo, an eighty-metre monolith and a Natural Monument, crowns a landscape of ravines and pine woods where in 2019 UNESCO recognised the prehispanic caves and ceremonial spaces of Risco Ca\u00eddo and the Sacred Mountains as World Heritage.<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/article>\r\n      <article class=\"story__panel\" data-cbu-story-panel>\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"story__img\" src=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mogan-puerto-rico-gran-canaria.webp\" alt=\"Puerto de Mog\u00e1n with its water canals and whitewashed houses\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\r\n             loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\r\n        <div class=\"story__scrim\"><\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"wrap story__content on-dark over-photo\">\r\n          <p class=\"kicker story__kicker\">03 \u00b7 Villages<\/p>\r\n          <h2 class=\"h2 story__title\">Ravines, canals and houses in the rock<\/h2>\r\n          <p class=\"lead story__body\">Puerto de Mog\u00e1n arranged its whitewashed houses around water canals and earned itself the nickname of the Canarian Venice. In the east, the Guayadeque ravine still has inhabited cave houses and restaurants cut literally into the wall. And in the north, Teror has been holding its Sunday market for more than two centuries.<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/article>\r\n      <div class=\"story__progress\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n        <span data-cbu-story-dot><\/span>\r\n        <span data-cbu-story-dot><\/span>\r\n        <span data-cbu-story-dot><\/span>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-noptimize=\"1\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cbu\/cbu-motion.js?v=1784545227\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- \/no optimize -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27e1c4be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27e1c4be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f87c8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"7f87c8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- no optimize -->\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cbu\/cbu.css?v=1784545227\">\n<div class=\"cbu\" data-cbu-root lang=\"en\">\n<script data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-noptimize=\"1\">\/* Red de seguridad: si el controlador no llega a ejecutarse (CDN caido, JS bloqueado, script eliminado por un optimizador), a los 1500ms se retira la clase y todo el contenido vuelve a ser visible. Sin esto, un fallo de red deja la seccion en blanco. *\/(function(){var s=document.currentScript,r=s&&s.parentNode;if(!r||!r.classList)return;r.classList.add('is-js');r.__cbuFailsafe=setTimeout(function(){r.classList.remove('is-js')},1500)})();<\/script>\n<section class=\"section places\" aria-labelledby=\"places-title\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <header class=\"section-head section-head--split\">\n      <div>\n        <p class=\"kicker\" data-cbu-anim=\"fade\">What to see<\/p>\n        <h2 class=\"h2 section-head__title\" id=\"places-title\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">The island, zone by zone<\/h2>\n      <\/div>\n      <p class=\"lead places__intro\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">From the dunes of the south to the mountain pine forests is forty minutes by car and a change of landscape that feels like a different country. These are the five zones the island divides into.<\/p>\n    <\/header>\n\n    <div class=\"zones\">\n    <details class=\"zone\" data-cbu-anim=\"fade\">\n      <summary class=\"zone__head\">\n        <span class=\"zone__num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">01<\/span>\n        <span class=\"zone__text\">\n          <span class=\"h3 zone__name\">South<\/span>\n          <span class=\"zone__note\">Maspalomas, Mog\u00e1n and Puerto Rico: what you have on your doorstep.<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"zone__count\">4 places<\/span>\n        <svg class=\"zone__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n             stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n          <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n        <\/svg>\n      <\/summary>\n\n      <ul class=\"places__grid\">\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Nature<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Maspalomas Dunes<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A Special Nature Reserve since 1994, with some four hundred hectares of dunes advancing between two and five metres a year on the trade winds. Behind them lie the lagoon and the palm grove of the Oasis.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            Walk it on the marked paths only. Leaving them, and entering the strict reserve area, is prohibited.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Village<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Puerto de Mog\u00e1n<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A former fishing village that arranged its whitewashed, bougainvillea-covered houses around a network of water canals \u2014 hence the Canarian Venice nickname.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            Parking is hard by mid-morning; go early.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Beach<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Playa de Amadores<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A man-made beach of pale sand built on a rocky headland between Puerto Rico and Mog\u00e1n, in a closed bay where the water is always calm.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            About ten minutes by car from the apartments. Paid parking and very busy in season.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Monument<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Maspalomas Lighthouse<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A historic lighthouse on the island\u2019s southern tip, where the Meloneras seafront promenade begins and runs towards the hotel district.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            The promenade is free and flat \u2014 a good sunset plan.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/details>\n    <details class=\"zone\" data-cbu-anim=\"fade\">\n      <summary class=\"zone__head\">\n        <span class=\"zone__num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">02<\/span>\n        <span class=\"zone__text\">\n          <span class=\"h3 zone__name\">Summits<\/span>\n          <span class=\"zone__note\">The interior: World Heritage since 2019 and the heart of the Biosphere Reserve.