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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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(418 Ratings)
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Navigator57800108115
Nov 3, 2024
Island delights. - Great overview of the island. Well worth the time. Interesting places Nice spot we stoped for a leisurely and relaxing lunch.
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Navigator612378
Oct 31, 2024
Engaging and informative tour, providing a fun packed day and delivered excellent value. Strongly recommend - Having visited Las Palmas many times we haven’t really seen and experienced the island, beyond a few trips to the southern resorts. This was a great experience and opportunity to learn about the culture, history and geology of Gran Canaria. Many stunning views from numerous stopping places. An excellent English speaking guide and a bonus was meeting some really interesting folks from around the globe.
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Anke_h
Oct 24, 2024
Interesting insights into the culture and geography of Gran Canaria - Very informative tour with a good choice of places to see. Thank you very much, Pavel, it was fun to meet you. Maybe you could think about offering the tour for smaller groups as well, I could imagine that some people (like me) would be willing to pay a higher price if they could do the tour in a minivan - size group.
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Sue_h
Oct 20, 2024
Recommended - The tour was great, with regular stops, visiting lovely mountain villages with fantastic views, as well as the sand dunes. Our guide, Pavel, was very knowledgeable and professional. He kept us entertained with lots of anecdotes, spoke perfect English and took time to get to communicate with everyone on the tour. David, our driver was also great, especially in navigating the tricky mountain roads. I'd definitely recommend this trip. It's a great way to see the island!
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Misty121
Oct 14, 2024
Excellent tour - Definitely worth doing,scenery is amazing, loved the small villages Very knowledgeable guide, driver was amazing felt very safe especially on the hairpin bends.
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Karen_r
Oct 11, 2024
Excellent trip - Excellent trip. Pick up was easy and on time. Visited all main sights across the island. It included a lovely lunch. Pavel was both interesting and funny. Would highly recommend.
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Jeremybw1873iw
Sep 30, 2024
Unforgettable experience! - This day trip across the island is a must-do for anyone visiting Las Palmas. The stops are nicely spaced out, and in between them you're in the comfort of an air conditioned coach.
The guide, Pavel, is super knowledgeable and friendly, and taught me more about Gran Canaria than I ever expected to know within 8 hours! With that knowledge, it is no surprise at all that all of the stops and the route itself are amazing, with truly incredible views. The driver was also super friendly and skilled, keeping everyone comfortable across the mountainous roads.
For the price, I struggle to think of a better experience that I have done so far.
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Allychrisandmahlie
Sep 29, 2024
Fabulous day trip - Thoroughly enjoyed the day trip and Pavel was an excellent guide. The driver was skilled driving across the islands steep terrain. Great to explore more of the island !
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Aimilia_k
Sep 12, 2024
Great tour of Gran Canaria - Highly recommended tour if you want to see the highlights of the island in one day! The scenery is so diverse and incredible! Very well organised trip with a great guide, Pavel, who is so smiley and friendly and made the tour fantastic!
Please note so you don't make the same mistakes as me:
Take a jacket because it gets chilly in the mountains, and because it also gets windy, ladies do not wear mini or midi dresses/skirts. Athletic footwear is also recommended but take a pair of sandals/flip flops when you walk on the sand at Maspalomas otherwise your shoes will be filled with sand.
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Paulh4090tm
Sep 8, 2024
Absolutely Awesome - Absolutely awesome day,coach driver and tour guide are extremely helpful and very knowledgeable. We'll worth the money and day. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING SCENERY.
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