Ireland day 1461. Sunday 28 September 2025- Gran Canaria 4

Today’s summary	Went for an early morning swim again then after breakfast took a circular day trip to Puerto Mogan by bus and ferry. A wonderful day out visiting a beautiful mini-Venice. Had a relaxing sauna once back at the hotel then dinner once again followed by coffees on our balcony
Today’s weather	Dry sunny and warm all day. Light southerly wind. Appx 29c.

Today’s overview location (The orange line shows the location of our route)		Close-up location (The blue line shows where we travelled) (Click button below to download GPX of today’s walk as recorded, or see interactive map at bottom with elevations corrected): Puerto Mogan

Commentary

We enjoyed our morning swim yesterday so much that we thought we would do the same again today. But because we have noticed that it is starting to get warm quite quickly in the morning, we thought we would leave half an hour earlier today, at 8:30 rather than 9am.

Once we got to our swimming point, we found the swell was a bit more vigorous as we jumped in the water – it certainly made swimming a bit more challenging, and there was a pronounced easterly drift. But it all made for a much more invigorating experience. All the result perhaps of distant ripples from Hurricane Gabrielle currently making its way eastwards across the Atlantic towards Spain.

Once we’d finished enjoying the washing machine effect, we returned to the hotel and made straight for the breakfast. Like yesterday, the porridge and maple syrup (etc etc) felt well deserved.

By the time we had finished relaxing over our buffet, we felt we wanted to explore a bit further afield. So we walked over to the nearby Estación de Guaguas (bus station) and after a 10 minute wait, caught the no. 33 to Puerto Mogan.

Puerto Mogan (not to be confused with the town of Mogan, which is some way inland) is a pretty though very developed and slightly touristy village down on the coast about 20km to the west of Maspalomas. People often call it a “mini Venice” on account of the numerous sea inlets and the charming narrow streets decked with brilliant bougainvilleas.

Once the no. 33 had safely delivered us to the town square, we spent a couple of hours looking round then found a suitable café to enjoy some helados (ice creams)and coffee. All very enjoyable and I managed the whole thing in Spanish. Then we walked down to the harbour where we caught a waiting ferry for the 75 minute sail along the coast to the port of Arguineguin. It was a lovely journey, floating along watching the world go by in the sunshine. And once we got there, we actually liked Arguineguin quite a lot. It felt a lot more authentic than most of the other resort settlements along the coast. Much less overdevelopment and a place where real people actually lived.

From the ferry terminal it was a ten minute walk up to the parada de autobús (bus stop) and after a short wait (15 mins or so) the no 33 duly rolled up and whisked us quickly back to Maspalomas.

As soon as we returned to the hotel, Val beat a hasty path to our room to enjoy a beer on the balcony. I joined her shortly afterwards, having first made use of the sauna facilities to aid relaxation after our busy day.

Anyway, it’s coming up to 8pm now, and the sun is setting. So it’s time to dress our finest and head down to the restaurant to see what culinary delights are in store for us this evening.

What a wonderful day!

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


Desayuno – well deserved and very healthy. Well this bit was, at least	On the no.33 to Puerto Mogan. It took about 45 minutes to get there. It’s not far but the bus mostly goes along the coast road not the motorway, so it stops a lot and is quite slow

A glimpsed view from the bus of 3,717metre Mt Teide on the neighbouring island of Tenerife	Cannolis were enjoyed at a café in Puerto Mogan. I tried not to think about the saturated fat

Setting off from Puerto Mogan on our coastal ferry. It had a glass bottom, apparently, but we were more interested in watching the shoreline go by. The ferry stopped at a couple of points before reaching Alguineguin	The port of Alguineguin. A bit gritty in places but we actually quite liked its authenticity

Flying like a bird. Looks like brilliant fun!