City or mountain, €15 apart. Hotel Veintiuno, from about €85, if you want Vegueta's museums on foot and an honesty bar facing the cathedral; Parador de Cruz de Tejeda, from about €100, if you would rather walk from the door, about 1,500 metres up, and can live with some cloud.
The smart moneyA restored 18th-century house 50 metres from the cathedral in Vegueta, with 17 adults-only rooms and a rooftop pool that faces it, for little money.
€From about €85 a night
Choose Hotel Veintiuno if
The catch
The rooftop pool is small and unheated, for cooling off rather than swimming
The escapeGran Canaria's mountain parador, about 1,500 metres up at the Cruz de Tejeda pass, facing the caldera and the Roque Nublo.
€From about €100 a night
Choose Parador de Cruz de Tejeda if
The catch
The pool belongs to the spa: €35 a person for a 90-minute circuit, booked ahead, and children from six only in the first two hours.
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Hotel VeintiunoParador de Cruz de Tejeda
Hotel Veintiuno
Parador de Cruz de Tejeda
The verdict
City or mountain, €15 apart. Hotel Veintiuno, from about €85, if you want Vegueta's museums on foot and an honesty bar facing the cathedral; Parador de Cruz de Tejeda, from about €100, if you would rather walk from the door, about 1,500 metres up, and can live with some cloud.
Questions people ask
City or mountain, €15 apart. Hotel Veintiuno, from about €85, if you want Vegueta's museums on foot and an honesty bar facing the cathedral; Parador de Cruz de Tejeda, from about €100, if you would rather walk from the door, about 1,500 metres up, and can live with some cloud.
A restored old house two minutes from the cathedral, at a price that leaves room for dinner out every night. Check availability for the Premium. Seventeen rooms in an 18th-century house in the old town, with a rooftop pool for a dip and the cathedral beside it. You eat out every night and walk everywhere, and the bill stays small.
It has a rooftop pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Book it for two or three nights above the clouds, with the Roque Nublo at the end of the view and a spa to come back to. Skip it if you want a beach, a free pool or certain sun. A state-run mountain inn in the heart of the island: caldera views, a paid spa with an outdoor pool over the peaks and trails from the door, at an entry price of about €100. You trade the beach and the sun for cloud, cool air and a long drive to the sand.
It has an outdoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.