Im from Gran Canaria and this is a really great and accurate Top 10! Thanks for discovering more far than the classic all inclusive resorts from the south. You nailed it! :) It really shows how much you enjoyed and appreciate the island.
Hiking across the island to see the varied vegetation is really nice. I like to stay as far away as possible from the places that are most destroyed by tourism. Las Palmas is ok.
Wow those sand dunes are amazing. Looks like you are in the Sahara, but the city looks so close. I would definitely want to do the snorkeling. The fish and corals look so pretty!
I love the sand dunes - really cool and your can pretend you are in the desert! And the really cool rock formations too - you're right, it really feels like it should be in the USA or maybe the Middle East. And the towns all looks so pretty!
We really enjoy your Gran Canaria series, and we are definitely up for exploring this island after watching your videos. We love strolling around in cute little towns and neighbouhoods so for us Vegueta, Arucas and Teror are the places we are most excited to visit in the future. Love the wooden balconies in Teror. But to be honest I think we would like to visit all of the places you feature. Tobas de colores and Mirador del Balcon are stunning and impressive! Great video, very well edited!
Ohh great beautiful breathtaking views! And the exotic foods, looks like tasty. Getting hungry now haha. Would love to dive in Tufia. Thanks for taking us with you and for all the tips. Definetly gonna put this is our bucket list. Hope we can visit Gran Canaria somewhere next year 🤗
As always well presented and put together. Beautiful footage. Thanks for taking us with you. Went to the sand dunes but didn't know anything about video. Don't mind black sand though ❤️🌈👍
I love the coast line here - it's so beautiful. Those rock formations look like a different place altogether. The beach looks amazing. Arucas looks stunning! And I'd love to go snorkeling there.
Not everybody drives and it's only part of Europe as it's classed as Spain, but actually closer to Africa, but I agree there is a lot more to do in Gran Canaria if you want to.
In Gran Canaria there are a lot of things to do. Al kind of water sport, bicycle, hiking, motorbiking and much more. The best thing for me is hiking and scuba diving. Very good video.
I love lighthouses and this one is so beautiful. Perfect with Sun dune and beach at one place. That place really looks like antelope canyon from Arizona except not red. I should put Gran Canaria on my travel list. Thank you for sharing top places to visit there!
Great video! You are right to wonder if that is Europe and the answer is no. Yes ADMINISTRATIVELY and CULTURALLY it's Europe, but GEOGRAPHICALLY it's Africa, just like La Réunion Island (French, next to Madagascar) or just like the British Virgin Islands are not geographically Europe but Carribean ;) It's important to keep that in mind to understand the geological background of the space ;)
I understand and know indeed that geographically it is more Africa. But even if you visit the continent Africa it doesn't look like this at all. Also the other ones you mentioned will take you a much longer flight to get there from Europe. So probably already gives you more the feeling you aren't in Europe anymore.
Love that you put together a list of all the best places to visit in Gran Canaria. After watching all of your adventures through the island- it's great to see them all rolled into one easy to watch video. Super interesting that the lighthouse is where Christopher Columbus set sail from- even if he didn't actually make it to the United States.
@@VeganVoyagers Exactly, to the United States, which is a country within America. America is the whole continent. For some reason people from United States took the 'America' name to name their country and decided to call the rest: 'The Americas'. But the original name of the WHOLE continent is America ;-) The name of America is after the Italian Merchant Explorer Amerigo Vespucci (In Spanish: Americo) who participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery, first on behalf of Spain (1499-1500) and then for Portugal (1501-1502). In 1503 and 1505, two booklets were published under his name, containing colourful descriptions of these explorations and other alleged voyages. Both publications were extremely popular and widely read across much of Europe. (Wikipedia) The continent was named America after his wide exploration and documentation of the Continent.
Unfortunately at the time the video was taken those were the rules of the country. So yes I had to follow those at that time as a guest to that country.
Looks like a stunning place but what a let down. The idiocy of wearing mask every where, even outside is ridiculous. This huge scam has reach every place in the world.
Thanks Sven for sharing all these tips! We visited over half of them last week with the family when we were there and it was really cool to discover the island!
