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Transport - Gran Canaria
This collection of my specially
selected walks
'Don’t
leave Gran Canaria without seeing it' includes 20
circular routes, and 5 routes from A to B that can be
achieved with the local bus service,
Global. I have tried
to cover as much of the island as possible in this collection.
I recommend the use of a hire car as it does give you much more
freedom in the choice and timing of the hikes, however many can
be done by using the local buses, which are cheap and reliable.
The Global bus company does have a
website, so the timings of buses can be checked,
but the timetables are not easy
to understand.
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The most important Bus Route is No.18, from Maspalomas
to San Mateo via San Bartolome and Tejeda, and the main timings
involve the 08.00 bus from Maspalomas, and the return buses are at
14.00 and 16.00 from San Mateo.
If the
Global bus time table shows a change in these timings then the
times I have used in the text on each walk will have changed
also.
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Global bus service No.18

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PLEASE NOTE - Important News as per
05/02/2010:There are
major changes to the No.18 bus
route for at least the rest of 2010, due to the
collapse of part of the GC60 during
a thunderstorm on February 1st. The No.18
route will now run from Maspalomas to Ayacata as
usual, then continue on the GC600
past Roque Nublo to Cruz de Tejeda, before
continuing onto Tejeda and San Mateo. This means
that all walks in the guide can still done using
buses except for walk 7, the El Aserredor circle.
Since the road closure there have been several
changes to the timetable, so do check locally before
using the Global No.18 bus service.
Full details can be found on the
Global Bus company website.
In short buses now leave Maspalomas at 08.00,
11.00, 15.00 and 19.00 (18.00 on Sunday) every day
and finish in Ayacata.
Buses leave Ayacata at 09.30, 12.30 and 17.00
every day except Sunday when the last 2 buses are at
16.30 and 19.30.
If you are using a car you must now drive as
normal from Maspalomas to Ayacata on the
GC60, then turn right at the Church, drive
past Roque Nublo on the GC600, then
just past La Cumbre restaurant turn left, then
turning left again at Cruz de Tejeda to descend to
Tejeda town.
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Car hire is not expensive, you can usually prebook a
car for about £100 / €110
per week (
car hire links:
Hertz,
AVIS,
CICAR,
Orlando ).
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Mountain
road with great views
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To enjoy driving in the mountains of Gran Canaria you
must be happy with ‘country lane driving’, there are no
motorways in the centre of the island, but lots of roads
with many bends.
Most roads are well signposted and
have crash barriers and in general the road surface is very
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The majority of my 25 walks are within an hour or so of
Maspalomas, but many are closer to the
rural hotels.
Another transport option is the use of taxi’s, they are not
very expensive, usually reliable, readily available in
Maspalomas and other large towns.
Roger
prides himself on keeping off tarmac as much as possible and
also on providing you with the bus times you require to reach
the start and get back from the end of each walk - essential
details which are omitted from all walking books I have seen for
this island
Roger Vokes
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