| No matter if you stay in a hotel or a finca (country house) during your Gran Canaria holiday, a rental car is always a good choice. A tour of Gran Canaria by rental car holds many surprises, for the island’s volcanic landscape offers numerous beauties of nature and an impressive diversity of plants. With a rental car you can discover all the sights of the third biggest Canary island conveniently. Findig a car hire at the airport of Gran Canaria offering cheap rental cars is no problem. Equally, you can find rental cars from discount car rental companies in one of the island’s localities. With a height of 1.949 metres, the volcano Pico de la Nieves is the highest elevation on the island of Gran Canaria. On your rental car route, the villages of Puerto de Mogan as well as Teror with its original houses deserve a visit. | Furthermore, the island has natural sights like the Roque Nublo or the rock needle of Dedo de Dios, apart from numerous caves. A nice destination for an excursion with your rental car are the dunes of Maspalomas and the drinking water barrage in the above lying Barranco region. Maspalomas offers numerous possibilities for shopping and entertaining. In the vicinity, the Palmitos Park sheltering manifold plants and animals - especially birds - is also worthwhile. Anyone travelling to the capital city of Las Palmas, the biggest city of the Canary Islands, with a rental car will find numerous possibilities for shopping, galleries, museums, bars and restaurants. Specially worthwhile buildings here are the cathedral and the castle ruins of the Castillo de la Luz which house a navy museum. |
