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Windsurf at Playa las Burras

If you like to get active on the beach, you’ve got Playa de las Burras about 10 minutes’ drive away. The wind and wave conditions are spot on for windsurfing and kitesurfing. If you need some help getting started, you’ll find surf schools lined up alongside the beach bars.

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  • After dark, San Agustin is a bit of a quiet customer. Nights here are all about settling into one of the comfy pubs or small bars in the area around the shopping centre. If you want something a bit different, you can pop into the Hotel Melia Tamarindos, where they’ve got a casino. And if you’re in the mood for a club, you can always head over to nearby Playa del Ingles.

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    Most of San Agustin’s restaurants are in the town’s commercial centre. They’ve got a good international line-up, with Greek, Italian, German and Chinese all making an appearance. Canarian cooking comes with those distinctive salt-baked potatoes known as papas arrugadas and the famous mojo sauces – there’s a mild green version and a more fiery, paprika-flavoured mojo rojo.

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    The pubs and bars around San Agustin’s commercial centre keep things fairly relaxed of an evening. Altogether more lively, however, is the neon-infused nightlife of Playa del Ingles, about 10 minutes’ drive away. You’ll find the bars, discos and clubs in the shopping centres – one of the most popular is Kasbah, on Avenida de Sargentos Privisionales.

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    Over in Playa del Ingles, about 10 minutes’ drive away, you’ve got a four-storey shopping centre on the main street. It should do you for clothes, jewellery and duty-free perfume. On the souvenir front, it’s a top place for picking up local pottery and handmade banana-leaf baskets. Back in San Agustin, the shopping centre here has it covered for postcards and beach bits.

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    San Agustin’s shopping centre covers basics and beach essentials, but for a real shopping spree – and a duty-free one at that – nearby Playa del Ingles is the place to go. There are about a dozen shopping centres here, all stocked up with electrical goods, designer clothes, local pottery and leather handbags. If you’re only doing one, make it the Yumbo Centre, which has over 200 outlets over four floors.

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    Over in Playa del Ingles, the name behind this sports and music bar just happens to be Wayne Lineker – brother of Gary. No surprise, then, that the place is filled with huge television screens showing all the big matches. When you’re not glued to the box, the friendly staff will keep you in beers while Brit DJs spin the sounds.

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    Balcon is a bit of hidden treasure, tucked away at the northern end of the promenade. It gets you a top-notch view of the desert-style sand dunes over at Maspalomas – though the locals are pretty much just here for the food. The whole salt-baked fish is a favourite, and the fillet of beef with green pepper mojo sauce always goes down well. A glass of banana liqueur rounds things off nicely.

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    Like the rest of the island, San Agustin majors in seafood. The restaurants on the waterfront are best for Canarian classics like freshly caught fish served with the traditional mojo sauce, a kind of tangy salsa. They take a wholesome approach to cooking here, so expect to have your seafood served up tentacles-and-all. If you’re looking for more of an international flavour, the local shopping mall offers up a mixed menu.

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    This annual Easter-time carnival in Playa del Ingles is one of the most lively and colourful festivals on the island. The Carnival Queen and Drag Queen competitions are hotly contested, while flamboyantly costumed locals parade through the streets alongside a cavalcade of brightly designed floats. Dance workshops and Canarian cooking also get a look-in before the real partying begins later on.

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    San Agustin takes a relaxed approach to its beach life, but walk 40 minutes along the prom to Playa del Ingles and it’s a different story. Watersports on offer here include jet-skiing, banana boats and paragliding – plus schools that will set you up for windsurfing and kitesurfing. Stroll a bit further and you’ll be at Maspalomas, where you can ride a camel through the dunes.

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