He discovered it for Europe how it was at that time and put it on European maps. Of course Vikings have been before that and there were already people living. But still in a way in his time he made a discovery.
@@Svenywhere I understand, of course, it is just that it is a very colonial way of seeing and talking about facts, like all exists from this one side perspective. Didn't mean to cause trouble, just to make it clear because I come from Latin America and, just like other people from there, I feel insulted by this kind of expression. Thanks.
@@chanademoura yes history always has multiple stories. And dependent on our place and history we normally only share one side of the story but it is always good to know all the different perspectives of stories.
@@chanademoura Thank you for saying this as i was going to say the same thing. History has shown us that he didn’t ‘discover’ America/South America/Caribbean, there were people who went from Europe before him. In fact what we understand as ‘America’ today is not where he travelled to. He travelled there only for the purposes of exploitation & to prove the Earth wasn’t flat, had little to do with curiosity & discovery.
Gute Arbeit Team !!!!!! Auf der anderen Seite empfehle ich jedem, über die vom Tourismus vorgeschlagenen Levels hinauszugehen..., darüber hinaus gibt es ein magisches Gran Canaria, das es wert ist, kennengelernt zu werden. Große Grüße !!!!!!
Why do you use flamenco music and you don't use Canarian music? For example, the timple, there are great timple musicians, a Canarian instrument similar to the ukulele, only it has one more string. For the rest, I appreciate you explaining everything about the island of Gran Canaria, which is where I live, thank you.
I would have loved to use Canarian music. But because of me not knowing how to find this, it is impossible to find Royalty Free music of it that I could use for videos on TH-cam.
Thank you for your lovely video. We are going to CC tomorrow and we are already catching the holiday mood thanks to you. Love snorkeling so hopefully we will. Thank you for all your tips, try do them all. Maybe not the fruit...Hope you are fine, cheers:)
Woow, so worthful channel! Without those turistic places and pointless views. You make very good job here by what you saying about places, by pictures, it is in overall great! good luck :)
Or you respect the rules which were in place at that moment in time we were there. And if you don't agree with them you don't visit that country at that moment in time and go another time when the rules have changed. For example now.
We went to visit a vineyard which was very interesting. The guide at the vineyard drove us back to Las Palmas afterwards and reccomended us to attend a New Years concert at a local bar on New Years Eve. So in the afternoon on New Years Eve, we went to listen to music a la Buena Vista Social Club. People were dancing and having a great time - a fantastic experience!
Thank you very much. We’re on the island right now so this was very helpful. We’ve been here once and visited the desert which we’ll do again since the kids enjoyed it so much. I’ll trie to motivate them for a walk in the old town…😊
A couple of those clips at Roque Nublo look similar to places here in Utah. Cool fountain at 3:00. What was your favorite thing you ate there? April has never been snorkeling outside of a pool--can you believe that?!
July until September is the best in terms of temperature. September you will avoid school holidays around Europe which makes it better. But the whole year round is perfect for traveling around the island but it might be too cold to really also enjoy the water activities.
Geographically it is Africa, from a historic, economic, political and social-cultural point of view it is Europe. In the way of travelling there it feels like Europe as well because it is part of Spain so part of EU.
Very Good Video ... In Gran Canaria We have a lot to offer .. the vast majority prefer to relax in Playa del Ingles, Meloneras, San Agustín .. but the island offers many possibilities .. Greetings Very Good Work and I hope you will come back soon
I hope I can come back soon indeed. It is sad to see people just going and sticking to the famous cities and beaches while the island has indeed so much to offer.
@Svenywhere: Travel Exploration This morning I remembered your video from Birmingham. My daughter, who is three years old, is about to turn 4. When she woke up in the morning, she said to me, Dad, we have to go see Fredoo again. And she wasn't 2 years old yet when we went to Cadbury World .. we'll have to go back ..😂😂
@@EnjoyCanaryIslands no I might have passed it. But I only had a short time left after I was done with some testing for work. So didn't visit Cadbury World.
Those were the rules at that time in Spain. So if you visit a country you better respect and follow those rules. I have seen people getting fined by police because they didn't follow the rules.
