C a n a r y F o r u m
February
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New Kiosks for Maspalomas Beach
New Kiosks for Maspalomas Beach
Two years ago new "chiringitos" (kiosks) were purchased to replace the old ones lining Maspalomas an...
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Accommodation Choices
Accommodation Choices
For most of the year you really are spoilt for accommodation choices in any of the major resorts. Le...
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Almond Festival
Almond Festival
Winter's coming to an end and spriing is in the air .... well, not quite but thanks to our warmer th...
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Illegal Private Holiday Lets
Illegal Private Holiday Lets
This week the Spanish police have arrested 10 Romanians who were responsible for conning around 300 ...
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Palmitos Park
Palmitos Park
Palmitos Park is an oasis in the south of the island specialising in tropical birds and home to...
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Ten good wines under 5 euros a bottle....
Ten good wines under 5 euros a bottle....
Spain may have the best and widest range of wines at low prices, with excellent quality. Reasons abo...
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News from the week
News from the week
So the week ended with crazy weather. On 8th August during the morning we had torrential rain. It ne...
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Christmas in the Canaries
Christmas in the Canaries
By far the busiest time of year here in the Canary Islands is Christmas week & especially the we...
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Complaining Officially
Complaining Officially
An “hoja de reclamaciones” is an official Spanish “complaint form” and the f...
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Highlights of Gran Canaria
Highlights of Gran Canaria
The Weather
Here in the south of the island where all of the holiday resorts are situated, we have ...
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Gran Canaria Villas
Gran Canaria Villas
This isn't an easy topic to cover but should be something the island is promoting more. It's a fanta...
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Cats on Gran Canaria
Cats on Gran Canaria
There is one certainty if you visit the Canary Islands and that is that you will see a cat within mi...
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Mobile Pay-As-You-Go & Internet
Mobile Pay-As-You-Go & Internet
The good news for travellers is that from April 2016 EU "Roaming" prices are going to drop considera...
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Two-resort holiday for Carnival Las Palmas
Two-resort holiday for Carnival Las Palmas
Gran Canaria is known as the "continent in miniatura" for its diversity with larger historic towns a...
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Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera
I knew it was good for putting on sunburn and that was about it. I've since been reading up on it an...