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Of all the Canary Islands, Gran Canaria is by far the most popular lesbian and gay destination, in fact, due to it’s all year round sun, it is probably  the most popular destination in Europe!

The lesbian and gay scene is concentrated in Playa del Ingles, which is located at the southernmost tip of the island.

Mainstream touristy things to do on Gran Canaria:

1.Hire a car and take a drive in to the countryside and enjoy the spectacular scenery.
2.Take a trip to the port of Las Palmas, the capital of city of Gran Canaria.
3.Have a day out to one of the other islands, ferries leave from Las Palmas.

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Gay Beaches

Playa del Inglés is a beautiful beach…with rolling sand dunes that go on for about 20 minutes.  The dunes are over 20 feet high and stretch from Playa de Maspalomas in the west to Playa del Inglés in the east, with numbered stations for sunbathing all the way along.  The gay beach was "number 7"  and the numbering system starts at 1 at the furthest west & east points, and increases in number as you reach the middle. The gay beach is on the western side, which is Playa de Maspalomas. If this is your first time to the beach ask a taxi to take you to the Plaza del Faro, a shopping centre at the furthest western point of the beach. Then start walking east until you reach spot number 7. You'll know it's the gay beach because the ratio of naked men to naked women suddenly rises dramatically and there's a big rainbow flag on the kiosk.

The quickest way off the beach is to walk to the Riu Palace Maspalomas Hotel where there's a taxi rank. (The taxis won't take you if you are covered in sand, though.) The Riu Palace is huge and easy to spot from the beach. It is much harder to start at the Riu Palace and try and find the gay beach unless you know where you're going.

Outlet have provided gay accommodation services since 1995. All of our Gran Canaria apartments are gay friendly, our guesthouses are gay owned, run and managed as is our office!

We are also of course hetero friendly... everyone gets to enjoy our excellent service

 

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