I know that I’ve been a bit slow in posting this. I’ve had some issues – on our first outing I forgot my camera and on the second outing I got some great pictures which I accidently deleted while trying to figure out my new camera… heavy sigh. However, I now have some pretty good pictures and am ready to show you around Gran Canaria.

 

Gran Canaria is a volcanic island covering approximately 1,560 square kilometers. Beautiful brown sand beaches belt the coastline

 

 

 

 

 

 

and mountains congregate the interior with the highest peak reaching 1,949 meters into a pristine azure sky. The temperature ranges in the low to mid 60s at night to the mid to upper 70s during the day year round. It doesn’t get much better than that.

While the temperatures remain very consistent, the landscape varies greatly with semi desert like conditions in the southern half

and beautiful forested areas toward the north.

As most of you know, Tom and I like to walk/hike. We’ve found it to be a great way to explore a new place, so on our first full day, and a few others, we walked along la playa promenade (the beach walk). Cool breezes, great views and interesting people made a great place to take in the sights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We heard many different languages as we walked and saw some interesting characters.

The promenade is just about 5 miles round trip. A beautiful way to stay in shape on a non-hiking day.