Hotels in Gran Canaria – twenty climates? A sartorial challenge!
Gran Canaria has an amazing variety of ‘climates’ - twenty in all. Why? Because the landscape’s so varied. At the island’s centre there’s a snow covered volcano from which you can just see the hot beaches below, in the far distance. A strange feeling. Take warm clothes if you’re heading volcano-wards as it’s really cold up there! What about hotels in Gran Canaria? Well, you can’t move for hotels along the coast but you’ll be hard pressed to find many inland. The Five Star Melia Las Palmas Hotel overlooks the Playa de las Canteras beach, a short walk from the shops and city centre. A huge place, the Melia Las Palmas has 234 rooms, a café and a couple of good bars, a pool, restaurant and room service. Phew.
Lively nightlife and great golf
Gran Canaria hotels mostly face the beach. And some of the beaches are spectacular. Maspalomas has some of the best beaches in the Canaries and Playa del Ingles offers lively nightlife if you want it. The elegant Apolo Hotel Canaria is a short trot from the beaches at Playa del Ingles and Maspalomas, and the promenade is within spitting distance (if you can spit 150m, that is). All rooms have balconies and the views across the sea are amazing. Plus an amazing range of facilities. It’s almost a mini-town; there’s a restaurant, beauty salon, babysitters, a gym, laundry, pool, sauna, shops and tennis court. I could go on… and on.
Gran Canaria Hotels – Sun and fun in historic Las Palmas
Gran Canaria’s capital, Las Palmas, has a chequered history dating back to the 1400s. Almost half a million people live there, so it’s by far the Canaries’ biggest city. Enjoy the architecture, shopping, bars and restaurants. Or forget all that nonsense, drink beer and lie on the beach instead. The Astoria hotel sits right in the middle of Las Palmas, almost on top of the Las Canteras beach. Like many hotels in Gran Canaria this is a biggie, with 312 rooms on five floors, both singles and doubles. Like many of the bigger hotels in Gran Canaria, the Astoria has an impressively long list of on site facilities. You could spend your whole holiday there, not moving more than a few feet for days and days. Lazy? Yes. But who cares. You’re on your holidays!
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