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The Beethoven piano in the inside of the Benito Pérez Galdós House Museum

Echos of Beethoven in Gran Canaria

The Pérez Galdós House Museum in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria reflects the intense relationship between the writer and music.

There is a place where two geniuses live side by side. One of the greatest Spanish writers of all times, Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920), was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The house museum that is located in the very building he grew up in, in calle Cano, is home to the writer’s piano, and provides an insight into what a fan he was of music and how much he used to enjoy playing.


Two people star-gazing in Gran Canaria

Star-gazing in Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria is an exceptional viewpoint for astronomical observation. Photographs taken of the Milky Way are a fine example of this.

This tale has several protagonists, and two settings that are situated huge distances  from one another. And it develops at very different times. But finally, the pieces slot in together almost magically in a quick flash. The elements link up in the internal mechanism of a single tale which highlights the positioning of Gran Canaria as a window to the Universe, thanks to its excellent conditions for star gazing.


Beach in La Aldea. Gran Canaria

In La Aldea for good

The new tunnel on the road to La Aldea now provides access to one of the most beautiful outposts in Gran Canaria.

Your car moves along between two towering cliffs that make you feel both small and fortunate at the same time. If you are coming in from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and have just passed Agaete, there is a huge expanse of blue ocean to your right. On the other side, a range of cliffs rise up –or plunge downwards, depending on how you look at it- and give way to steep ravines from time to time that open out into the sea. That’s right, the road that opens up in La Aldea de San Nicolás is a procession of kilometres of stunning beauty.


Radisson Blu Resort & Spa, Gran Canaria Mogán. Picture of Radisson Blu Resort & Spa, Gran Canaria Mogán

Gran Canaria: the luxury of being here

The opening of the Radisson Blu five star hotel en Mogán is the crowning glory of Gran Canaria’s bid for top quality.

Gran Canaria’s bid for top quality has reached new heights, thanks to the efforts of different public and private agents who are helping turn the island into a top holiday paradise. The opening of the luxury Radisson Blu Resort&Spa Gran Canaria Mogán, the second hotel this prestigious Scandanavian hotel chain has opened in Gran Canaria and their third in Spain, highlights the island’s and its investors’ commitment to providing the finest service and accommodation possible for tourists.


Cheeses from Santa María de Guía. Gran Canaria

Biography of a cheese from Gran Canaria

This is the tale of a passionate process that comes together to create the cheeses of Guía, Flower Cheese and Half Flower Cheese.

“This cheese is so unlike the rest”. Milagrosa Moreno Díaz is a leading cheesemaker from Gran Canaria from whose hands the finest products are created, carrying the seal of the Denomination of Protected Origin for Flower Cheese, Half Flower Cheese and Guía Cheese. They are all real gastronomic jewels that hold pride of place at the fairs to be held on 27th April in Guía, and on 5th May at Montaña Alta, in the same municipality.


"Tajinastes azules". Tenteniguada, Valsequillo de Gran Canaria

In search of the blue tajinaste

Breathe in the mountain air and go on a ramble to see the blue tajinaste plant, one of Gran Canaria’s natural emblems.

The seeds that the blue tajinaste plants sprout from are of a discreet earthy colour. They do, however, produce bushes endemic to Gran Canaria that grow into natural towers reaching up to four metres in height, topped off by gorgeous bunches of bluey flowers. This species is indeed one of the island’s natural symbols, and it is precisely in the month of April when they are in full bloom.