Can pictures and letters come to life? Well, miracles do happen after all. Last century, Néstor de la Torre Martín Fernández, Gran Canaria’s most famous painter, created a series a paintings named Poem of the Atlantic, also known as Poema del Mar.

Manolo the Dangerous guides his boat into the clear waters. Nearby, on the sand, you’ll see people walking, with some taking their first swim of the day. Whilst others breakfast on one of the promenade’s terraces. It’s another day at Las Canteras beach.