Tafira

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Tourist map of Tafira | Municipality Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

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Tourist map of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - plan mapa

Relief of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Land use - cover near
Tafira

Forest

31 km2

30%

Other nature

7 km2

Agriculture

36 km2

35%

Water

0 km2

Urban area

30 km2

29%

Tourist information Tafira
Municipality Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Place information

Place name:	Tafira
Municipality:	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (99.8 km², 381123 inh.)
Location within mun.:	South
In province:	Las Palmas
In region:	Canary Islands
Nearest coastline:	Coast Canary Islands interior
Island:	Gran Canaria

Neighbouring places

Place name	Distance (km)	Direction
Tafira Alta	0	Center
San Francisco de Paula	3	East
Tafira Baja	3.1	North-East
San Lorenzo	4	North
Dragonal	4.1	North

Municipalities adjacent to the place Tafira

Number	Direction	Municipality-name
1	South	Telde
2	South-West	Teror
3	South-West	Santa Brígida
4	North-West	Arucas

Accomodation

	Type	Link
	Hotel	Hotels Las Palmas de Gran Canaria this website
	Hotel Booking	booking.com
	Nearest Parador	parador de cañadas del teide (other island) in La Orotava (109 km)
	Camping	Nearest camping (ACSI): -9999.0 km No campsites present in municipality
	Holiday home
	Airbnb	Airbnb in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
	Property	Fotocasa Tafira municipality Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Tourist attractions

Castle:
Nearest castle: Castillo de la Luz 11.9 km

1	Castillo de la Luz

Museum:
Nearest museum: Casa museo León y Castillo 7.2 km

1	Casa de Colón
2	Casa museo Pérez Galdos
3	Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno
4	Museo Canario
5	Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro
6	Museo Néstor

Sport and Culinary - Gastronomy

	Wine:	Nearest wine-area: Gran Canaria DO 0.0 km Gran Canaria DO
	Golf:	no golf courses present

Landscape of area

Classified as:

Mean height:

212 meter

Lowest point:

0 meter

Highest point:

711 meter

Plain-Flat:	23 km² (22%)
Hills:	57 km² (55%)
Mountains:	24 km² (23%)

At coast:

Yes

Catchment - watershed (river):

Nearest big river:

-9999.0 km

Nature areas (walking - hiking and cycling -biking):

nr	type	name	ha
1	Monumento Natural	Bandama	233
2	Paisaje Protegido	La Isleta	472
3	Paisaje Protegido	Pino Santo	1920
4	Paisaje Protegido	Tafira	663
5	Sitio de Interés Científico	Jinámar	20

Nearest Nature-area: Tafira (Paisaje Protegido) ,0.0 km

Topographic relief (points of interest):

nr	type	topographic name
1	Beach	Playa de las Alcaravaneras
2	Craters	Caldera de Bandama
3	Headland	El Morro
4	Hill	Montaña Colorada
5	Hill	Vigia
6	Peninsula	Isleta
7	Peninsula	La Isleta
8	Point - coast	Punta del Confital
9	Ridges	Lomo del Cardo
10	Rock	Peñón de la Vieja

Distance to capital cities autonomous regions

City	Autonomous community	Distance (km)
Las Palmas	Canary Islands	8
Toledo	Castilla–La Mancha	1692
Mérida	Extremadura	1483
Santa Cruz	Canary Islands	94
Santiago de Compostela	Galicia	1776
Palma de Mallorca	Balearic Islands	2112
Zaragoza	Aragon	2018
Valencia	Valencian Community	1891
Logroño	La Rioja	1997
Vitoria-Gasteiz	Basque Country	2018
Santander	Cantabria	2018
Barcelona	Catalonia	2193
Oviedo	Principality of Asturias	1920
Madrid	Community of Madrid	1756
Murcia	Region of Murcia	1740
Pamplona	Chartered Community of Navarre	2069
Valladolid	Castile and León	1810
Sevilla	Andalusia	1374
Ceuta	Ceuta	1302
Melilla	Melilla	1440

Transport

Roads:	GC-110 (17 km), GC-1 (13.8 km), GC-2 (6.9 km), GC-21 (3.1 km), GC-15 (1.3 km).
Railway (train) present:
Airport present:	No
Weir (Reservoir) present:	No