Gran Canaria

louisa81

I want to go away with my oh, we were talking of Florida but there's no way I can get enough cash together in tame (boyf has been before and insists it isn't worth going until I have a small fortune in spending money as I will want to buy just about everything. Which is prob true )

So anyway, we have settled on a small holiday for now (with a view to me hopefully saving enough cash for florida next year... booo )

He wants to do some scuba diving, I want some fun stuff- parascending, water parks etc. so after looking around I have decided Gran Canria would be a good place- flights are fairly cheap etc etc.


Problem is... where can we go that isn't full of um..... the type of people you wouldn't want to holiday with- football holigans, drunken louts etc etc y'know who I mean- that stereotypical "Brit abroad"/ neighbour from hell type...


Any suggestions for a peacefull place to stay that's not too far from the beach/culture and fun stuff?? (not too concerned with bars... unless there are any quiet trendy ones!)

ladymarmalade

I went to Gran Canaria about 7 years ago when i was 13, and my impression was tht it was full of the english people u want to get away from. But i suppose it may just have been where we were.....to me it was the same as every other spanish type island. I'd recomend Bulgaria.

littlestar1981

The noisiest place is Playa Del Ingles... I'd avoid that. I went to Puerto Rico and it was OK... but for every paella you find you'll find 100 offers of a full English Breakfast, so I'd never go back. I went to Lanzarote last year and that was much nicer.

Maybe look at www.gran-canaria-info.com but look into other Canary Islands... last September my boyfriend and I rented a private apartment, bought flights and hired a car for just over £600 total, so they're all quite cheap.