There are two shopping centres in San Agustín, but anyone looking for serious retail action will need to go north to Las Palmas or around the coast to Gran Canaria's larger resorts.

08.08.2016 The scorching weather faded away on Sunday but will be back on Tuesday when a second blast of heat arrives from North Africa.

The annual Perseid meteor shower happens in July and August and the clear skies in Gran Canaria mean that you have a good chance of spotting them. Here are the top spots for meteor spotting. 

A vast blob of hot, dusty air from North Africa is heading towards the Canary Islands and arrives on Thursday. Temperatures will rise by as much as 9ºC and will peak at over 40ºC over the weekend. 

Here's our selection of the best videos filmed in Gran Canaria during July 2016. There's a bit of everything from aerial footage of Tauro beach with its new sand to the madness of freestyle high line walking in the Gran Canaria mountains. 

You have to be really good to make bodyboarding look this good. For World Champion Amaury Lavernhe, that's no problem. 

Here's the newest beach in Europe: Tauro is due to open in August. By Gran Canaria Info.

This might just be the craziest thing we've seen all month. Wojciech Dopierała  walks the high line in the Gran Canaria mountains. 

When crankbrothers make a video, they make a video. 

What these guys can do on a windsurf board is astonishing. 

Las Palmas surf school Mojosurf paddle out on the LED SUPs and then have a beer on the beach. Looks good to us!

Beautiful timelapse footage of the sea of clouds between Gran Canaria and Tenerife by David Avila

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Temperatures are set to soar this week in Gran Canaria with the south of the island back on yellow alert and the mercury expected to hit 36ºC.

22.07.2016 Gran Canaria cools down today and will be pleasant tomorrow before the heat returns on Sunday. It's too hot for walking!

The new sand hasn't even settled on Tauro beach and there are already plans for two more artificial beaches in south Gran Canaria.

The Las Palmas aquarium now has an official opening date: The Poema de Mar throws open its giant doors on June 17, 2017.

If you're worried about driving in Gran Canaria because you've heard stories of crazy local drivers, we've got good news. Driving in Gran Canaria is perfectly safe provided that you know the local motoring idiosyncracies.