Playa de Vargas is where windsurfers go to practise their wave skills and camp right by the water but on the right day, you can sunbathe and swim in comfort.
The warm weather looks set to continue in Gran Canaria this week as tropical air heads north.
Gran Canaria's only cathedral is a mishmash or architectural styles because it was built over 500 years.
The weather in Gran Canaria for the next week will be rather boring: Warm and mostly sunny.
Filming of 'The Titan', a major sci-fi adventure starring Avatar's Sam Worthington and Ruth Wilson and directed by German director Lennart Ruff, begins in February 2016.
La Vegueta was the original Las Palmas and hasn't changed much since Columbus visited, except the bits that the Dutch burned down.
Gran Canaria's Wild West theme park is the perfect place to spend a day with the kids, and has a fully-stocked saloon for the adults.
Gran Canaria's Siam Park waterpark looks like a sure bet after getting Canarian Government approval.
The Spanish AEMET weather service has announced that November 2015 was the hottest and sunniest on record after a mid-month hot spell sent temperatures up to over 30ºC.