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Full Day Island Tour from Las Palmas: Explore Volcanic Landscapes, Historic Streets, and Ocean Dunes
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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.
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:
24 hours
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…
- 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
- Reduced groups up to 25 persons
- Professional guide in English
- Air-conditioned transport
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- 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…
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.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(464 Ratings)
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Kissycarol
Mar 27, 2025
Pavel and Barbara thank you for a superb day out - A very interesting and different day out with Pavel (from Czechia) our guide and Barbara the excellent driver. She coped with those narrow winding roads and parking that coach in the smallest of spaces. We saw lots of pretty white housed villages and stunning landscapes. I learnt about the indigenous people and subsequent ancestors x their economy has changed from sugar cane x cochineal and wine to tourism on a grand scale x lovely lunch of Canarian stew x
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Fearless765169
Mar 23, 2025
Great guide - It was a really interesting trip and I was completely moved by this amazing landscape. The guide Pavel was so happy and positive that he made the day something special. Come with us if you want to see and know more about Gran Canaria. What a beautiful island. Thank you Pavel for a super day. Laila Larsen Danmark
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218reijav
Mar 22, 2025
Yippee - Best day of the holiday! The guide told us the history of Gran Canaria, Las palmas and all the tiny mountain villages with great jokes. We had lunch together at a pretty restaurant.
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Rummle
Mar 15, 2025
Great tour, enhanced by the experience of both guide and driver. - Such an interesting tour, covered so much of the Island. Our guide was very special. His knowledge of and passion for what he was doing was a huge part of the enjoyable day. He also supplied local cookies and alcohol for the whole group to try. The roads are very winding and at times I was nervous as we felt so close to the edge. The professionalism and skill of our driver Barbara was inspiring. Our guide Pavel was so well organised. He had menus for us all to select our lunch, called the order in ahead and everything was ready as we arrived for lunch. It was all delicious and a good price. We visited places we would never have had the opportunity to on our own.
Thoroughly recommend this tour.
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Gclife
Mar 13, 2025
The island in one day - Pavel hosted a fabulous trip around the island It’s a big day on the bus and we covered so many different viewpoints of the island Pavel imparted his incredible knowledge The restaurant recommended for lunch had delicious food at good value Barbara the driver was amazing in navigating very very small windy roads My only suggestion if you suffer a little travel sickness this may not be the tour for you
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Nancy_h
Mar 11, 2025
Pavel is the the best! He... - Pavel is the the best! He response email promptly. Answered all my questions prior the tour. Send me photo of the pickup location.
He has full knowledge of the Gran Canarias and other islands in Canarias area. Both history and environmental. Very knowledgeable. I learned a lot during the day.
During the tour he helped tour bus driver in parking places.
In lunch time he helped the restaurant. He has a kind heart.
Very impressive day tour in his tour team.
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I9118yclucyb
Mar 6, 2025
Excellent trip! - Was so lovely, the tour guide was marvelous and so friendly. He made us feel so comfortable and took a real interest in us, in order to make the experience more personal.He told us so many interesting facts about the entire island. We saw amazing sites and places. The food was delicious at the restaurant we ate at.
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Audrey_o
Mar 2, 2025
Great day trip from Las Palmas - The tour was as good the second time around. The tour guide Pavel is so professional and shares so much knowledge of the areas you visit. Great to see the sights in the middle of the island as well as the stop in Maspalomas
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Martinontrips
Feb 20, 2025
Best introduction to the island - It was a great choise to go on to this tour on my very first day on Gran Canaria. I got a very good overall understanding and overview what the island has to offer and could later plan my trip accordingly.
Also, it is a great choise to tansfer to southern part of the island from Las Palmas! As the sightseeing part of the tour ends in Maspalomas.
The guide was very engaging and humorous. A must have tour for first time visitors!
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Buzzard047
Mar 13, 2025
Good day out - Good day out, tour guide and coach driver worked hard all day to ensure a successful tour. We were lucky with the weather, the time we spent in the mountains was cool and clear, the views were amazing!
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