<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"zone__count\">4 places<\/span>\n        <svg class=\"zone__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n             stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n          <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n        <\/svg>\n      <\/summary>\n\n      <ul class=\"places__grid\">\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Mountain<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Roque Nublo<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A Natural Monument and the symbol of the island: an eighty-metre basalt monolith crowning the Nublo Rural Park. A kilometre and a half of trail from the car park, twenty to thirty minutes uphill.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            Since February 2025 a free advance booking is required at peak hours, with an hourly cap and QR check. Book before you set off.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Viewpoint<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Pico de las Nieves<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">At 1,949 metres, the island\u2019s best-known summit viewpoint; on a clear day you can see Teide rising above the clouds. It is not the island\u2019s highest point \u2014 that is Morro de la Agujereada, at 1,956.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            You can drive almost to the top, but the summit is a military base: only the lower viewing platform is open.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Village<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Tejeda<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A white village wedged into the central caldera among pines and almond trees, and one of the Most Beautiful Villages in Spain. In January and February, the almond blossom.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            Mountain roads with very tight bends and little parking.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Monument<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Risco Ca\u00eddo and the Sacred Mountains<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A UNESCO World Heritage Site since July 2019: eighteen thousand hectares of cultural landscape with cave dwellings, granaries and prehispanic ceremonial spaces across Artenara, Tejeda, G\u00e1ldar and Agaete.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            The Risco Ca\u00eddo site cannot be visited freely. Visits are arranged through the interpretation centres \u2014 check the current arrangements.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/details>\n    <details class=\"zone\" data-cbu-anim=\"fade\">\n      <summary class=\"zone__head\">\n        <span class=\"zone__num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">03<\/span>\n        <span class=\"zone__text\">\n          <span class=\"h3 zone__name\">Las Palmas and the north<\/span>\n          <span class=\"zone__note\">The city, its founding quarter and the northern villages.<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"zone__count\">4 places<\/span>\n        <svg class=\"zone__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n             stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n          <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n        <\/svg>\n      <\/summary>\n\n      <ul class=\"places__grid\">\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Beach<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Playa de Las Canteras<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">Three kilometres of sand in the centre of Las Palmas, sheltered by La Barra, a natural reef some two hundred metres offshore that turns half the beach into a natural pool. Blue Flag continuously since 1989.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            Urban and free, but street parking is scarce: use a car park.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Monument<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Vegueta and the Casa de Col\u00f3n<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">The city\u2019s founding quarter, a National Historic-Artistic Site since 1973. The Casa de Col\u00f3n occupies the old Governors\u2019 House, which Columbus visited in 1492, and devotes thirteen rooms to the link between the Canaries and the Americas.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            The museum closes at three at weekends. Free entry the first weekend of each month.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Village<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Teror<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A town of mansions with carved pine balconies around the Basilica del Pino, begun in 1767 and a National Monument. Its Sunday market has been running for more than two hundred years.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            Sunday morning is the best moment and the worst for parking.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Monument<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Cenobio de Valer\u00f3n<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A prehispanic communal granary carved beneath a great tuff arch, with more than three hundred cavities. In use until the conquest at the end of the 15th century.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            Ticketed site with set hours. The access stairway is steep.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/details>\n    <details class=\"zone\" data-cbu-anim=\"fade\">\n      <summary class=\"zone__head\">\n        <span class=\"zone__num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">04<\/span>\n        <span class=\"zone__text\">\n          <span class=\"h3 zone__name\">West<\/span>\n          <span class=\"zone__note\">Agaete, Tamadaba and the cliffs of La Aldea.<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"zone__count\">4 places<\/span>\n        <svg class=\"zone__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n             stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n          <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n        <\/svg>\n      <\/summary>\n\n      <ul class=\"places__grid\">\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Village<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Agaete and Puerto de las Nieves<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A white town at the foot of the Tamadaba massif, with a fishing harbour, natural pools and seafood restaurants. Of the Dedo de Dios only the base remains: the rock needle broke in tropical storm Delta, in November 2005.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            The ferry to Tenerife leaves from here, about an hour and twenty minutes across.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Nature<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Tamadaba Natural Park<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A north-western massif with some two thousand hectares of Canary pine forest, among the best preserved in the archipelago.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            Reached by the GC-200 from Agaete or La Aldea. Narrow tracks and frequent summer closures for fire risk.