Gran Canaria 2004 - Part 2

Las Palmas And Water Park

Las Palmas

The capital city of Gran Canaria is Las Palmas and we made two trips there. The first time all shops were closed due to a federal holiday and so we had to return the next day. Las Palmas is a beautiful town with many old buildings and it is also the biggest city of the Canary Islands. Playa del Ingles and Las Palmas were connected by a public bus transport system and it took approximately 45 minutes to get there.

Las Palmas

Las Palmas

After we arrived, we did some shopping in the Triana district before we visited the old town, called Vegueta, with the Santa Ana Cathedral and the Museo Canario. The museum has many archeological  artefacts found on the Canary Islands on display and it was definitely worth a visit. In the afternoon we spent some time in a huge shopping center named El Cortes Ingles. After we returned to Playa del Ingles, we had a nice dinner at our favorite Spanish restaurant near our hotel. We liked that restaurant a lot, because it served traditional Spanish food and delicious cocktails.

Calle Mayor de Triana

Calle Mayor de Triana

Calle Mayor de Triana

Las Palmas

Las Palmas

Santa Ana Cathedral

Santa Ana Cathedral

Museo Canario

Museo Canario

Vegueta - Old Town

Vegueta - Old Town

Vegueta - Old Town

El Corte Ingles

Dinner

Aqualand Water Park

Near Playa del Ingles was the Aqualand Maspalomas water park and we decided to go there. After breakfast a we were picked up by a bus and we thought that the bus would bring us back to the hotel as well. Unfortunately the bus didn't run anymore in the evening and so we had to use a taxi back home. The park was okay, but nothing special. It featured a lazy river, some bigger and some smaller slides and several pools. We spent the whole day there and enjoyed our time in the park.

Aqualand

Aqualand

Aqualand

Aqualand

Aqualand

Unfortunately each vacation has an end and after a wonderful week we had to fly back home.