@@macloidins I am not going to discuss my personal views if it is madness or not. This was shot September 2020 and at that time these were the rules and I am already happy at that time I can travel to different countries. And if you visit a country you just have to respect all its rules how crazy some of them may sound including this one. In the end you are still a visitor.
Depends on what classify as discovering. For Europeans it was the first one to put it really on a map and made it existence known here. Yes there were people from here who already visited it such as the Vikings but that knowledge didn't pass to other Europeans.
What is according to you the best thing to do on the Canaries?
The beat thing was the miloneras beach which is now wreckt by big hotel complex's and the golf area enrique eglesias let build there
Not watching your channel is the Best Thing to Do
@@salemabdulalhassam3726 thank you for your constrictive feedback
pounding young guys' arses for sure
@@salemabdulalhassam3726 not giving stupid comments is for you the best thing to do
Im from Gran Canaria and this is a really great and accurate Top 10! Thanks for discovering more far than the classic all inclusive resorts from the south. You nailed it! :) It really shows how much you enjoyed and appreciate the island.
Yes I really did! And still have the feeling I didn't explore all of it and have given it my best unfortunately.
Hiking across the island to see the varied vegetation is really nice. I like to stay as far away as possible from the places that are most destroyed by tourism. Las Palmas is ok.
That sounds as indeed one of the best things to do!
Wow those sand dunes are amazing. Looks like you are in the Sahara, but the city looks so close. I would definitely want to do the snorkeling. The fish and corals look so pretty!
I love the sand dunes - really cool and your can pretend you are in the desert! And the really cool rock formations too - you're right, it really feels like it should be in the USA or maybe the Middle East. And the towns all looks so pretty!
Are there many naked germans in the real deserts as well? ='D
good job! Gran Canaria is Little Continent, you can find every kind of landscape in just a one day! AMAZING!
You're so right. The island is so amazing and everything is within reach!
Hello how are you doing today I hope you’re having a wonderful day
What a lovely place, love the drive, sand dunes, beach, rock formations .....beautiful footage , thanks for taking us along👍
Absolutely beautiful 😍
We really enjoy your Gran Canaria series, and we are definitely up for exploring this island after watching your videos. We love strolling around in cute little towns and neighbouhoods so for us Vegueta, Arucas and Teror are the places we are most excited to visit in the future. Love the wooden balconies in Teror. But to be honest I think we would like to visit all of the places you feature. Tobas de colores and Mirador del Balcon are stunning and impressive! Great video, very well edited!
Hope you will ever have a chance of visiting it
Ohh great beautiful breathtaking views! And the exotic foods, looks like tasty. Getting hungry now haha. Would love to dive in Tufia. Thanks for taking us with you and for all the tips. Definetly gonna put this is our bucket list. Hope we can visit Gran Canaria somewhere next year 🤗
I love this video! Brings me back memories when i was travelling in Gran Canaria. Made some videos about it also
360° City Sightseeing Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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As always well presented and put together. Beautiful footage. Thanks for taking us with you. Went to the sand dunes but didn't know anything about video. Don't mind black sand though ❤️🌈👍
I love the coast line here - it's so beautiful. Those rock formations look like a different place altogether. The beach looks amazing. Arucas looks stunning! And I'd love to go snorkeling there.
Yes dear it so beautiful 😍
How are you doing today I hope you’re having a wonderful day
@@kingwilliams8393 your so sweet ❤️🌸
@@noprofile8503 thanks 😊
The west coast is breath takingly beautiful
It definitely is!
Seems to be the West Coast all over the world that's best. West Coast of Scotland, Canada, Ireland, England, USA and many more
Not everybody drives and it's only part of Europe as it's classed as Spain, but actually closer to Africa, but I agree there is a lot more to do in Gran Canaria if you want to.
20 years from now, viewers of this video will wonder why you were wearing ram masks back then
In Gran Canaria there are a lot of things to do. Al kind of water sport, bicycle, hiking, motorbiking and much more. The best thing for me is hiking and scuba diving. Very good video.
