Best hotels with Spa and Wellness in Gran Canaria

If you still don't know the Canary Islands, I tell you that there may be various motivations why you can consider a vacation trip, or a getaway, to this region of Spain that I think is not sufficiently known.

And it depends on those motivations, you will have some more suitable than others to meet your expectations.

Of the islands that I have had the opportunity to visit so far, I will tell you that Lanzarote I am enthusiastic about their volcanic landscapes; From Gran Canaria, the great atmosphere of the city ​​of Las Palmas and the interior landscapes from the Cross of Tejeda.

De Tenerife, in addition to this type of landscape that characterizes the Teide and surroundings, the northern orchard in the Orotava Valley, and the cultural wealth of La Laguna.

De Fuerteventura, its large expanses of beaches with dunes.

And recently I have had the opportunity to return to the island of Gran Canaria, where I have found another different motivation, the possibility of enjoying a healthy vacation.

Or what is the same, some holidays with experiences spa wellness.

Best attractions of the island of Gran Canaria

Of course, since it is one of the large islands, as is the case of Tenerife, Gran Canaria It is shown as a small continent where you find different attractions.

Per side, Las Palmas, a city with a great cultural atmosphere and, also, with great commercial activity.

On the south coast, from the imposing areas of Maspalomas Dunes and English beach, to the artificial beaches at the foot of ravines and cliffs, as in the Amadores beach.

In the north, green landscapes with forests blown by the trade winds, which I honestly did not think I would find on this island.

And in one route through the interior of Gran CanariaFurthermore, you will discover ravine landscapes with leafy oases and on high, imposing rocks, very ideal for hiking, and small towns with white houses, and even with caves.

What a spa wellness holiday in Gran Canaria is like

But how can they be vacation spa wellness in Gran Canaria?

I have had the opportunity to get an idea in the recent getaway to Gran Canaria, taking advantage of a bridge.

Firstly, they are a holiday of tranquility and leisure, in which the enjoyment of the beaches or the excellent hotel pools play a major role.

And to the south of the island you have the area of Maspalomas and its surroundings…which is incomparable.

But it is the enjoyment of moderns centers wellness that you find in Gran Canaria, which characterizes a holiday that is also healthy.

La tradition of Gran Canaria as a healthy island It dates back to the 17th century, when there is written evidence of the existence of miraculous medicinal water springs on the island.

When you travel to Gran Canaria to live an experience wellness, you may be surprised by the total majority of tourists from central and northern Europe, especially from Germany, the United Kingdom and the Nordic countries.

But not so much if you know that already in the second half of the 19th century the island was already known by wealthy tourists who traveled to health cures in the ancients spas of Azuaje and Los Berrazales, north of the island.

Best hotels with spa and thalassotherapy in Gran Canaria

Now this reputation as a healthy island has been consolidated, with the profusion of centers of spa y wellness that you can find in the large hotels on the island.

In them you have a wide range of treatments, which includes a wide variety of Massage, such as hot stones that I received in Gloria Palace Royal hotel in Playa Amadores.

You can also live a Thalasso experienceFor example, in the great Thalasso Gloria Palace San Agustín center, the largest in Europe of its kind, and the first to be established on the island.

La thalassotherapy It has positive health effects thanks to bathing in sea water at a temperature of 37 degrees.

Or you can also receive the benefits of aloe vera treatment, a plant that grows on the island and has proven healing and therapeutic properties.

That was my case when enjoying a Aloe vera wrap in the exclusive Corallium Thalasso Villa del Conde center, from the town of Meloneras.