Disney agents have been scouring Gran Canaria for locations for the next Star Wars film, according to local press reports.
22.04.2016: Happy Earth Day! Some cloud in north Gran Canaria this weekend, but sunny in the south and the resorts.
Teide volcano was wearing its cloud hat yesterday, a sure sign that the weather was about to change.
A new cheese, wine and craft shop at Las Lagunetas puts the sleepy highland village right on the Gran Canaria tour map.
15/04/2016: Gran Canaria should be warm and sunny this weekend although expect clouds to build up as the days go on.
Brad Pitt and fellow Hollywood A-Lister Marion Cotillard are to film scenes of their next film in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
The east coast Gran Canaria village of Tufia, long threatened with demolition, has been saved by tweaks to the law.
Kids don't have to be Angry Birds fans to enjoy this huge adventure park right in the middle of Puerto Rico Resort.
10.04.2016: The Trade Winds fade away early this week so the skies this week will be full of fluffy white clouds. We may also get some showers, even in south Gran Canaria
Spain's top court has confirmed that floating weeks sold by Anfi del Mar timeshare resort (and all other timeshare operations in Spain) are illegal.
Canarians live on gorgeous islands in the middle of the ocean and are as relaxed as you'd expect them to be.
With over three million tourists visiting Gran Canaria every year and less than a million locals, you'd think Canarians would be used to the crazy things their guests do.
The Trade Winds bring cloud and some showers to north Gran Canaria this week. It may send some cloud to the resorts but there will also be plenty of sunshine.
Las Palmas city has over 400,000 inhabitants making it one of Spain's biggest cities. Here's the Gran Canaria Info guide to the city's main barrios and what to see and do in them.
Gran Canaria's resorts are choc-a-bloc this winter and bargain hotel and accommodation is been hard to find. The capital city Las Palmas, however, offers an alternative with some excellent hotels at great prices.
Oil exploration permits around the Canary Islands have run out so there will be no more drilling in the near future.
Great Gran Canaria videos published during April 2016. See the best ones from March here.
Published on April 1st 2016 as an April Fool's Day joke: The first Gran Canaria Lions were released back into the Maspalomas dunes nature reserve this morning after an 80-year absence.
You know spring has arrived in Gran Canaria when the pretty but misnamed Mayflower blooms all over the north of the island.
A sunny start to the week with cloud and showers in the north from Wednesday.