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Friday, May 29th, 2009

If you like it hot, but not too hot, the Costa Mogan is the place for you - the summer daytime temperature in the resorts of Puerto Rico, Puerto de Mogan and Patalavaca on the south-west coast of Gran Canaria is normally in the high twenties to mid-thirties (that's °C not °F!), usually with a refreshing sea-breeze. Winter temperatures are only a few degrees lower. And it's the same in Taurito, Playa del Cura and Arguineguin too.
See what the weather is like now in Puerto-de Mogan. According to some, the Costa Moganhas the best climate in the world!

There's a wide range of accommodation ranging from luxury air-conditioned apartments in Puerto Mogan with a swimming pool to economical self-catering apartments in Puerto Rico or perhaps you'd

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Discovering Gran Canaria

Monday, March 9th, 2009
On the isle of Gran Canaria you can choose beteween a huge offer of excursions, trips and leisure time activities. Gran Canaria ist adequate for activity holidays and sports. Today we have two tips for ventures and leisure time activities on Gran Canaria. Firstly we want to inform you about the website ofv Grancanaria-Excursions.com. On this website you find a huge offer of excursions all over the island. At Grancanariaexcursions.com you can book many kinds of day trips to different places and destinations. In the range you find a trip to Las Palmas, on wich you can discover the capitol of Gran Canaria, with its famous quarter of La Vegueta full of shops and sights. For those who are interested in the history of Gran Canaria, we recomment the Ancient History Tour, starting in Guadedeque, where you can view some caves from the aborigines of Gran Canaria. This half ...
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The auditory of Las Palmas of Gran Canaria

Sunday, March 1st, 2009
The auditory of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria of Gran Canaria is located at the nothwestern end of Las Canteras beach, next to the convention centre opposite the Las Arenas shopping centere with it’s modern design. It is named after Alfredo Kraus, a famous spanish tenor who died in 1999 and was considered to be one of the last Grandseigneurs of opera. Designed by the architect Oscar Tusquets and the sculptor Juan Bordes it was first opened on December 5th in 1997. The auditory hosts many cultural and social events like the annual Canary Islands' Music Festival, wich takes place at each years beginning, or the Las Palmas of Gran Canaria Film Festival, which is organized in corporation with the city council of Las Palmas. Throughout the year many events are running in the auditory. Many own concerts, as well as the Las Palmas Philharmony Society concerts ...
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Expansion of the Gran Canaria Airport

Sunday, February 1st, 2009
Gran Canaria Airport ist the fifth largest spanish airport and the largest airport of the Canary Islands. Allowing 53 landings and take-offs per hour, the important airport handled over 10 million passengers and 37232 tonnes of cargo in 2006. The airport is located to the east of the island on the Bahía de Gando and about 18 kilometers from the capital of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. To improve efficiency, director Francisco Macho confirmed an expandation of Gran Canaria Airport completed by the year 2020. The expandation will effect an increase of flight operations up to 80 flights per hour and is to be realised in three steps. The first construction phase should be finished in 2011 containing the extension of parking sites. The second period includes the constitution of a third runway. For this purpose the motorway GC-1 will be diverted. Start of construction is in 2015. ...
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Puerto Mogan – Venice of the south

Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Puerto Mogan is a small village that is situated in the south of Gran Canaria. It is called one of the most beautiful and picturesque towns in Gran Canaria. Several beaches are visited everyday by hundreds of tourists. You can either sit in the sun, have a nice bath in the very clean water or one can do all kinds of watersport activities. Puerto Mogan was build around the port and is a typical fishing village. People say that you will find no fresher fish in the restaurants then in Puerto Mogan. Some of the best fish restaurants of the island are situated in the village. Because of the channels that reach from the port towards the village, Puerto Mogan is called Venice of the south. Even though there is a huge frequency of tourists comin to Puerto Mogan every year, the village kept its typical fisher-village-identy. One reason ...
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