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Gran Canaria History Tour: Aborigines to Modern Day
4.3
40 Ratings
Aguimes
Embark on a full-day historic tour of Gran Canaria, exploring the island’s past and present. Visit the Guayadeque Valley, charming towns, and experience the local way of life. Book now!
Embark on a full-day historic tour of Gran Canaria, exploring the island’s past and present. Visit the Guayadeque Valley, charming towns, and experience the local way of life. Book now!
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Casco Historico de Aguimes - Agüimes village: It stands out for being an ancient aboriginal settlement. Guayadeque: Declared a Natural Monument in 2000, the Guayadeque Valley is a magical place full of aboriginal soul, where you will discover its cave-dwellings, settled by the first pre-Hispanic inhabitants and still in use today.
- Arucas -…
- Casco Historico de Aguimes - Agüimes village: It stands out for being an ancient aboriginal settlement. Guayadeque: Declared a Natural Monument in 2000, the Guayadeque Valley is a magical place full of aboriginal soul, where you will discover its cave-dwellings, settled by the first pre-Hispanic inhabitants and still in use today.
- Arucas - Famous for its local rum and banana cultivation
- Teror - Villa de Teror: This beautiful village is where you will find the Basilica of Nuestra Sra, Del Pino the patron saint of the Canary Islands deanery as magnificent stately homes and palaces built in a Canarian style.
- Valleseco - Valleseco is characterised by its overflowing vegetation, and 80% of its territory is considered a Protected Natural Area. You will have free time to walk its streets and have lunch (not included in the price).
- Roque Nublo - We will stop at Roque Nublo, considered one of the largest natural crags in the world. This volcanic rock rises eighty metres above its base. It is of special significance for the islanders, even being an ancient place of worship for the aborigines. The whole area around it was declared a protected natural area in 1987 and a rural park seven years later
- Fataga - Fataga: the village was known as the Valley of the Thousand Palm Trees, but we won’t stop. Aloe vera property: Known as the miracle plant, more and more people in the Canary Islands are betting on its cultivation and commercialization. On this farm, we will learn about its uses and properties.
What's Included
- Transfer
- Aloe Vera Farm Visit
- Insurance
- Guide
- Transfer
- Aloe Vera Farm Visit
- Insurance
- Guide
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Lunch
Additional Information
Enjoy an authentic journey through time on this guided bus excursion. From the ancestral way of life of the aborigines to the present and future of Gran Canaria, witness a complete local mosaic of Gran Canaria’s history.
• Enjoy a full-day bus tour with a local guide
• Discover the Guayadeque Valley and its cave houses
• Visit the beautiful towns of…
Enjoy an authentic journey through time on this guided bus excursion. From the ancestral way of life of the aborigines to the present and future of Gran Canaria, witness a complete local mosaic of Gran Canaria’s history.
• Enjoy a full-day bus tour with a local guide
• Discover the Guayadeque Valley and its cave houses
• Visit the beautiful towns of Teror, Vallesco and Agüimes
• Take an incredible scenic bus route through the Mid-Mountain Region
- Lunch is not included in this activity.
- The pick-up service is only offered from hotels in the south of Gran Canaria. Transfer service takes place approximately between 09:00 and 10:30 hours. Pick-up can be at your hotel or at the nearest pick-up point to your hotel.
Location
Casco Historico de Aguimes
Dr. Joaquin Artiles
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(40 Ratings)
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Botondviktor_b
Feb 23, 2025
The tour was very well... - The tour was very well organized, with a professional guide. It covers the main attractions of the island. I can only recommend it to everyone.
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Companion13050742207
Jan 23, 2025
Excellent informative tour - Loved this tour - our guide was excellent. Very informative, speaking Spanish, German and English along the way. At times, high up in the mountains, the roads were pretty scary. It had been raining too.
The towns and viewing stops were stunning and enough time was given for a wander and cup of coffee.
The lunch stopover wasn’t great, but okay and very good value.
