The Las Canteras beach is one of my favorite beaches in the whole world, although I don’t have sufficient experience to say it’s one of the best, but as an urban beach it’s fabulous.
In December 2008 I went there and it was a real pleasure to swim in the sea, although the sea was frozen cold.
For me, Las Canteras is my life! My childhood, my first beach (or my first pool without edges, haha). I have lived many experiences there, with an important part of my family who lives in Las Palmas and that today I remember with nostalgia.
The beach itself is great, very clean, 4 km of beach, the sandbar (where if you take your goggles you can see all the tropical fish), people sunbathing, the man who sells the “eeeeegg breeeeead” (pan de huevo), the sandwiches of La Garriga, the tan you get thanks to its weather and the promenade in Las Canteras, all very well taken care of and its beautiful!
Las Palmas has thousands of places you can see…the southern area is full of tropical beaches (some of them are artificial, others natural) destined for tourism (Germans, English…) with lots of places for leisure and luxury hotels. The center is the “little Madrid” as I call it, a small city, full of cars (I don’t know how so many are able to fit there), with locals, parties, the beach, the port and the shopping malls…
Last, the north of the island, green! It is full of pine trees, with the clean air of vegetation, with its towns, villages and popular celebrations, it’s the best!
My recommendation: the La Rama festivity, which is usually celebrated the first week of August. Everybody goes outside with a palm tree branch, walks along the town while following the band and everything ends in the beach, next to Dedo de Dios. I have never seen an atmosphere such as that one, or laughed as much…and I haven’t seen such a good street party!
In conclusion, for me Las Palmas is more than just an island; you will fall in love with it, with the peace, kindness and wellness that the island produces.
