SAN AGUSTIN is a quieter resort and a residential area with a sandy beach and plenty of restaurants in the commercial centres.

PLAYA DEL INGLES is next down the coast and the largest resort on the island. There is a wide selection of shops and direct access to the eight kilometre long sand dunes leading to MASPALOMAS. This resort is the most southerly on the island and is a quiet area of quality hotels, some of which are built in the adjoining area of COSTA MELONERAS. High in the mountains with views out to sea is the charming rural village of SAN BARTHOLME DE TIRAHANA, here you can enjoy country pursuits such as walking and cycling.

LAS PALMAS, the capital city, is a large metropolitan cily with pleanty of department stores, restaurants and bars, a good place fpr a days serious shopping

Gran Canaria is full of surprises and contrasts and is well worth a visit.