Canary Islands, Spain · Europe
Gáldar is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Agaete, 20km from Roque Nublo.
Gáldar is in Canary Islands, Spain, with about 24,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Agaete, about 7 km away.
Gáldar is a town and a Spanish municipality in the north of the island of Gran Canaria in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Its population is 24,227 (2013), and the area is 61.59 km2 (23.78 sq mi).
The town Gáldar is situated at the foot of the mountains, 2 km from the coast and 21 km (13 mi) west ofRead more
Las Palmas. The GC-2 motorway passes south of the town. The municipality includes the settlements Puerto de Sardina, San Isidro, Los Quintanas, Barrial and Marmolejos. The main church is dedicated to Saint James.
It holds the Painted cave, a major archaeological site consisting of a remarkable painted cave and an entire pre-Hispanic village visited yearly by over 50,000 people.
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Within an hour or so of Gáldar: Mirador del Balcón (19 km), Roque Nublo (20 km), Dunes of Maspalomas (46 km).
The nearest famous roads are TF-21 Teide National Park road and TF-436 Masca Road, Tenerife.
Gáldar is in Canary Islands, Spain, about 7 km from Agaete.
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Essential numbers in Spain
Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
Full driving guide for Spain3 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
Balcony platform hanging off the GC-200 above Gran Canaria's wild west coast, looking along the 'Dragon's Tail': a saw-tooth line of cliff ridges dropping a thousand metres into the Atlantic. Astonishing at sunset.
19 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
A dramatic 80-meter volcanic basalt monolith standing as the iconic symbol of Gran Canaria's mountainous interior.
20 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
A miniature Sahara of golden sand dunes stretching along the southern tip of Gran Canaria beside the Atlantic Ocean.
46 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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