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Full Day Island Tour from Las Palmas: Explore Volcanic Landscapes, Historic Streets, and Ocean Dunes
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407 Ratings
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Embark on a full-day island tour from Las Palmas and experience the diverse landscapes of Gran Canaria. Explore volcanic craters, historic streets, and ocean dunes with a professional English-speaking guide.
Duration:
8 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Caldera de Bandama - Caldera de Bandama - from a nice viewpoint you will have great views over the island’s largest volcanic crater.
- Santa Brigida - Santa BrÃgida - a small city with a pretty historical center. Due to the water sources the place is surrounded by green areas full of lush vegetation and palm trees. You will walk its lovely streets and have a chance to grab a quick coffee in a typical old coffee shop.
- Pico de las Nieves - Pico de las Nieves - from the highest peak of the island you will have amazing views over the mountanous countryside. Your photos will be dominated especially by two mysterious rocks in the heart of the island - Roque Nublo and Roque Bentayga and if you are lucky, maybe Tenerife island will be visible far on the horizon.
The weather on Gran Canaria is mostly great, but in the unlikely case of bad weather for this stop the day of your tour there might be no views from Pico de las Nieves. If that happens we would try to stop for you in other viewpoints on our drive down to the south of the island, where the weather is usually sunnier.
- San Bartolome de Tirajana - San Bartolomé de Tirajana - in this lovely mountain village you will visit and interesting museum created in an old house of a well positioned family. Here you will find out more about the life in the villages in the old times.The museum opens for free.
- Fataga - Fataga - a charming village surrounded by hundreds of palms seems like a small oasis in a canyon-like countryside. Here you will have approximately 1 hour free time that you can enjoy for having a lunch in a traditional taverna. The meals are delicious and start on 7.50 euros/person/main dish.
- Reserva Natural Especial de Las Dunas de Maspalomas - Sand Dunes of Maspalomas - get yourself lost in the waste sand dunes. You will have 45 minutes to spend here, so don´t forget your swimwear in case you wish to have a quick jump to the ocean. You will be dropped off and picked-up by the pretty pond of Charco de Maspalomas situated on the edge of the dunes.
What's Included
- Reduced groups up to 25 persons
- Professional guide in English
- Air-conditioned transport
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
Travel from the northern end to the southern tip of the island. Marvel at the island’s most sizable volcanic crater, and explore the historical lanes of Santa BrÃgida. Take in the breathtaking sights from Pico de las Nieves, enjoy a traditional meal in the delightful village of Fataga, and finish your journey by basking in the sun by the mighty sand dunes near the sea. This tour is facilitated by an English-speaking professional guide.
- Minimum age is 7 years
- There are many winding roads in the mountains. If you suffer road sickness, please be sure to bring your medication.
- The tour is guided only in English
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Restaurante Casa Fataga
Parque de Santa Catalina
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Trip22821157473
Aug 26, 2024
Perfect tour - This was a perfect tour. Comfortable mid-sized bus and a fabulous guide. He really cared about tourist satisfaction. Very knowledgeable of interesting details. We couldn’t have seen and understood the island better. Highly recommended.
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Georgiet435
Aug 15, 2024
Great day out! - The tour was informative and took us to places all around the island. The tour guide shared great stories and was happy for everyone to get photos. He was able to provide information on how to return if you wanted to spend more time at the sand dunes.
Bus was comfortable and the a/c was on.
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Sandra_w
Aug 15, 2024
Good overview of the island - Our guide Paul picked us up on time at the requested Plaza. He spoke clearly about the history of the various people and places we visited. He had lots of little funny stories to share. We saw mountains, arod parts and beaches. Our bus driver with the long grey beard was good. Our lunch we had was delicious. Everything was well done. The bus had AC of sorts. And we were not packed in. We had nationalities from many countries but the tour was in English.
I would definitely recommend this tour.
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Srnicho1
Aug 14, 2024
Tour of Gran Canaria - I really enjoyed the tour. Pavel was a great tour guide! He was very knowledgeable and gave amazing backstory about the Island (especially with the knowledge about the indigenous people). He went out his way to make sure I was accommodated for.
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Hmeinema12
Jun 17, 2024
Great excursion. - It was a very good excursion, the tour guide and driver were excellent.
Viewed beautiful small towns and walked around.
It is definitely worth taking this excursion.
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Fiona_h
May 30, 2024
Pavel was very... - Pavel was very knowledgeable about the island.....and very entertaining too!
Thank you, very good value for money.
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Monikawq8720ar
May 22, 2024
Perfectly organized! - Highly recommended, everything is well organized. Very interesting places. The tour guide is super nice, really into it, gives a lot of really interesting information, and looks after all the fellow travelers.
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Jennifer_g
May 17, 2024
Excellent day out. Brilliant guide. - Pavel, our guide, was brilliant. Really well informed and well organised. He has a deep knowledge of Gran Canaria and kept us interested and entertained all day. The tour is fascinating and shows you a different side to the island, away from the resorts.
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U1283oochristopherh
May 15, 2024
Great day trip - I thought the host and driver were excellent. Very informative and interesting stories. It's a great way to see some more remote towns and views. Each stop had a sufficiently relaxing pace.
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Trip22821157473
May 12, 2024
Fabulous tour - This tour gave us such a great sample of the highlights of Gran Canaria in one day. No time was wasted in souvenir shops or waiting in line. The guide was enthusiastic about his work and was very knowledgeable about history, geology, etc. If you only have one day, this is the tour to take.
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