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2016 Gran Canaria - Island Tour
Posted 2017-01-03
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On Wednesday we took a bus tour of Gran Canaria, billed as the VIP Tour. A bus picked us
up at reception at 8:30 AM, spent an hour or so picking up from other hotels up the coast,
then headed north past Las Palmas and west into the mountains. The tour finished about
5:30 PM at our hotel. The photos in the following pages show some of the spots that we hit on the tour. The photos are pickable to show a larger version if desired. Pick Return on your browser to return to where you were. Note that any photos which include a time stamp are five hours behind local time, because I forgot to set the camera time after we left home. |
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Our first stop was to see homes in caves in the side of a mountain, where the accommodations
have been updated to include some modern conveniences. One home was open to view, and was quite un-cave-like. |
| Intriguing to see tile walkways and numbers on the doors, although difficult to guess what lies behind them. |
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Up the hill were some fairly substantial looking stone structures, but hard to say what lies therein. |
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Marg met a couple from Germany who were familiar with Assenheim, where Marg's Switzer forefathers hailed from. |
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Our next stop was at an Aloe plantation, where a young lady described how to select leaves to harvest, and how to open them up to reveal the sticky aloe substance inside. |
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There were many Aloe products on display, and a shop where they could be purchased to take advantage of their reputedly miraculous healing powers. |
| The next stop was in Firgas, noted for its awesome tile work. |
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Along the way we stopped for lunch at Restaurant Valleseco, overlooking the sea from high in the mountains. There we were served a large meal, with several potato hors d'oeuvres, a main course (fish, chicken or pork) with wine, dessert course with a digestif and coffee. All for the ten Euros that we had opted for when purchasing the tour. We ate with a charming couple from the Munich area in Germany, who spoke English much better than we spoke German. |
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Next stop was at a small market in Tejeda, one of the most beautiful villages in Spain, according to the sign. |
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We tried to get photos showing the narrow, winding roads that the bus was following, sure extinction for the 26 passengers if the driver failed to negotiate one of the curves. |
| Afternoon break for coffee, beer, wine, ice-cream, etc. at Restaurant Mirador de Tunte (Tunte lookout). |
| Our last stop was in Fataga, city of a thousand palms and boutique art. |
| Flowers blooming in December catch our attention. Then we head for our home away from home. |
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Introduction Our apartment The Resort Island Tour Mogan market town |