Gran Canaria has one airport, at Gando on the east coast, halfway between Las Palmas and the resorts of the south. Our ten hotels are 20 to 52 minutes from it by road. This page sets out every realistic way to each of them, with Global's bus times and fares, the official taxi meter and the typical drive to each door.
The short answer
For Las Palmas, a taxi takes 20 to 25 minutes and costs about €32 to €38 by day, or Global's line 60 runs every 30 minutes to San Telmo (€2.30) and Santa Catalina (€2.95). For Maspalomas, line 66 reaches the Faro de Maspalomas bus station in 40 minutes for €4.05, a short walk from three of our hotels, and a taxi takes 31 to 32 minutes for about €53. For Puerto de Mogán, Meloneras, late landings and families, a private transfer booked ahead is the easy answer; for Salobre and the Parador, hire a car.
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Quick and cheap, and fine for light travellers: Bull Reina Isabel is about ten minutes' walk from Santa Catalina. With cases, the walk to Vegueta or Ciudad Jardín tips it towards a taxi.
The good bus for our southern guests: Seaside Grand Hotel Residencia is 3 minutes' walk from the terminus, Hotel Faro 6 and Seaside Palm Beach 7. It stops at 20:30, so later flights need a taxi or a driver.
Direct along the south coast to Puerto de Mogán, near Cordial Mogán Playa. Good value, but an hour on a bus after a flight; with a family, a driver is the better start.
Always at the rank on Floor 0. Fair value for Las Palmas at about €32 to €38 by day; by our reckoning, about €53 to the Maspalomas lighthouse and €77 to Puerto de Mogán.
The driver tracks your flight and meets you in arrivals with a name sign. Our pick for Meloneras, Salobre and Puerto de Mogán, for landings after the last 66, and for families with luggage.
Essential for Salobre and the Parador at Cruz de Tejeda, and the way to see the mountains and the west from anywhere. Our car hire page has the deposits and the parking at each hotel.
Maspalomas
It is 31 minutes by road; line 66 ends three minutes' walk away if you land by day, but a driver to the door suits a stay of this kind best.
Las Palmas, Ciudad Jardín
A taxi from the rank takes 22 minutes to the drive in Ciudad Jardín for about €35 by day, simpler than line 60 and a city bus.
Maspalomas
Line 66 runs direct to the Faro de Maspalomas bus station in 40 minutes for €4.05, and the hotel is six minutes' walk away; after 20:30, a taxi takes 32 minutes.
Maspalomas
It is 31 minutes by road; line 66 ends seven minutes' walk away, but a driver brings you and your bags to the door at any hour.
The Faro de Maspalomas bus station is 13 minutes' walk from the door, too far with cases, so a driver for the 31-minute run to Meloneras is the better answer.
Puerto de Mogán
It is 43 minutes along the south coast; line 91 takes an hour for €6.80, but a driver to the door is the easier start to a beach week.
Salobre, Maspalomas
The resort is in the hills with no practical bus, 34 minutes from the airport, and you will want a car for the beaches, so collect it where you land.
Las Palmas, Las Canteras
A taxi takes 25 minutes to Las Canteras for about €38 by day; line 60 to Santa Catalina, ten minutes' walk away, works if you travel light.
Las Palmas, Vegueta
A taxi takes 20 minutes to Vegueta for about €32 by day; the hotel's street is pedestrian, so the driver sets you down as close as the street allows.
Cruz de Tejeda
It is 52 minutes up mountain roads to the Cruz de Tejeda pass, with only lines 18 and 305 nearby, and the car is what makes a stay here, so drive yourself.
Yes. Every Global bus leaves from Floor 1, the departures level, so go up one floor from arrivals. Line 66 runs direct to Playa del Inglés and the Faro de Maspalomas bus station, hourly at half past from 07:30 to 20:30, in 40 minutes. Line 60 runs to Las Palmas every 30 minutes from 06:15 until 20:45, then at 21:15, 22:15 and 23:15. Line 91 runs hourly to Puerto de Mogán.
From the Faro de Maspalomas bus station, Seaside Grand Hotel Residencia is three minutes on foot, Hotel Faro six, Seaside Palm Beach seven and Villa del Conde thirteen. No airport bus goes near Salobre or the Parador.
Taxis on Gran Canaria run on the Canary Government's interurban meter: €3.85 for the first 1.5 km, then €1.35 a km from 06:00 to 22:00, and €4.25 and €1.55 at night and on holidays, plus €2.10 from the airport. The figures below are our estimates from that tariff and the routed distance.
After 20:30 the direct bus south has gone, and line 60 to Las Palmas runs hourly until 23:15. The taxi rank on Floor 0 is the fallback, at night rates. A driver booked ahead follows your flight, so a delay costs nothing, and waits in the arrivals hall with your name, which makes the 31 to 43 minutes south an easy end to the day.
About 31 to 32 minutes by road from Maspalomas and Meloneras, 43 from Puerto de Mogán, 20 to 25 from Las Palmas and 52 from Cruz de Tejeda. Line 66 leaves the Faro de Maspalomas bus station hourly at half past, 06:30 to 19:30, and line 60 leaves Santa Catalina every 30 minutes from 05:15. Departures and check-in are on Floor 1.
Questions people ask
Global's line 60 runs every 30 minutes from 06:15, 20 minutes to San Telmo for €2.30 and 30 to Santa Catalina for €2.95. A taxi takes 20 to 25 minutes to our city hotels and costs about €32 to €38 by day.
About €53 by day and €60 at night to the lighthouse hotels, by our reckoning from the official meter and a 36 km route; the drive takes about 31 to 32 minutes.
Yes, line 66, hourly at half past from 07:30 to 20:30, 40 minutes to the Faro de Maspalomas bus station for €4.05. It leaves from Floor 1, the departures level.
Line 91 runs hourly and takes about an hour for €6.80. A taxi or a private transfer takes about 43 minutes; on the meter that is about €77 by day.
For Salobre and the Parador at Cruz de Tejeda, yes. In Maspalomas and Las Palmas, buses and taxis cover most trips. A week from the airport started at €76 for a June 2027 manual on expedia.ie on 10 October 2026.
Outside the terminal on Floor 0, the arrivals level. Aena advises taking taxis only from the signed rank.
Image credits: Håkan Dahlström from Malmö, Sweden (CC BY 2.0)