Such a great and diverse place to visit 🥰
3:23 ”is this even still eurpoe?” Its kind of not. Its stolen from africa
these islands have more history than many states in the u.s. xD
You right gran Canaria is beautiful
I love lighthouses and this one is so beautiful. Perfect with Sun dune and beach at one place. That place really looks like antelope canyon from Arizona except not red. I should put Gran Canaria on my travel list. Thank you for sharing top places to visit there!
Glad you enjoyed watching this.
Great video!
You are right to wonder if that is Europe and the answer is no. Yes ADMINISTRATIVELY and CULTURALLY it's Europe, but GEOGRAPHICALLY it's Africa, just like La Réunion Island (French, next to Madagascar) or just like the British Virgin Islands are not geographically Europe but Carribean ;) It's important to keep that in mind to understand the geological background of the space ;)
I understand and know indeed that geographically it is more Africa. But even if you visit the continent Africa it doesn't look like this at all. Also the other ones you mentioned will take you a much longer flight to get there from Europe. So probably already gives you more the feeling you aren't in Europe anymore.
@@Svenywhere Well... I lived in Morocco for a few years and I can assure you that they look a lot alike ;)
Love that you put together a list of all the best places to visit in Gran Canaria. After watching all of your adventures through the island- it's great to see them all rolled into one easy to watch video. Super interesting that the lighthouse is where Christopher Columbus set sail from- even if he didn't actually make it to the United States.
But he made it to America 😉
@@Svenywhere He made it to the "Americas" but never stepped foot in what is now the United States.
Yes, but I mean with America the continent (North and South America) not the United States of America 😉 Always confusing sometimes.
@@VeganVoyagers Exactly, to the United States, which is a country within America. America is the whole continent. For some reason people from United States took the 'America' name to name their country and decided to call the rest: 'The Americas'. But the original name of the WHOLE continent is America ;-)
The name of America is after the Italian Merchant Explorer Amerigo Vespucci (In Spanish: Americo) who participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery, first on behalf of Spain (1499-1500) and then for Portugal (1501-1502). In 1503 and 1505, two booklets were published under his name, containing colourful descriptions of these explorations and other alleged voyages. Both publications were extremely popular and widely read across much of Europe. (Wikipedia)
The continent was named America after his wide exploration and documentation of the Continent.
@@meneliel Americans CHOOSE to be ignorant. You wasted your time.😂
Good job he's wearing his mask at 1:36
Would you recommend any specific place for scuba diving at all? Thanks for the great video ❤
Unfortunately, we didn't go for scuba diving. Only snorkeling I am afraid.
Helpful video, many thanks, but please, never wear that dumb mask outside ever again when you are making a video
Unfortunately at the time the video was taken those were the rules of the country. So yes I had to follow those at that time as a guest to that country.
Great high quality video, I enjoyed it a lot. Thank you.
Thank you for watching
Looks like a stunning place but what a let down. The idiocy of wearing mask every where, even outside is ridiculous. This huge scam has reach every place in the world.
Thanks Sven for sharing all these tips! We visited over half of them last week with the family when we were there and it was really cool to discover the island!
Sounds you had a great time! Which places did you visit and enjoy the most?
Aww what amazing views are on the road. I can`t agree with you more, to try the local tasty food is a must:)
Definitely
Yes😁
i like your video thanks for sharing
Thank you
You wouldn't believe it's Europe because it's not, it's Africa. Geography vs Nationality people, it's not hard.
Geographically you are right, but from a historic, social and economical point of view it is Europe.
@@Svenywhere But you made the Europe reference specifically in reference to the canyon formations - not politics or culture.
Ik ruik nederlands
Dat is zeer goed geroken.
Hello how are you doing today I hope you’re having a wonderful day
Nice video, thanks. Just one reminder: Columbus did not "discover" America, it was there before him.
He discovered it for Europe how it was at that time and put it on European maps. Of course Vikings have been before that and there were already people living. But still in a way in his time he made a discovery.
@@Svenywhere I understand, of course, it is just that it is a very colonial way of seeing and talking about facts, like all exists from this one side perspective. Didn't mean to cause trouble, just to make it clear because I come from Latin America and, just like other people from there, I feel insulted by this kind of expression. Thanks.
@@chanademoura yes history always has multiple stories. And dependent on our place and history we normally only share one side of the story but it is always good to know all the different perspectives of stories.
