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Gran Canaria is located at the heart of the Canary Islands Spain 210 km west of Morocco in the Atlantic Ocean. The island is one of the few places on earth that can boast such a variety of landscapes within such a small area. It stretches just 40 km from north to south but offers dramatic volcanic mountains (tropical forests) (desert areas) and golden beaches.
It's the one place that has an eloquent diversity of little known landscape. There are deserts and sandy areas as well as mountains with thriving tropical plant life. And the steep cliffs of (El Puerto de la Nieves) and (de la Aldea) together with the rough ravines of (Tirajana) (Moya) and (Azuaje) alternate with lovely valleys where thousands of banana-trees grow. And like the (Arucas) smoothly come down in the direction of the sea. This is where plants from Europe, Africa and America grow. Like the Tamadaba pine forests, Los Tilos lime trees, the El Monte vineyards, the coffee plantations at Agaete, palm forests, almond-trees and sugar cane.
The south is well known for its desert sand dunes. Located in the center you'll discover the snow-covered mountain peaks of Pozo de las Nieves and Los Pechos both rising to nearly 2,000 meters. Well away from all the tourist spots of the south there's the village of San Bartolome de Tirajana hidden inside a volcanic crater and only accessed by narrow mountain streets.
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