Guided tour: Discover Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria, Spain
- 8 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
On the beautiful island of Gran Canaria, discover historic villages with decorative churches, unspoilt bays and coves, panoramic views of valleys and the ocean, and almond groves. Enjoy learning about the history and culture of Gran Canaria from your guide as you travel, and see hidden gems such as the picturesque village of Teror, and the hidden gems of the island’s lush green forests.
- Travel by comfortable touring vehicle
- See more in one day than you could on your own
- Visit an aloe vera plantation and learn about the plant’s importance here
- This group tour is ideal for travelers short on time or who would rather travel with like minded travelers
What's Included
- Pick up/drop off in the areas mentioned
- Professional Guide
- Pick up/drop off outside designated areas
- Lunch and drinks
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
Pick-up areas covered Maspalomas, Playa del Inglés, San Agustín, Bahía Feliz, Puerto Rico, Arguineguín and Taurito. Pick-up details will be provided 24/48 hrs before the tour date email.
Operating hours.9:30 am
Itinerary
1
Arucas
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Teror
40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Tejeda
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
San Bartolome de Tirajana
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Finca Canarias Aloe Vera Fataga
50 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 45 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Jeff_H
A super overview of the island. Showed the bedt of the island and its amazing variey. Excellent driver and guide
Reviews
4.1
based on 22 reviews
Jeff_H, Mar 2026
A super overview of the island. Showed the bedt of the island and its amazing variey. Excellent driver and guide
Hilary_E, Jan 2026
If you're afraid of heights don't do it; if you can't cope with lots of bendy mountain roads don't do it; if you love an adventure with lots of beautiful scenery then this is for you. I can't praise the coach driver highly enough - fantastic driving! The tour guide was very knowledgeable and spoke many languages.
James_H, Oct 2025
We booked this experience as an English speaking couple and the assumption that we would be two of eight people. We were picked up on a coach that was much larger and the tour was in English, German and Spanish. The guide was really helpful in organising everyone. The coach was comfortable air-conditioned with charges and toilets on board and panoramic windows and the driver was excellent.
We were on the bus fairly early and waited just under two hours for the bus to collect everybody and head up from where we were staying to the first stop on the north of the island. The stop was just over half an hour whether there was a beautiful church and a few shops, we could’ve done with a bit longer but there was a lot of stops on our trip today.
Like other reviews of suggested a few of the stops do seem to be centred around selling opportunities for local businesses. One of them was opposite a spectacular view and there was a shop selling various local ways that we were encouraged going in and sample honey rum various treats and browse the merchandise, but we were only there for 15 minutes and it wasn’t excessive. Another one was at aloe Vera plantation. Where they clearly very proud of their products. We had a practical demonstration on some of the products which is a bit of a sales pitch if I’m honest and I got to browse the shop for a bit we didn’t buy anything but I can see that these might be products that some people wanna buy.
Of the other stops we did, only two were really touristy with things to see the other three were views/sales opportunities. I should stress nobody was pushing us to buy anything and it was fairly relaxed.
As others have commented lunch was good value for €15 but the quality was on the lower end of the scale. Personally, if we were doing this again, I’ve just bought a sandwich and we just sat in the restaurant and had a drink rather than food. The views were spectacular.
There was a number of comfort stops throughout the trip and plenty of places you could buy a drink or something to eat or a knickknack.
The best thing about this trip was the spectacular views from the bus we started the journey in Maspalomas. We got to see a tourist areas along the coast the industrial zone and had views of the main city La Palma in the north. The bus then went up into the mountains and the environment changed from urban to desert to tropical to Woodland to desert again as we just send it from the peak. I could honestly say the views from the bus were worth the price of ticket, they were incredible.
The tour guide was really good provided a little bit of information about where we were and our English was excellent. She was also well organised. The bus driver manoeuvring a large Coach down cliff side roads with traffic coming the other way never made us feel unsafe once, he was really really good.
We paid about £70 for this and felt it was good value for a day out from the resort. You can probably expect to spend at least another 30 if you want to buy lunch and probably another 10 if you wanna buy a coffee or a few other drinks, plus whatever spending money you want for the various stools.