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Viewpoint<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Mirador del Balc\u00f3n<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A balcony over the western cliffs, looking along the run of ridges they call the dragon\u2019s tails. A sunset classic.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            It sits right by the GC-200 and costs nothing, but the car park is small.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Beach<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Playa de G\u00fcig\u00fc\u00ed<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">An unspoilt western beach with not a single building, inside the G\u00fcig\u00fc\u00ed Special Nature Reserve.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            Reachable only on foot \u2014 about five kilometres of hard walking from Tasartico \u2014 or by water taxi. No services, no shade, no water: take everything.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/details>\n    <details class=\"zone\" data-cbu-anim=\"fade\">\n      <summary class=\"zone__head\">\n        <span class=\"zone__num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">05<\/span>\n        <span class=\"zone__text\">\n          <span class=\"h3 zone__name\">East<\/span>\n          <span class=\"zone__note\">Ravines, a crater, and the largest botanical garden in Spain.<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"zone__count\">4 places<\/span>\n        <svg class=\"zone__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n             stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n          <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n        <\/svg>\n      <\/summary>\n\n      <ul class=\"places__grid\">\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Nature<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Barranco de Guayadeque<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A Natural Monument and protected archaeological zone since 1991, between Ingenio and Ag\u00fcimes. It still has inhabited cave houses, a chapel and an interpretation centre.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            The road along the ravine floor is very narrow.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Food<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Guayadeque cave restaurants<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">Dining rooms cut literally into the rock of the ravine, serving traditional Canarian cooking. It is not a set: the mountain is the wall.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            Book a table at weekends.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Nature<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Caldera de Bandama<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">A volcanic crater two hundred and sixteen metres deep, formed about five thousand years ago, with a farmed floor and the Bandama peak leaning over the rim.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            You can drive to the viewpoint. Going down into the crater is an out-and-back with serious descent.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"place\">\n          <p class=\"place__type\">Nature<\/p>\n          <h3 class=\"h4 place__name\">Viera y Clavijo Botanical Garden<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"place__note\">The largest botanical garden in Spain, devoted to endemic Canarian flora and terraced down the side of the Guiniguada ravine on the edge of Las Palmas.<\/p>\n          <p class=\"place__tip\">\n            <span class=\"place__tip-label\">Before you go<\/span>\n            Check opening hours and entry conditions before going.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/details>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- \/no optimize -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4b0895 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a4b0895\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba3f829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ba3f829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- no optimize -->\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cabauhotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cbu\/cbu.css?v=1784545227\">\n<div class=\"cbu\" data-cbu-root lang=\"en\">\n<script data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-noptimize=\"1\">\/* Red de seguridad: si el controlador no llega a ejecutarse (CDN caido, JS bloqueado, script eliminado por un optimizador), a los 1500ms se retira la clase y todo el contenido vuelve a ser visible. Sin esto, un fallo de red deja la seccion en blanco. *\/(function(){var s=document.currentScript,r=s&&s.parentNode;if(!r||!r.classList)return;r.classList.add('is-js');r.__cbuFailsafe=setTimeout(function(){r.classList.remove('is-js')},1500)})();<\/script>\n<section class=\"section section--alt cbu-bleed faq\" id=\"faq\" aria-labelledby=\"faq-title\">\n  <div class=\"wrap wrap--narrow\">\n    <header class=\"section-head\">\n      <p class=\"kicker\" data-cbu-anim=\"fade\">Frequently asked questions<\/p>\n      <h2 class=\"h2 section-head__title\" id=\"faq-title\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">What people usually ask us about Gran Canaria<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"lead section-head__lead\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">Real questions from people planning a trip to the island, answered with concrete facts about our three complexes.<\/p>\n    <\/header>\n\n    <div class=\"faq__list\" data-cbu-stagger>\n      <details class=\"faq__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\" open>\n        <summary class=\"faq__q\">\n          <span>When is the best time to visit Gran Canaria?<\/span>\n          <svg class=\"faq__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n               stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq__a\"><p>Any time, and that is not a brochure answer: the temperature sits around twenty degrees all year and the sea does not drop below eighteen even in winter. November to March is when the difference with mainland Europe really shows. In summer the south is hotter and the north windier and cloudier.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/details>\n      <details class=\"faq__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <summary class=\"faq__q\">\n          <span>Which part of the island should I stay in?<\/span>\n          <svg class=\"faq__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n               stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq__a\"><p>The south-west \u2014 Puerto Rico, Mog\u00e1n, Maspalomas \u2014 if you want guaranteed sun, beaches and calm water; that is where our three complexes are. Las Palmas if you prefer a city, museums and Las Canteras beach on foot. The north and the interior are for driving and exploring rather than for staying.