Meloneras is a tourist town on the south coast of the island of
Gran Canaria,
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
, part of the town of Maspalomas in the municipality of
San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
It is mostly characterised by tourist hotels and other accommodation. Its most prominent landmark is the
Faro de Maspalomas, next to Maspalomas Beach and the
Maspalomas Dunes.
Some of the luxury hotel complexes in Meloneras display are notable for their
Canarian Spanish Colonial Revival style, partly derived from
de la Torre's
Hotel Santa Catalina (1890) in Las Palmas. The Costa Meloneras Hotel, opened in 2005, incorporates a replica of the nearby town of
Agüimes (the home town of , founder of the Lopesan Hotel Group), including a distinctive replica of the large, domed , which serves as the hotel reception.
References
Populated places in Gran Canaria
Tourism in Spain
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