Property hunters in Spain choose the Canary as opposed to the Balearics due to lower prices and a year-round mild climate. 

A survey of Spanish property agents has revealed the Canary Islands, situated 60 miles off the coast of Morocco are more popular with those looking for property in Spain than the Balearics, in the Mediterranean Sea. The Canary Islands (comprising of Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma) may be a better option for a lot of people because of the fact that that average property prices were substantially lower on the Canary Islands compared to the Balearics, €207,000 and €451,000 respectively at the end of 2007.
Tenerife, received 46 per cent of all enquiries, and appeals to northern Europeans during summer and winter months due to its mild, sunny, year-round climate. And saw an increase in property prices of around 7.5 per cent.

In second place, commanding just over a quarter (25.6%) of enquires was Fuerteventura, the second largest and closest island to the African mainland. Receiving just over 4.6 million passengers in 2007, Fuerteventura is a quieter island however with Ryanair now starting to fly direct from most UK regional airports, owning a second property here remains affordable and increasingly more accessible.

The Balearics although closer to the UK and Ireland does not benefit from the potential of a 52 week summer climate and tourist season. This makes the Canaries a far better prospect for those wanting to permanently move abroad or investors looking for an extended season in which to rent their property.

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Luxury cruise liner "The World" called in at Puerto Del Rosario at the end of December for the first time carrying 178 passengers the majority of whom own their own cabin on board what is considered to be the world's number one "millionaire's"vessel.
 
"The World" is a private cruise liner categorised as "super luxurious". It is almost two hundred metres long and boasts a crew made up of 244 people.

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Easyjet Extends its service in Gran Canaria.

The nearly perfect all year round weather in Gran Canaria makes it the ideal destination for those looking for plenty of sunshine and the opportunity of purchasing a great priced holiday or second home. The sea temperatures seldom are below 19°C the average temperature being 23°C.

Apart from the sunshine and warm water temperatures which allows visitors to enjoy outside activities all year round, such as windsurfing, scuba diving, sailing to mention a few but Gran Canaria also offers a diverse landscape and different climates which support its botanical gardens, indigenous plants and trees making the northern part of the island extremely attractive to nature lovers, walkers and those who prefer to be away from the golden beaches and warmer climates.

Accessibility to Gran Canaria has just become even easier with Easyjet, the low cost airline announcing this years new routes beginning the 31st March with Las Palmas, Gran Canaria being one of them, previously EasyJets only service from Las Palmas was to Geneva.

Flights will be departing from London Gatwick to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria from the 31st March 2008 and is part of the expansion programme, further popular destinations include Ibiza and Malaga

 Easyjets recent purchase of  GB airways based at London Gatwick will operate the 32 approved destinations for this summer, covering southern Europe and the north of Africa under the agreement in place with British airways {BA}

It seems that GB airways will operate all its 32 routes under the name of British Airways {BA} until the 29th of March, at which point the flights under GB Airways will then fly under the name of Easyjet.

The reason for this is that the clients who have already reserved their tickets with GB airways for the summer will have the choice of either flying with Easyjet or being reimbursed for their tickets.

Flights from Manchester airport to Tenerife and Malaga are also available. In total Easyjet offers 66 routes from London Gatwick and another 6 from Manchester airport.

For further information log onto www.buyingrancanaria.com and see the flight section.

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