Arucas, Teror, Viewpoint Roque Nublo - Highlights Gran Canaria

I will not forget the crazy hairpin turns on a tiny road with a huge bus while seeing the most beautiful mountain views 🤩

Great day. Great driver and tour guide 👌

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Interesting excursion, although in my opinion, they should review and rethink the second part of the tour because a couple of stops are unnecessary.

Was pick up prompt, then spent a hour picking others. 2 nice village stops , then very much directed at you spending money at where they said. The lunch only €15 was horrible food but out in the middle of nowhere so no choice. The guide did not bother with English in the afternoon most of the time . One woman was left at a stop. The bus caught on something at one point. The guide was very busy getting tips as we dropped of for ages. Not back till 7.30 .

Positive: You get an impression of the island, especially of the center and the mountains. The bus driver was great and mastered the switchbacks confidently and safely. Negative: The travel route was not followed as described on the website. Some stops were completely skipped, which was a real shame because that was why we booked the tour. The photos also do not match the tour. Instead, "sales stops" were made where you were supposed to/could buy stuff, or at sights the focus was placed on sales/shops instead of information and guidance (first everyone into the shop, then you were allowed to go to the viewing platform - if you still remembered to). Like a bus tour sales pitch. The tour guide sometimes had outdated, incorrect information and presented it rather bored and without any enthusiasm. Information about times. We left at 8:30 and returned at 18:30, with about a 1-hour delay (stops were canceled for this, but the promotional events were attended). I would not recommend the trip and would not book it again.

Trip for gogo tourists. None, without interest, minute visits to the pace of shopping stop restaurant imposed bad food canteen, on a dangerous site, with nothing to do except the misery of the road landscape. I do not recommend this outing

Unfortunately the church in arucas was closed.no information about it.everything else was ok.the desired space reservation worked well

The good thing about this tour was that you did get to see nice views of the island from the bus, and I did learn something new from the guides explanations. The tour was also on the cheaper side, so for that reason I still gave 3 stars. However, there are several aspects that could be improved. Before the trip, I was messaged from two different numbers, which was confusing per se, but one message told me to click a link to download my ticket, which I did, and was met with a button that said ”To pay (33,00€)” even though I had paid the full price through Viator. The message had a contact number for questions, which I then wrote to, asking why the system said I need to still pay when I had already paid. They informed me that they do have my payment and I don’t need to pay more, and admitted that it is confusing that the system says this. Hopefully they’ll fix it down the line. The mic of the bus that the guide was using was rather old and it was at times difficult to make out what he was saying. While my spanish and german are elementary at best, I could tell at times that he explained more in the other languages than in English, which seemed to be his weakest language. We also spent comparatively a lot of time at a restaurant and later a cafe that had basically nothing else to do around, so it kind of felt like we were just wallets with legs being carted around to buy stuff. Luckily I had my book with me and could read at the parking lot while waiting. The aloe vera farm stop was more interesting, but ultimately also designed for buying stuff. The biggest disappointment however was that the itinerary said we would stop at a spot with views of Roque Nublo, but we did not see it. In fact the guide never even mentioned it. I was really looking forward to that part of the tour, as it is an iconic sight of the island and I had not seen it before. In the end I have now left the island without seeing it. I feel like whatever happened, the guide should have at least apologised that we could not see it and still tell us something about it. But it was as if he was hoping that we just would not realise we missed it. Also, a minor thing for me but perhaps not for other travellers: the itinerary states that there is an option to visit the basilica in Arucas, but when we got there, the guide informed us that it is closed in the mornings. So even that stop became more so a time for people to spend their money in the souvenir shops next to the church.

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The tour is pretty basic but I'm not sure that there's much to add as it is a small island. Our guide was enthusiastic but as the trip was in all three languages (English, German, Spanish) there seemed to be the least information provided in English. Other reviews mentioned this so we were prepared. It is just a bus ride around the island with a few small stops. It is much easier than driving ourselves so we liked it. The stops are brief at 30-40 minutes. The restaurant lunch was a wonderful tapas sampler and the staff were so friendly. The final stop at the Aloe farm is again as expected. Many reviews comment that it's just a marketing stop. It is but fortunately you aren't there more than an hour and it is in a nice valley so we didn't mind. I would rate it as an average tour but it met our expectations so an easy 4/5. The driver is VERY good as those roads are terrifying along the edge. *A tip at the lookout point is that we discovered a lookout centre with the volcanic history of the island and nice clean bathrooms. My partner and I were the only ones to discover this as the guide did not mention it. Overall, we wanted to see something beyond Maspalomas and this ticked the box. Also, our pickup was a few minutes late. This was no issue at all since the company uses WhatsApp and quickly responds to queries. Very much appreciated that.

You see a cross section of Gran Canaria. Possibility of fog and clouds blocking the view from Roque Nublo but anther stop will take its place.