Agaete

Agaete is a town in the north-west of Gran Canaria, its centre 43 metres above the sea and just over 36 kilometres from the capital. The GC-2 brings you most of…Agaete is a town in the north-west of Gran Canaria, its centre 43 metres above the sea and just over 36 kilometres from the capital. The GC-2 brings you most of the way along the north coast: the Cabildo's directions are 35 kilometres on it from Las Palmas, then the GC-172 towards the harbour.

The reason to come is Puerto de las Nieves, the harbour below the town. The island's tourism board describes it as a small fishing village, with cafés on the quay, natural pools in the rock, and sunsets beside a huge cliff, with the dragon's tail as the backdrop. The valley behind the town, El Valle de Agaete, runs inland towards the mountains.

South of the town the GC-200 runs down the west coast to La Aldea de San Nicolás, and it is a road where rockfalls have forced closures. The Faneque tunnels, opened in February 2024, replaced three kilometres of its curves that were frequently hit, but the west coast is still no shortcut: the routed drive from Puerto de Mogán to Agaete goes back round the island and takes over an hour and a half.

Agaete suits a stay in the north or a day out from the capital more than a day trip from the south. From Las Palmas it is about 35 minutes, from the airport just under an hour and from Maspalomas over an hour and a quarter. Teror, inland, is about three quarters of an hour from here.