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Arucas
Arucas
Long the most prosperous agricultural center of Gran Canaria, Arucas, in the north, is slowly settling into a new role as another Gran Canaria tourist center (plans are afoot to develop the coast around Arucas into a combination health spa, waterpark and leisure area). Until recently, before banana cultivation took over, the cash crop of Arucas was sugar cane, which locals used, among other things, to make rum. Samples and bottles of the stuff can still be had at everyone’s favorite destination, the Fabrica de Ron (rum factory). The Plaza de la Constitución, at the heart of historical Arucas, is typical of the 16th-century architecture characterizing the village. From atop the Volcán de Arucas that towers above the village, the whitewashed buildings below form a startling contrast to the dark Neo-Gothic spires and volcanic rock construction of the Iglesia de San Juan, which was built during the last few decades.
Last updated February 20, 2012
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