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Gran Canaria 2012 carnival dates announced

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The dates have been announced for the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria carnival. The dates are between the 3rd to the 21st of February 2012, this is a week less than the normal duration, but organisers are hoping to attract more visitors during the dates. The carnival poster image has also been released. The carnival [...]

Earthquake felt in Gran Canaria

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Earthquakes are detected every year in Gran Canaria, specifically in the same area where the earth trembled on Monday (22nd August 2011), just off the coast of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. However, it is the first time that it has reached a magnitude as large as this one, 3.4 degrees on the Richter scale. It [...]

‘Tin can’ partially closes Gran Canaria airport

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The National Police activated the ‘emergency protocol’ at the Gran Canaria Airport this morning at 09:00 (Monday, 22nd August 2011) when their attention was drawn to a suspect ‘tin can tied with rope to a fence’ outside the check-in area of EU departures zone. This forced them to bring in the TEDAX force (technical experts [...]

Maspalomas dunes sand erosion situation worsens

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The erosion that the beach of Maspalomas is suffering appears to be much more serious than researchers had previously thought. The winds from the north-east provide little sand and that small amount that is left dissappears after just a few days. Last week a stretch alongside one of the kiosks was sealed off. The awaited [...]

Tragedy beach deaths in the Canaries

It has been a tragic day on the Canary Island beaches today (Monday 18th April 2011). We earlier reported that two tourists had died on the Playa Amadores beach in Gran Canaria (see article here). The two people that drowned earlier this morning were two German tourists aged between 25-30 years old. It has now [...]

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