Activities in Playa Del Inglés & Maspalomas
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Free Motion
The slickly run Free Motion offers a range of tours for small groups and has bikes and quads for rental.
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Walking
Away from the coast you find a complete contrast to the beaches: untamed countryside with a dramatic variance in terrain, ranging from rocky and wild to gently undulating hills.
Free Motion has a choice of four hiking trips: Roque Nublo, Green North, Lake Tour and the daunting-sounding Summit Tour; all priced at around €45. The company will arrange transport to/from various resorts on the coast, including Puerto Rico and Puerto de Mogán for a small fee. Happy Biking offers gentler day walks from around €40, including pick up from your hotel.
To enjoy an exhilarating (and free) 5km walk, simply follow the promenade that extends eastwards from Playa del Inglés. The path…
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Windsurfing
Although surfing is possible here (the best waves tend to break off the western end of Maspalomas by the lighthouse), this is not mind-blowing surfing territory. Windsurfers are better off heading east, beyond the resorts to Bahía Feliz, Playa Aguila and, best of all, Pozo Izquierdo, which is for experienced windsurfers.
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Happy Biking
Happy Biking ; now there's a nice name! Happy Biking rents out a range of cycles and also organises cycle tours, mostly quite gentle, which start at around €30, including bike hire, transport and a picnic.
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Meloneras Golf
Don those plaid Bermudas and head off to Meloneras Golf , which opened late 2006, in between Maspalomas and the harbour of Pasito Blanco, in an area earmarked for yet another luxury development.
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Dunkerbeck Windsurfing Center
In Playa Aguila, world windsurfing champion Bjorn Dunkerbeck runs the Dunkerbeck Windsurfing Center with several courses available, including a 10-hour initiation course for around €190.
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Canarias Extreme
If you are looking for a watery pursuit more adrenalin-boosting than a glass-bottom boat, check out Canarias Extreme, which organises single- and double-kayak tours all around the coast.
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Dive Academy Gran Canaria
Dive Academy Gran Canaria has a free minibus to pick up plungers from their hotels and take them to the dive academy, due west of town. Both boat and shore dives are available.
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Club Mistral
Club Mistral , in Bahía Feliz, rents boogie boards, surfboards, ocean kayaks and windsurfing boards and equipment. It also organises windsurf safaris.
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Happy Horse
Happy Horse offers horse treks in the hinterland southeast of town. Pick up from your hotel is included in the price.
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Camello Safari
You can go the full Sahara on a camel trip on the Dunas de Maspalomas with Camello Safari .
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