Amusement park “Aqualand”
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Originally there were two amusement parks focussing on water fun at Gran Canaria:
the so called “AquaSur” as well as the “Ocean Park”. The last one was located at mid Maspalomas, but it is out of order nowadays.
The “Aquasur” finally turned into “Aqualand” in the course of the years and makes the largest leisure park of the isle by now. Covering a surface area of about 90.000 square metres this theme park aims at offering a great amount of water- based attractions such as for example more than 30 water slides. There is a certain area addressing at children which also contains a great variety of the park’s mascot, the “Aqualand”- ape.
Another amazing attraction is the famous “Tornado”, a closed flume entertaining visitors by presenting light- and sound effects while sliding. Furthermore there are tourist features like the “Mamut” for four persons, the “Crazy Race” with nine parallel ...
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In additon, the cathedral of Santa Ana and the boulevard Calle Mayor de Triana in 
You will be suprised! Alltough this place is not that far away from Playa Ingles, it is not that touristy.
Near the rocky beach along the surfing spot you can find a nice little lake with lots of birds and little fishes.
And if you should become hungry by surfing, take a look at all these tiny seafood restaurant along the coast or just ask one of the locals where you could get something special to eat.