January 25, 2008
I can’t help but be elated whenever I travel with my family and relatives. I am wishing that all four of us in the family could go together somewhere abroad. But since there are still budget and time constraints, I am keeping myself satisfied by just surfing the internet and probing possible places that we could go to someday. Today I found other places in Spain that are tourists’ favorites. Of course, being a nature lover that I am, these places that I will share in this entry are offering resorts, beach, sand, and sun!
Gran Canaria is known as the miniature continent as it lies in between large continents such as Africa, Europe and Americas, and also because of the climate variety that the island has. Usually, the southern part of it is sunnier than its northern part, hence, more tourists could be found in the south, specifically in the largest resort that is Playa Del Ingles. It is an 8km beach that caters to a wide variety of beach-lover groups, like family, middle-aged friends, nudists, and gay people. Due to this, tourists can expect a very lively and exciting atmosphere from sun up to sun down.
Unlike Gran Canaria that has climate differences, Tenerife is an island where sun shines everywhere almost all-year round. Aside from sand and sun, there are lots of hotels and establishments in Tenerife that tourists could enjoy, making it an island of paradise. The place to visit in Tenerife is Playa de las Americas, which has three natural beaches and three other man-made ones. What’s good in this place is that there are scheduled trains and free buses that run within the island, making spot and facilities more convenient to visit.
For short or long vacations, there are lots of Gran Canaria hotels, Playa Del Ingles hotels, Tenerife Hotels, and Playa de las Americas hotels that could be found on the internet. I am hoping I could someday book my family for a weeks’ stay in these places.
The Canary Islands are really pretty. Matt and I were invited by his brother George to go on a cruise of the Canary Islands with his family. He turned 70. It was years ago but we still remember how pretty it is. It was fun since it was the first time we joined Matt’s Swedish family for a vacation. We cruised for one week and stayed in Sweden for another couple of days.
Did you know that the Canary Islands was named after the Canaria dogs? I thought the early settlers found canary birds on the island but when we went on a tour, we were told they found big Canaria dogs thus the name Gran Canaria. They even have statues of the dogs in front of their city hall. Who knew?!
Posted by Jay at January 29, 2008, 11:58 pm