I’d recommend this and if we came back to Gran Canaria, we would do it again simply because the views were incredible.
It is also true and worth noting that most of our day was spent on a coach.
Shahida_N, Jan 2025
A great tour where we saw a lot of the interesting stops and lunch was great with fantastic views. We especially enjoyed the drive to the centre along winding roads. Tour guide gave excellent information.
Gideon_T, May 2023
Really great trip. The guide Simon knows a lot of the island. I learned a lot of Gran Canaria. We visited the northern part of the island first and traveled via Roque Nuble back to the south. You see that the island has different climates. Tip: take a light summer jacket with you. It can be cold in the mountains.
Bernard_B, Apr 2023
There is too much time on board the bus, or at commercial opportunities for the coach company to make extra money. The trip was around 7 hours long, 1 hour of that was lunch at a pre-arranged restaurant which presumably has a commercial relationship with the tour company, and around 45 minutes was. at an Agave farm, which sold products and again the tour company presumably gets a cut. There was no time off the coach to walk and explore the area around the best feature on the trip, Roque Nublo, unfortunately.
Richard_H, Mar 2023
Knowledgeable guide who provided easy to understand historical and factual commentary in both English and German. Nice short stops to see the villages of Arucus and Firgas. Stunning scenery as large coach made its way up into the mountains. Excellent driving skills by the driver, tight hairpin roads so avoid the window seat if you're afraid of heights! Lunch at the restaurant was very, very average but the setting and views were good. Would have liked more time seeing all the rock formations and scenery at Roque Nublo. Aloe Vera plantation was interesting but felt like a sales pitch. Worthwhile trip if you want to see the majority of the island and the contrasting landscapes in a day but try and go on a clear sunny day as it wouldn't be as good if cloudy.
Gerhard_B, Feb 2023
An excellent guide, in terms if langsames, Provision of travel information and friendliness. Would like to get his (mail) coordinates.
Richard_H, Feb 2022
The guide was very friendly and knew alot of information which she shared. Stunning places to visit and incredible scenery. Driver was excellent.
Remco_B, Mar 2026
You get to see a lot of the island and also places you won't otherwise go. The driver and guide are doing a fantastic job and trying to please everyone. Also in terms of languages! However, the content is very commercial with all trial and sale locations. But we should have known that. Still a beautiful experience!
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isabel_m, Jun 2023
Fantastisk guide, mycket kunnig, snygg samt en hel del humor.
Minus till maten som serverades, hafsigt och slafsigt. Hade vi vetat om kvalitén på maten hade vi tackat nej till det som serverades kort om tid 20 mln per rätt. Väldigt korta stopp, han inte att utforska de fina ställena som vi stannade vid. Plus till den excellenta chauffören som tog oss hem levande.
Andre_J, Mar 2023
Excellent aperçu de la Grande Canarie du Nord et du Centre assez méconnue et combien différente du Sud : villes authentiques, nature superbe, verte, variée.
Excellents chauffeur et guide.
Brigitre_N, Nov 2022
War ein sehr netter reiseleiter und ein sehr sicherer buschauffeur.
Finde dieses feld sollte nicht pflichtfeld sein, gibt leute die wollen oder können nicht schreiben
Jrg_H, Nov 2022
Sehr gut organisiert die Reiseleiterin und das Programm waren sehr gut. Beim Mittagessen darf man allerdings nicht zuviel erwarten.
HansGerd_L, Jul 2022
Wir starteten um ca.10:00 Uhr und waren um 18:00 Uhr wieder am Hotel.
Die Tour ist für den Preis Top, man erfährt von der gut gelaunten Reiseführern ein ganze Menge an Info über die Insel und den einzelnen Haltepunkten. Das Mittagessen für 12€ +Getränk ist ok, halt Turi Verpflegung.
Der Busfahrer Manolo hat einen echt guten Job gemacht da es an vielen Stellen sehr sehr eng ist.
Alles im allem würde ich die Tour weiterempfehlen.
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