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pected as usual to attract around 30,000 visitors over the three days so if you go by car try to get there early as traffic in the area is usually very heavy and parking com-plicated. However, there will be free buses running from

the bus station in the centre of La Orotava which are in-cluded in the €2.50 entrance fee. This award winning crafts fair, open 10am until 9pm every day, is unique in the Canary Islands and one definitely not to be missed.

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Pinolere Arts and Crafts Fair The leading craft fair in the

Canary Islands is about to take place in Pinolere, Te-nerife, over the weekend of August 30 to September 1.

The Pinolere fair is the biggest and best of its kind in the whole of the archipel-ago and attracts exhibitors and visitors from all over the Islands as well as main-land Spain. As usual, over 200 artisans will be display-ing their wares during the event, which is now in its 28th year.

Based high in the hills outside La Orotava, it is the perfect setting for the fair, where you will not only have the opportunity to buy quali-ty craftwork, but will be able to see many of the craftsmen

The owners of Tenerife’s Loro Parque are venturing into new territory with the construction of a giant

Aquarium in the port of Las Palmas.

The formal announcement of the project was made by delighted city officials in the Gran Canaria capital. The aquarium will occupy a 10,000 square metre site in the port and will inject new life into the overall area. Among other target markets it will be aimed at the many cruise tourists that call into Las Palmas every week. A similar facility in Barcelona is very popular with cruise tour-ists.

The project is separate from the new big water theme park the company is to build in the south of the island, after reaching a land purchase agreement recently.

and women at work. There will also be exhibitions, workshops, demonstrations, children’s activities includ-ing music and craft classes and tastings of a whole range of delicious Canarian food and beverages.

This year the crafts medi-um to be highlighted is cane so there will be plenty of stall holders showing their skill in its use, as well of course with many other materials, and the theme pays homage to the borough of Teror in Gran Canaria due to its long and established arts and crafts history.

The fair will take place in the Pinolere Ethnographic Park, just off the road up to the Teide National Park from La Orotava. It is ex-

Cruise port

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