I would certainly recommend this tour if you are looking to visit some highlights of Gran Canaria and learn about the islands history.
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Aurachmadla
May 2, 2024
Very interesting - It was a very informative and interesting lecture and demonstration. There was also an opportunity to shop.
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Irene_b
Mar 28, 2024
Perfect tour to visit all around the Island! - Spectacular tour! The guide was very friendly and knows 7 different languages. I felt like we traveled around the whole island and got to see the major points of interest.
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Alicia_l
Jan 11, 2024
Trip around the island - Great trip around the island. Our tour guide Simone was very informative and took good care of us. Fantastic very skilled driver Manolo did amazing job driving us through mountains.
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Garryk2021
Feb 27, 2024
Impressive island tour - The trip was very good and we enjoyed it very much with many interesting impressions which the tour guide eloquently presented!!!
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Helen_e
Jan 21, 2025
It was a full day... - It was a full day exploring the mountains and visited a Cave home, one town Teror for 30 mins and another town for a toilet break of 15 mins. The guide spoke both German and English throughout as mixed group. We were taken to a place to eat a set lunch for €15 which wasn’t what we expected as was told we were going to have 2 hours to enjoy lunch - we expected to be able to choose somewhere nice to eat. The set lunch wasn’t very nice. I think we were two small groups English and German that was put together to make viable. The guide was very knowledgeable and the driving skills of the coach driver were tremendous as the roads were very narrow and in some cases very high up. We saw a lot and glad we did it but would recommend to leave people in Teror for longer to see the town and ditch the set meal as wasn’t at all nice.
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Michael_s
Apr 26, 2024
Day tour Gran Canaria - The advertisements for this tour leads one to believe that the transportation is by minibus whereas we were taken by coach which limits the views somewhat. Guide and driver were both good.
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Mads
Dec 21, 2023
Ruined by aloe "farm" - Most of the fond memories were ruined by the last stop at aloe "farm" dusgusting to drop tourists off at a store and disguise it as part of sightseeing, only to have quacks lie to you about the panacea of the aloe plant and peddle their insanely overpriced products. Utterly exploitative. I can only imagine the store pays the tour company for this tourist trap.
Apart from that the trip was great. Great views, amazing guide, such a memorable experience. Without the aloe "farm" it would have been 5 stars.
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I509swlaraf
Apr 23, 2025
Very bad experience - On the plus side, we saw a lot of the countryside and the inner parts of the island which we wouldn't have seen otherwise. We saw Terror, which is a great and awesome city. Wish we would've stayed longer there, so there would've been some actual time to explore the city.
However ... the whole rest of the day felt like some form of tourist trap/promotion event. It was very bad, especially given we already paid a lot for the day.
First stop at some cave-houses... 'Coincidently' the guide knew some "friends" that had cheap cafe for us there. Of course we didn't have to buy, we could also just wait at the bus stop. Most stops were kind of like this.
Lunch. A (terrible!) restaurant in the middle of nowhere. We have to choose: We can eat in this restaurant (lunch has to be paid extra!) or have no lunch at all, because there is absolutely nothing else in this area. Thus, we were kind of forced to eat there if we didnt want to starve.
Next stop, top of the mountain. Beautiful view, guide again knew some friends who wanted to sell souvenirs to us for good price (at least he claimed that).
Next stop, a bar for refreshments. Tour guide promotes this "delicious" smoothie that has been extra prepared for us. Of course, has to be paid extra. We can also choose to not buy it and just wait.
Next stop, the aloe farm. About half an hour they showed us how the plant is harvested and told us stories about its healing powers. Followed by enough freetime to go through their massively overpriced shop. Here in Thailand you find the same articles for like 1/5 of the price, without those aggressive advertisment.
Hope I could give some impressions. The whole day felt like we care driven from one shop/vendor to another one. One of the worst tours I ever had. Sorry to say, but the whole day felt like mass tourism and very fishy, where they try to rip off some extra dollars from tourists. We did not like it at all. There is lots of room for improvment
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