@@chanademoura Thank you for saying this as i was going to say the same thing. History has shown us that he didn’t ‘discover’ America/South America/Caribbean, there were people who went from Europe before him. In fact what we understand as ‘America’ today is not where he travelled to. He travelled there only for the purposes of exploitation & to prove the Earth wasn’t flat, had little to do with curiosity & discovery.
Pico de Las Nieves is 100% the coolest thing about Gran Canaria and doesn't even get a mention, but otherwise good video.
My mother is fromLas Palmas
Such a lovely place
Gute Arbeit Team !!!!!! Auf der anderen Seite empfehle ich jedem, über die vom Tourismus vorgeschlagenen Levels hinauszugehen..., darüber hinaus gibt es ein magisches Gran Canaria, das es wert ist, kennengelernt zu werden. Große Grüße !!!!!!
Las Canteras beach is 3 km long! Not 2 km!
Yeah different information is given on this. It is over 2km but some say it is 2.8 others say 3.5km. I think it depends on where you measure it
i would like to buy a t-shirt from LaPalma with the volcano on it... do you know a store?
Thank you for this great production!
Overall i really like the architecture. How many days it took you to travel to all these places and i like the video so much. Thanks for sharing.
So all my videos represent a day. In total we stayed there for 6 full days of exploring.
I was here, it was so beautiful and peaceful.
Going to mirador el balcony today nice 1 😊
Why do you use flamenco music and you don't use Canarian music? For example, the timple, there are great timple musicians, a Canarian instrument similar to the ukulele, only it has one more string. For the rest, I appreciate you explaining everything about the island of Gran Canaria, which is where I live, thank you.
I would have loved to use Canarian music. But because of me not knowing how to find this, it is impossible to find Royalty Free music of it that I could use for videos on TH-cam.
Great place, very nice sharing.
Thank you for your lovely video. We are going to CC tomorrow and we are already catching the holiday mood thanks to you. Love snorkeling so hopefully we will. Thank you for all your tips, try do them all. Maybe not the fruit...Hope you are fine, cheers:)
Enjoy your holiday. Pretty sure you will have a great time!
Woow, so worthful channel! Without those turistic places and pointless views. You make very good job here by what you saying about places, by pictures, it is in overall great! good luck :)
Thank you so much!!!
remove your kaganiec
Or you respect the rules which were in place at that moment in time we were there. And if you don't agree with them you don't visit that country at that moment in time and go another time when the rules have changed. For example now.
I smell Netherlands😂
You smell that correctly.
We went to visit a vineyard which was very interesting. The guide at the vineyard drove us back to Las Palmas afterwards and reccomended us to attend a New Years concert at a local bar on New Years Eve. So in the afternoon on New Years Eve, we went to listen to music a la Buena Vista Social Club. People were dancing and having a great time - a fantastic experience!
This sounds so cool!
Thank you very much. We’re on the island right now so this was very helpful. We’ve been here once and visited the desert which we’ll do again since the kids enjoyed it so much. I’ll trie to motivate them for a walk in the old town…😊
Enjoy your stay, I would like to be back again! Combine the old town with a beach visit and maybe you can convince the kids in that way.
A couple of those clips at Roque Nublo look similar to places here in Utah. Cool fountain at 3:00. What was your favorite thing you ate there? April has never been snorkeling outside of a pool--can you believe that?!
I can't believe that. There isn't anything to see in a pool.
LOL, right?! 😄
You just made us want to pack up and leave... right now! This would be the perfect road trip for us! Are the sand dunes always this quiet?
Depends, on weekends locals are visiting this place as well. And now it is just very quiet because foreign tourists aren't coming due to Covid.
Perhaps not when the naked germans return ;)
very well covered! when is it best to visit the Canaries? I discovered this place through Norwegian travelers
July until September is the best in terms of temperature. September you will avoid school holidays around Europe which makes it better. But the whole year round is perfect for traveling around the island but it might be too cold to really also enjoy the water activities.
Great video. What was the mirado called at the start of the video? Thanks
Mirador del Balcon
We hebben een prachtige huis gekocht ..
