Gran Canaria Spain Travel

Gran Canaria is certainly one of the last remaining European paradise isles located in the Atlantic Ocean, 130 miles from the African coast. It's the third largest of the Canary Islands and has Fuerteventura and Tenerife as its neighbours. Las Palmas, located in the northeast part of the island, is its capital.. Gran Canaria is an island of contrasts.

Gran Canaria is located southeast of Tenerife and west of Fuerteventura.The island is of volcanic origin, mostly made of fissure vents.Gran Canaria's surface area is 1,560 km² and its maximum elevation is 1,949 metres (Pico de Las Nieves).It has a round shape, with a diameter of approximately 50 km.

Gran Canaria is the third-largest island in the Canaries’ archipelago, but accounts for almost half the population. It lives up to its reputation as a continent in miniature, with dramatic variations of terrain, ranging from the green and leafy north to the lush mountainous interior and the desert south.

Culture. Gran Canaria is a melting pot of cultures in the middle of the ocean. Its age old heritage, its mixture of continents and flavours, are there to see for those travelers who care to look beyond the sea of beaches.