Meloneras is a tourist town on the south coast of the island of
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, a Spain, Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. the island had a population of that constitut ...
,
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...
, part of the town of Maspalomas in the municipality of
San Bartolomé de Tirajana
San Bartolomé de Tirajana is a village and a Spanish municipality in the south-eastern part of the island of Gran Canaria in the Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands. With an area of , San Bartolomé de Tirajana is the largest municipal ...
.
It is mostly characterised by tourist hotels and other accommodations. Its most prominent landmark is the
Faro de Maspalomas, next to Maspalomas Beach and the
Maspalomas Dunes.
Some of the luxury hotel complexes in Meloneras display are notable for their
Canarian Spanish Colonial Revival style, partly derived from
de la Torre's
Hotel Santa Catalina (1890) in Las Palmas. The Costa Meloneras Hotel, opened in 2000, the Villa del Conde hotel thas was opened in 2005, incorporates a replica of the nearby town of
Agüimes
Agüimes is a Spanish town and municipality in the eastern part of the island of Gran Canaria in the Las Palmas (province), Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands.
Presentation
Agüimes is situated 5 km from the coast, and 26 km so ...
(the home town of , founder of the Lopesan Hotel Group), including a distinctive replica of the large, domed , which serves as the hotel reception.
References
Populated places in Gran Canaria
Tourism in Spain
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