Tafira
in Las Palmas of Canary Islands, Spain
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Gran Canaria Airport (9 mi) - Tenerife Norte Airport (61 mi)
- Tenerife South Airport (67 mi)
- Fuerteventura Airport (101 mi)
- La Gomera Airport (107 mi)
- Lanzarote Airport (129 mi)
- La Palma Airport (145 mi)
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Hassan I Airport (151 mi)
- Teide National Park (Unesco heritage, 17 mi)
- San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Unesco heritage, 33 mi)
- Garajonay National Park (Unesco heritage, 79 mi)
- Palmitos Park (amusement park, (18 mi)
- Zona Recreativa El Ratiño (amusement park, (8 mi)
- Mirador Hotel Riu Maspalomas (observation point, (22 mi)
- Anfi Mini Golf (amusement park, (24 mi)
- Gran Karting Club (amusement park, (18 mi)
- Parque GrancAventura (amusement park, (6 mi)
- Cocodrilo Park (zoo, (11 mi)
- Mirador Natural de la Cruz y El Montañón (observation point, (5 mi)
- Mirador de la Sorrueda (observation point, (12 mi)
- Aqualand Maspalomas (amusement park, (20 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 28.047 and -15.466 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 28° 2' 49" and W -15° 27' 58"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque, Occitan
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 09:55 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Atlantic/Canary
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:24 am and 8:34 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -29.050 and 167.933 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Longridge Station - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Spain.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Spain. Last Update: 2024-04-27 08:23:39
Discover Tafira
Tafira in Las Palmas (Canary Islands) is a place in Spain about 1,085 mi (or 1,746 km) south-west of Madrid, the country's capital city.
Current time in Tafira is now 09:55 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Atlantic / Canary with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 8 airports near Tafira, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in Spain is Gran Canaria Airport in a distance of 9 mi (or 15 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Spain is Teide National Park in a distance of 17 mi (or 27 km), North-East. We encountered 10 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Santa Brigida, Valsequillo de Gran Canaria, Telde, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Vega de San Mateo. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 19°C / 65 °F
| Morning Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 16°C / 62 °F |
| Night Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 52% |
| Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 56% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
15°C (59 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
15°C (59 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
15°C (59 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Finca Valsequillo
Santa Catalina
BlueBay Beach Club Apartamentos
Santa Brigida Hotel Escuela
Hotel Rural El Mondalón
AC Hotel Iberia Las Palmas
Las Calas Hotel Rural
Melva Suite
Casas Rurales Mayordomo I & II
Bandama Golf Hotel
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Rallye santa brigida 2008 tramo la atalaya
en este video veran las 3 pasadas por la curva del chocolatero(la Atalaya)
Mercadillo de Navidad 2014, IES Santa Brígida
onboard Pedro Burgo Rally Santa Brígida 2015 - Porsche 911 GT3
Ahora sí, recorremos el tramo "La Atalaya - Higuera Canaria" en el interior del Porsche 911 997 GT3 de los hermanos Burgo, en el Rallye Santa Brígida 2015, donde finalizaron en la segunda plaza.
Salida Rally Santa Brigida 2012
Ceremonia de Salida del 28 Rallye Villa de Santa Brigida.
podium rally villa de santa brigida 2012
Entrega de trofeos 28 Rallye Villa de Santa Brigida. El vencedor fue Toñi Ponce con Skoda Fabia WRC.
Holiday World Funpark Maspalomas - Gran Canaria
Holiday World Funpark Maspalomas - The biggest funpark in The Canary Island - Maspalomas. Mehr als 15 Freizeitattraktionen hat der Holiday World Funpark Maspalomas.
CANARIAS AMAZIGH -TAFIRA 1997- PRIMER CONGRESO MUNDIAL AMAZIGH.avi
Chalet Tafira - Los Hoyos
315.000€ Chalet unifamiliar aislado de 349 m2 en dos plantas, más azotea transitable, en parcela de 610 m2, en construcción (50% ya construido). 3 dormitorios (uno en suite con vestidor...
Pablo Rodriguez 8 años
Partido Pablo Rodríguez Mayo 2011. Club de Tenis Tafira.
Mototrans 2014 CP1 Carlos Trujillo
Carlos Trujillo aborda la Subida Imposible montada en el el Control de Paso 1 situado en el campo de fútbol del Fondillo (Tafira Baja; Las Palmas)
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Santa Brígida, Las Palmas
Villa de Santa Brígida is a Canarian municipality in the northeastern portion of the island of Gran Canaria in the Province of Las Palmas of the Canary Islands. The suburbs of Las Palmas. The population is 18,817, its density is 790.3/km² and the area is 23.81 km². It is located by a main highway linking it to the capital - Las Palmas and has access with the superhighway GC3. The main industries are agriculture and tourism especially in the park area.
Bandama Caldera
The Bandama Natural Monument is part of the Tafira Protected Landscape on the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, Spain. It's considered a point of geological interest, because of the Caldera de Bandama. This volcanic caldera reaches 569 m (1,867 ft) above sea level at the highest point on its rim, Pico de Bandama, and is about 1,000 m (3,300 ft) wide and 200 m (700 ft) deep. The steep walk to the bottom of the caldera takes about half an hour.
Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo
Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo is the full name of the botanical garden on Gran Canaria, one of the Canary Islands. “Jardín Botánico Canario” means “Botanical Garden of the Canaries”, while the additional words “Viera y Clavijo” honor the pioneering Spanish cleric and scholar José Viera y Clavijo (1731–1813), who attempted to found a botanical garden in the Canary Islands in the late eighteenth century.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Tafira.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Tafira Alta, Tafira
