Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain - Mediterranean Cruise

Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain - March 2

Las Palmas was beautiful!  We did another taxi tour.  We found that if you have more than 2 people it is often cheaper to take a taxi to see everything you want to see.  You also get a more personalized tour and are able to go at the pace you want to go.  Our driver was fantastic!  We took a 3.5 hour tour here in a nice, clean, and comfortable taxi for the same price we paid in Casablanca.

Here we went to the Botanical Gardens in La Calzada (Jardin Canario), the largest botantical gardens in Spain.  Our driver took us along a winding road to look out above the volcanic Caldera of Bandama.  He drove us through the oldest quarter of the town called Vegueta to see Columbus' house and the Cathedral.  We went to Teror Village and saw the square and the church.  Then we went by Arcus, the stone church. 

Jardin Canario
Entrance to Jardin Canario

Caden waving "hello" in the square
Arcus, stone church
Christopher Columbus' house 
- the house he lived before he came to America

Our ship, the Norwegian Jade

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