By Ferry - Lanzarote to Gran Canaria
14/11/07 20:12 Filed in: Gran Canaria | Canaries
There being not great hurry we decided to catch the Naviera Armas ferry from Arrecife to Las Palmas on Gran Canaria. The crossing took about four and a half hours.
Our ferry was large and comfortable with several bars and restaurants and films playing in the seating lounges.
A view of Gran Canaria from the boat deck.
We had a smooth crossing and arrived on time. It was only a short walk to collect our hire car. An Opel Astra Coupe with about 7800km on the clock. After stopping to collect some flowers and chocolates for our hosts we set off for Puerto Rico on the south coast.
The island is not that big and as it was motorway all the way our trip took just over an hour. Our hosts were staying in a self contained apartment in a fourplex about 2 minutes from the main beach at Puerto Rico. After settling us in they drove us along the coast to Puerto Mogan. This is a large relatively recent complex with a smallish marina. The mainly low rise houses are set on a grid of small canals. The marina is fronted on three sides by restaurants displaying menus in up to 6 languages. We saw on that didn't bother with Spanish. This development, in common with Marina Rubicon, looks to me what Puerto Sherry in Andalucia set out to be but didn't quite achieve.
After a stroll around we drove inland to the town of Mogan for an excellent meal at a restaurant called Acaymo.
Our host, Genocho, self and Tomas at dinner.
Our ferry was large and comfortable with several bars and restaurants and films playing in the seating lounges.
A view of Gran Canaria from the boat deck.
We had a smooth crossing and arrived on time. It was only a short walk to collect our hire car. An Opel Astra Coupe with about 7800km on the clock. After stopping to collect some flowers and chocolates for our hosts we set off for Puerto Rico on the south coast.
The island is not that big and as it was motorway all the way our trip took just over an hour. Our hosts were staying in a self contained apartment in a fourplex about 2 minutes from the main beach at Puerto Rico. After settling us in they drove us along the coast to Puerto Mogan. This is a large relatively recent complex with a smallish marina. The mainly low rise houses are set on a grid of small canals. The marina is fronted on three sides by restaurants displaying menus in up to 6 languages. We saw on that didn't bother with Spanish. This development, in common with Marina Rubicon, looks to me what Puerto Sherry in Andalucia set out to be but didn't quite achieve.
After a stroll around we drove inland to the town of Mogan for an excellent meal at a restaurant called Acaymo.
Our host, Genocho, self and Tomas at dinner.