Gran Canaria is known as the "continent in miniatura" for its diversity with larger historic towns and cities to the north, typical local villages, forests and resevoirs spread throughout the mountains in the center and of course the well known tourist resorts and beaches to the south. In addition and although the island is only 50km long/wide there's a climate of "eternal spring" in the north thanks to the Atlantic trade winds (arguably the best climate in the world) and all-year-round summer in the south as it faces the Western Sahara little more than 200km away.
