ARINAGA GRAN CANARIA

A fast-growing, low-rise town with a lighthouse, a dark, rocky foreshore and a pretty Paseo Maritimo, Arinaga used to make its living from tomatoes and fishing. Now, many of its citizens are recent immigrants from inland villages who work in tourism related industries. The coastline to the south is popular with dinghy sailors and windsurfers; the Bahia de Formas attracts migrating birds. A new harbor is being constructed but is not yet finished