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the pearl factory puerto rico
on the road to palmitos park, next to aqua land, is a pearl factory part exhibition centre, part workshop and part gem store. here you can watch the craftsmen at work and pick a pearl from the oyster tank to create your own custom piece of jewelers. the huge showroom has pearls, gold, semiprecious gems and gifts for sale....
mundo aborigen maspalomas
this open-air museum recreates a stone age settlement spread across the upper hillsides of the barranco de fataga. life-sized figures of early guanches occupy caves and stone built houses, milling flour, cooking, performing a tre-panning operation or participating in a religious ceremony their social hierarchy, their system of agriculture and knowledge of medicine herbs, surgery, mummification _ are clearly demonstrated and explained in spanish, english and german....
palmitos park maspalomas
spread over 200,000sq m at the head of the barranco de chamoriscan, this park is one of the island's principal attractions. exotic birds -over 230 different species, many of them un-caged, include flamingoes, toucans, cranes, macaws, hornbills, peacocks and tiny hummingbirds. winding paths lead from one point of interest to another past a stream, a palm grove (there are 51 varieties among 1,000 palms), clumps of giant euphorbia, to a small island, home to a couple of white gibbons. the heated butterfly house has butterflies from all over the world, and the orchid house, said to be the first in spain, is also spectacular....
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puerto rico beach
they say there will be no new building in this brash and thrumming resort because there is no room left not for the tiniest hotel, nor the smallest apartment. puerto rico grew up on the strength of its constant sunshine and the protection of encircling hills. the wide, man-made beach (with sand from the sahara desert) shelves gently into the sea, making this a popular destination for families with small children....
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sioux city gran canaria
n the dry barranco de aguila, to the northwest of san agustin and 300m from the beach, sioux city is a wild west theme park which has been created in the remains of an old spaghetti western style film set. contributing towards the one horse town atmosphere are recreated saloons, church, bank, prison, bar and a sheriff's office. an action packed show includes such diversions as knife throwing, lassoing, pistol shooting and, naturally enough, a bank robbery....
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santa lucia museo de la fortaleza
visitors come in coach loads to santa lucia's major attraction its museum, museo de la fortaleza, in a former farmhouse now transformed into a pastiche of a miniature turreted castle. it contains an extraordinary jumble of old rocks, guns, stuffed birds, pressed flowers and amazing guanche or pre-spanish artifacts....
cuatro puertas gran canaria
cuatro puertas was a major religious site, used for worship and sacrifice by the aboriginal people of northeastern gran canaria. it comprises four cave openings, leading into a single large chamber. an open space in front was presumably ceremonial. the site is close to the summit of a windy hill, montana de cuatro puertas. from here, you see that the whole hill is part of the otherwise vanished rim of a volcano....
reptilandia gran canaria
set on the dusty slopes of an extinct volcano, this park breeds and displays reptiles and amphibians. snakes from all over the world, many of them deadly, are housed in glass cases, all identified by scientific and common name (in english and in german) and place of origin. in addition to the three indoor exhibition rooms, there are large outdoor terrariums of crocodiles, alligators, turtles, tortoises, lizards and frogs....
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sardina gran canaria
this is a little town of modern appearance right in the northwestern corner of the island. it faces south with views over the white crested sea and along the coastline, with its magnificent cliffs. the town boasts some cave dwellings, cave boathouses and, as often, a cave restaurant one is called, simply, la cueva, tucked in where the road rounds the small but pleasing grey sand beach....
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