Getting Sun-Kissed in Gran Canaria

Anyone could get sun-kissed in any beach, but there are certain beaches that would make people enjoy getting their tan even with less effort. The mere sight of beautiful beaches could send that vacation-seeking tourist to a heavenly paradise. For anyone looking for that beach lovers’ paradise, you should check out Gran Canaria.

An island close to Europe, with a wide range of beaches as diverse as the changing sceneries waiting to be discovered, Gran Canaria is the perfect island on which to spend your holiday. A multi-faceted destination, you can enjoy many features you normally would not find in such a small area. It has nearly 60 kilometres of beaches on 236 kilometres of coastline under a gentle sun that seems to have settled down here for good.

Gran Canaria boasts of its many different types of beaches, the magnet that has lured generations of travellers from all over the globe. Well-known and crowded, such as the long stretch of sand of Maspalomas, a huge line of yellow sand stretching from Playa del Inglés to the foot of the great Maspalomas lighthouse, after bordering a dune desert on the island’s southern coastline.

The south of the island has yet another long series of beaches. Quiet family ones such as San Agustín, Amadores, and the small Puerto de Mogán. Or lively as the traditional tourist enclave of Puerto Rico, one of the spots with the best weather in the country.

A myriad of small beaches in southern Gran Canaria are all boasting of fine weather practically the whole year. Some are for tourists, with a wide range of services, while others are a true shelter for those in need of secluded spots. The beaches on the north of the island fit this profile better, with small sea enclaves such as Agaete, the perfect getaway spot for those who wish to leave rush behind. Gran Canaria holidays will surely be a perfect get-away for families and friends.

The capital city, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – also in the north – does not hide its special pride: the cosmopolitan Las Canteras Beach, an urban mile-long stretch of sand that fills the city with swimmers and surfers. However, it’s not all sun and beaches. The island has a spectacular mountainous interior formed by ancient volcanic activity.

Gran Canaria offers all the services of a guaranteed destination with a long tradition, to which thousands of Europeans return each year. Sailors, divers, surfers, deep-sea fisherpeople, and windsurfers are all getting away to an island that works like a magnet. It hides a magnetic spring with which it attracts anyone wanting to get away to a sea of fine weather.

There are perfect spots for windsurfing and kitesurfing. The island is in fact the base station for the best windsurfers, and although they do not go around telling everyone about it, they stay in Gran Canaria for most of the year. Divers and fisherpeople are others who are not interested in voicing out the bearings of their holiday spot.

Then come the sailors, who find Gran Canaria a great place to hold sailboat races. Winds practically made-to-measure, sea currents that gather large schools of fishes close to the coast, and spectacular sea bottoms represent its natural advantages. While in the rest of Europe winter stops all sea-related activity, the island’s impressive water sport season remains open throughout the year.

If there’s any place that I would want to spend my summers lounging around on a beach, then Grand Canaria is definitely going to be on the top of my list. Maybe it should top your list, too.