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/details>\n      <details class=\"faq__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <summary class=\"faq__q\">\n          <span>Which of the three Cabau properties suits me?<\/span>\n          <svg class=\"faq__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n               stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq__a\"><p>Cala d\u2019Or is the largest, with seventy-nine one-bedroom apartments, and its guests can also use the pool and terrace at Alta\u00efr. Alta\u00efr Suites is the one with the infinity pool and Balinese beds facing the Atlantic. Cala Nova, with fifty-nine apartments, is the quietest. All three are in Puerto Rico and all have a kitchen.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/details>\n      <details class=\"faq__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <summary class=\"faq__q\">\n          <span>Do I need a hire car?<\/span>\n          <svg class=\"faq__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n               stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq__a\"><p>To stay around Puerto Rico and Mog\u00e1n, no: the beach is nine minutes on foot and there are buses along the whole south coast. To really see the island \u2014 the summits, Agaete, the Guayadeque ravine \u2014 yes. Many of the places worth the trip have no direct public transport.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/details>\n      <details class=\"faq__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <summary class=\"faq__q\">\n          <span>Do I need to book to climb Roque Nublo?<\/span>\n          <svg class=\"faq__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n               stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq__a\"><p>Yes, since February 2025. Access to the trail requires a free advance booking during peak hours, with a limited hourly quota and QR checks. It is arranged through the Cabildo de Gran Canaria website. The walk itself is short: a kilometre and a half and twenty to thirty minutes uphill.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/details>\n      <details class=\"faq__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <summary class=\"faq__q\">\n          <span>How many days do I need?<\/span>\n          <svg class=\"faq__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n               stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq__a\"><p>Five or six nights is enough to combine beach days with two excursions: one to the summits \u2014 Roque Nublo, Tejeda, Pico de las Nieves \u2014 and one to the north, taking in Teror and Las Palmas. A week lets you add the west, Agaete and Tamadaba, without rushing.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/details>\n      <details class=\"faq__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <summary class=\"faq__q\">\n          <span>Is it a good destination with children?<\/span>\n          <svg class=\"faq__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n               stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq__a\"><p>Yes. The south-western beaches, especially Amadores and Puerto Rico, are enclosed bays with very calm, shallow water. Apartments with a kitchen help enormously with children\u2019s meals and timings, and all our complexes have a pool.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/details>\n      <details class=\"faq__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <summary class=\"faq__q\">\n          <span>What should you eat in the Canaries?<\/span>\n          <svg class=\"faq__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n               stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq__a\"><p>Papas arrugadas with mojo, green or spicy, comes first. Then: queso de flor from Gu\u00eda, sancocho, ropa vieja, gofio in its many forms, and bienmesabe for dessert. To drink, the Gran Canaria denomination wines, from vineyards that climb remarkably high.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/details>\n      <details class=\"faq__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <summary class=\"faq__q\">\n          <span>Can you swim in winter?<\/span>\n          <svg class=\"faq__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n               stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq__a\"><p>Yes. Water temperature in the south sits around nineteen or twenty degrees in the coldest months, similar to the Mediterranean in June. In the north the sea is rougher and cooler, and northern beaches are more for walking than swimming in winter.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/details>\n      <details class=\"faq__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <summary class=\"faq__q\">\n          <span>Is it worth crossing to Tenerife?<\/span>\n          <svg class=\"faq__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n               stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq__a\"><p>As a day trip it is tight, but it can be done: the ferry leaves from Puerto de las Nieves in Agaete and takes about an hour and twenty minutes to Santa Cruz. It makes most sense if you want to see Teide, which from Gran Canaria is only a hint on the horizon on clear days.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/details>\n      <details class=\"faq__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <summary class=\"faq__q\">\n          <span>What is the difference between the north and the south?<\/span>\n          <svg class=\"faq__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n               stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq__a\"><p>Practically the entire climate. The trade winds dump their moisture on the north, which is green, cooler and often cloudy; the south sits in the lee, dry and sunny. That is why beach tourism concentrates in the south and farming and forests in the north.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/details>\n      <details class=\"faq__item\" data-cbu-anim=\"rise\">\n        <summary class=\"faq__q\">\n          <span>How far is the airport?<\/span>\n          <svg class=\"faq__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"\n               stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <path d=\"M12 5v14M5 12h14\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq__a\"><p>Gran Canaria airport is on the east of the island, near Telde, and the GC-1 motorway connects directly to the whole south coast. From there to the Puerto Rico area takes a little under an hour by car.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/details>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- \/no optimize -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canary Islands \u00b7 Spain Gran Canaria A continent in miniature. And three ways to stay in it. 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