Cactualdea

Gran Canaria


Cactualdea claims to be the largest cactus park in Europe, with over 1200 species of the prickly plant, plus a replica Guanche cave. Find it south of the town of Aldea de San Nicolás, in the hamlet of Tocodomán.


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