In de buurt van Vegas. zijn totaal verliefd op het eiland geworden.
Wauw dat is een mooie plek om te wonen!
43 billion? How ridiculous and what test kit did they use to figure that one out Einstein?
4.3 million
How did u make this great video? Was there another person filming?
Only the shots me talking sometimes my girlfriend filmed me indeed. The rest was just me and my phone ;)
Is this still europe .... no thats only part of the EUnot europe...
Geographically it is Africa, from a historic, economic, political and social-cultural point of view it is Europe. In the way of travelling there it feels like Europe as well because it is part of Spain so part of EU.
Very nice work congratulations!
Thank you so much for watching!
sick video
can you get to places like baranco easily via the bus
You can get there by bus but not sure how easily. Check out the bus schedule online to see how long it takes and how frequent the bus is going.
Very Good Video ... In Gran Canaria We have a lot to offer .. the vast majority prefer to relax in Playa del Ingles, Meloneras, San Agustín .. but the island offers many possibilities .. Greetings Very Good Work and I hope you will come back soon
I hope I can come back soon indeed. It is sad to see people just going and sticking to the famous cities and beaches while the island has indeed so much to offer.
@Svenywhere: Travel Exploration This morning I remembered your video from Birmingham. My daughter, who is three years old, is about to turn 4. When she woke up in the morning, she said to me, Dad, we have to go see Fredoo again. And she wasn't 2 years old yet when we went to Cadbury World .. we'll have to go back ..😂😂
@@EnjoyCanaryIslands seems I missed something in Birmingham.
@@Svenywhere Didn't you go to Cadbury World ??
@@EnjoyCanaryIslands no I might have passed it. But I only had a short time left after I was done with some testing for work. So didn't visit Cadbury World.
Bonito video are you still on the island?
Unfortunately not 😔
why he walks outside with a mask.... never try understand that... it's be nice video, whiteout mask
Those were the rules at that time in Spain. So if you visit a country you better respect and follow those rules. I have seen people getting fined by police because they didn't follow the rules.
@@Svenywhere
mja... seriously U need mask outside... World go to madness way, I'm planning visit and feel should be fun. 🙄 I don't have a mask🤣🤣
@@macloidins I am not going to discuss my personal views if it is madness or not. This was shot September 2020 and at that time these were the rules and I am already happy at that time I can travel to different countries. And if you visit a country you just have to respect all its rules how crazy some of them may sound including this one. In the end you are still a visitor.
People still operate on the idea of Christopher Columbus "discovering" America?I thought we'd awakened from that tall tale.
Depends on what classify as discovering. For Europeans it was the first one to put it really on a map and made it existence known here. Yes there were people from here who already visited it such as the Vikings but that knowledge didn't pass to other Europeans.
Bedankt voor de tips, we gaan er binennkort heen :-)
Veel plezier!
Really interesting, thank you! 7:13 these catholic idol worshippers.... are there any true Christians on Grand Canaria?
Yes of course there are still true Christians on Gran Canaria but that will be mainly in the older generation.
@@Svenywhere Thank you. GOD bless!
Yes, the Catholics here. Fortunately no Canadian evangelical buybull thumpers here.
Hijs gwn nederlands je hoort het aan het accent
En dat is zeker waar 😉
Lit
Underrated chanel bro
Thank you for the great comment and for watching of course!
I enjoyed your video very much
Thank you very much for watching!
@@Svenywhere you are welcome :)
Gozer wat een afschuwelijk Nederlands accent.
Tja, na 6 jaar het land uit te zijn krijg ik gelukkig dat accent er niet uit.
@@Svenywhere hehe, bedankt voor je filmpje alsnog:)
Geniet van het eiland
@@Svenywhere dankje vriend
Maar eerlijk jij bent sws nederlands👀
Nederlands bloed vergaat niet.
@@Svenywhere lol van welke stad ben je brooo
@@BenjaminJacobus ik woon in Londen voor een aantal jaren nu maar oorspronkelijk kom ik uit de buurt van Eindhoven
@@Svenywhere oow nicee
Its one grand migration camp
great content but dislike for ur mask
When you travel you have to accept the local rules. In this case that is wearing a mask when you are outside.