As the festive season draws closer the shops in Gran Canaria are starting to get slightly more and more chaotic each time. Only in the run up to Christmas and 3 Kings Day do the shops open on Sundays (except for the obvious touristy areas, although mainly souvenirs and supermarkets).

As there is a bank holiday or fiesta day coming up this coming weekend (mentioned here), the first Sunday will not count so the Sunday shopping dates will be:

Sunday 13th December 2009
Sunday 20th December 2009
Sunday 27th December 2009
Sunday 3rd January 2010

Remember that 3 Kings Day is the big present giving day here in Spain so the last Sunday is likely to be the craziest one. Don't forget too that the night before Los Reyes Magos on the 5th January, many shops open til very late mainly in Triana in Las Palmas, so you can be buying presents until 3am!!

Our advice is don't leave it too late if you can help it though, one of our favourite Centro Comercials is C.C Las Arenas. This Winter they also have an outdoor ice rink on the top floor of the centre which opened on 27th November.