The Museum of Science and Technology Elder, which fills a surface of some 7,000 square meters, reproduces the most significant breakthroughs of humankind as registered by history. The museum is an unfailing resource for all those who study sciences and for average people alike. Besides the permanent exhibitions, the museum also features a cinema with a projection screen where sundry materials can be presented.
Located only a short distance from Maspalomas, Puerto Rico is a notable destination in south Gran Canaria. It is also an important leisure port.
Banana Park is located in Maspalomas, and it stands out as a huge banana plantation pegged out by several hundreds of specimens of orange trees.
Fishing and deep sea fishing in Gran Canaria is always a prospect no tourist should pass up, all of the Canary Islands being ideal for such leisure.