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Having stayed in San Agustin in Gran
Canaria last year with DWVC (Designer Way Vacation Club) I would highly
recommend it to anyone.
Regardless of what you look for in a
holiday, I am sure it would deliver.
The accommodation in the area is all top
notch. The hotel Dunas Don Gregory, for example, is located right next to the
beach with security gate entry. It has 224 rooms spread over 9 floors
accessible by 4 lifts, each of these rooms are air conditioned, well decorated
and have satellite television (although I very much doubt you’ll ever bother
turning it on unless, like myself, you turn it on to one of the radio stations
while preparing for a night out), a fridge and a safe. The resort has a large
swimming pool, solarium with sun loungers, sunshades and towels, a fitness room
and floodlit tennis court and pool tables. There is a buffet restaurant but if
like me you like to be served, I’d just go for a bed and breakfast package and
eat out at one of the numerous restaurants a short walk away.
A weeks bed and breakfast (17th to
24th April 07) for two at the Dunas Don Gregory in a double room
would only cost £316 through DWVC, however if you are not a member of DWVC it
would cost at least £686 booking through a travel agent (the cheapest I found
was hotelclub.com).
The beach is clean and flat and gradually
slopes into the sea. It also has a new promenade that goes from the start of
San Augustin to the far end of Playa Del Inglés (that’s where the paved area
stopped when I visited but they did seem to be extending it).
The weather is fantastic even outside of
the dates that most European destinations can offer, in November (when I went)
temperatures were still topping 30°C and clear blue skies were there to welcome
me every time I opened the curtains in the morning, as you would expect from a
Canary Island there was a breeze all day that meant it never felt too hot.
The night life is varied with cabaret type
shows at most hotels, a 15 minute walk to Playa Del Inglés you find my personal
favourite, the Kazba centre that provides a variety of restaurants and lively
nightlife that goes on until daybreak and beyond, another 5 to 10 minutes walk away
you find the Yumbo centre, a well known gay spot that’s colourful and
entertaining in the early evening but (in my opinion) maybe gets a bit heavy
for any non gay visitors later on. There is also a number of other centres that
I did not get the chance to visit but was told offer everything in between.
There are a number of different locations
worth visiting during the day. Puerto de Mojan is well worth a visit to take in
some of Gran Canaria’s culture. Palmitos
Park is a large bird
park/zoo with amazing displays, it also has an aquarium and reptile house. Sioux City is a Wild West
theme park with live shows, a petting zoo, and barbeque nights throughout the
whole year, it was originally built as a stage set for a Western film back in
the 1970s. As with most holiday destinations there is also a large Aqualand
water park.
Both my girlfriend and myself agree that it
was defiantly the best holiday we’d ever had in our adult life (it’s hard to
beat visiting Disney as a kid) and hope others can take the opportunity to try
it for themselves.
Author: Graham Phillips (01/11/07).
Designer Way Vacation Club
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