Gran Canaria, Canary Islands 20. The Rock Formation at Puerto de las Nieves

Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

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December 12th 2015
Saturday 12th December, 2015. Gran Canaria, Canary Islands After a posh breakfast we set off to secure ourselves a car for the day. There was an Avis office on the dockside so we decided to try this first to save the walk into town. After queuing for 15 minutes we were quoted a price of 67 euros 35 cents - criminal as we had seen cars in the town from 26 euros. We walked off in disgust and foun ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more