Gran Canaria 2026

  1. Sunset from the rocky north coast: the sky fading orange behind the headlands, the cone of Teide on Tenerife just visible across the water.
  2. A bakery counter behind glass: rows of croissants, napolitanas and focaccia on wooden boards with hand-chalked price cards in Spanish.
  3. A small brown warbler perched among the red-and-yellow flower spikes of a flowering aloe, subtropical garden blurred behind.
  4. Looking up through a grove of Canary date palms, fronds fanning out against a bright blue sky.
  5. A still pond in a botanical garden reflecting the sky, ringed by succulents and echium, with a house perched on the rock bluff above.
  6. A pigeon landing with wings spread beside another on a line of wooden posts marking a path through the Maspalomas dunes under grey cloud.
  7. The Maspalomas dunes: rippled sand stretching to low scrub-topped ridges under a broken bank of cloud.
  8. A restaurant terrace under a cream awning above a rocky shore, tables laid and a 'Reservado' card out, surf breaking on black volcanic rock below.
  9. A tiny blue-and-white fisherman's hut built into the volcanic rock, a painted anchor and a 'welcome on board' lifebuoy on the wall and a ceramic dog on the roof.
  10. Heavy surf breaking over black volcanic rock on the north coast, dark cliffs running out to a sea stack under a thick mackerel sky.
  11. Papas arrugadas — salt-crusted wrinkled potatoes — on a wooden board between bowls of red and green mojo with little wooden spoons.
  12. A chocolate brownie with ice cream and dark sauce on a grey plate, finished with a crisp tuile and a white flower.
  13. Waves rolling onto a wide sandy beach under a bright blue sky, a low volcanic headland closing the bay to the right.
  14. Arroz negro served in a steel paella pan: squid-ink rice with rings of squid, dots of aioli and small green herb leaves.
  15. The caldera of central Gran Canaria in morning haze, Roque Nublo on the left skyline and Roque Bentayga standing out of the ridges to the right.
  16. A grey heron standing on the black volcanic shelf at the water's edge, lines of white surf breaking behind it.
  17. A huge aquarium tank lit deep blue, shoals of small fish above a shark and a stingray cruising near the bottom.
  18. An empty cobbled street in a Canarian old town at dawn: a red house with a white balustrade balcony, ochre facades beyond and a clipped laurel beside the church.
  19. A wide sandy beach at low tide with a dark volcanic reef exposed offshore, the coast running north and Teide faint on the horizon.
  20. Las Palmas from the clifftop above La Isleta: the bay curving round to the port cranes and the city spread along the shore under heavy cloud.
  21. Canary pine forest covering ridge after ridge in the island's centre, the blunt tower of Roque Nublo on the skyline under a cloudless blue sky.
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