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City guide Puerto de la Cruz

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €3,500/m² (e.g., 60 m² = €210,000) ⁠In October 2026 Fotocasa asked 3,795 euros per square metre in Zona Martianez, for all…

fix pass after the batch review, re-opening the coworking, hospital, casino, transit, guide, encyclopedia and price pages. Best Coworking Space now carries the operator's published day, week and month prices; Short Term Rentals was re-priced to the October asks seen on the listings page; Casino & Gaming Halls gained the tourism-board page showing the casino address and opening hours; Language Classes gained the school's own contact page showing its street address; the record date and model were set to this pass.

City guide Playa del Ingles

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,200 per m² (€252,000 for 60 m² near Annexo II) ⁠The October 2026 Fotocasa index is for all home sizes together. Playa del Inglés is 5,496…
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,000 per m² (€180,000 for 60 m² in El Tablero) ⁠The October 2026 Fotocasa index is for all home sizes together. San Fernando is 3,126…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,000 per m² (€320,000 for 80 m² in Av. de Tirajana) ⁠The October 2026 Fotocasa index is for all home sizes together. Playa del Inglés is 5,496…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €2,800 per m² (€224,000 for 80 m² in residential outskirts) ⁠The October 2026 Fotocasa index is for all home sizes together. San Fernando is 3,126…
• Annual Events Maspalomas Pride (May) and Carnival (February/March) ⁠Maspalomas Pride is held in and around Yumbo Centrum in the second week of May. Carnival…
• Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Beckham Law (24% flat tax for 6 years) or the new Digital Nomad Visa (specific tax perks) ⁠Many passports can stay 90 days in any 180 without a visa. Work needs a permit. Qualifying…
• Bar/Nightlife Area Yumbo Centrum (LGBTQ+ focused, over 200 bars) and Kasbah Center ⁠Yumbo Centrum in Playa del Inglés has dozens of bars and clubs, many of them for the gay…
• Best Beach Nearby Playa del Inglés beach / Maspalomas Dunes (walking distance) ⁠Playa del Inglés beach is the resort beach, about 3 kilometres of fine sand, with the…
• Best Coworking Space The House (locations in Maspalomas/Las Palmas) or local spots like Coworking Maspalomas… ⁠LifeCowork, at the Eurocenter business centre in Maspalomas, about a 10-minute walk from…
• Best Hospital Hospital San Roque Maspalomas (Calle Mar de Alborán) ⁠Hospital Universitario San Roque Maspalomas, Calle Mar de Siberia 1, Meloneras, phone 928…
• Best Local Dish to Try Papas Arrugadas con Mojo (Canarian wrinkly potatoes) at Restaurante El Mana ⁠Papas arrugadas con mojo: potatoes boiled in salty water and served with a pepper sauce…
• City Playa del Inglés, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, Spain ⁠Playa del Inglés is a beach resort in the Maspalomas area of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, on…
• Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, Spanish CFC rules apply to prevent tax avoidance ⁠Spanish controlled-foreign-company rules can tax a resident on income of a foreign company…
• Corporate Tax 4% (under ZEC - Canary Islands Special Zone, subject to requirements) otherwise 25%… ⁠The general corporation-tax rate is 25 percent. Authorised Canary Special Zone entities…
• Currency & Banking Euro (EUR). 1 EUR ≈ 1.08 USD. Major banks: CaixaBank, BBVA on Av. de Tirajana ⁠Euro (EUR). ECB reference on 19 October 2026: 1 EUR = 1.1225 USD (1 USD = 0.8909 EUR)…
• Cycling/Walking Paths Paseo Costa Canaria (seafront promenade connecting to San Agustín) ⁠Paseo Costa Canaria is a seafront promenade of about five kilometres, with bars…
• Dividend Withholding Tax 19% - 23% (Special exemptions apply for ZEC entities) ⁠Dividends are savings income: 19 percent on the first 6,000 euros, 21 percent to 50,000…
• Highest Income Tax Bracket Approx. 47% (progressive rate) ⁠The 2026 state withholding scale reaches 47% on general income above €300,000. Combined…
• Main Train/Transit Hub Estación de Guaguas (Bus Station) at Tropical or San Fernando ⁠There is no railway on Gran Canaria. Global buses stop at Playa del Inglés, including line…
• Must-See Landmarks Dunas de Maspalomas (Sand dunes reserve) and the 19th-century Faro de Maspalomas ⁠The Maspalomas dunes, a special nature reserve on the south side of the resort, and the…
• National Parks Nearby Pilancones Natural Park (15km north) ⁠Gran Canaria has no national park. Pilancones, inside this municipality, and Tamadaba are…
• Nearby Nature Escapes Ayagaures Valley and the Fataga ravine for hiking ⁠The special nature reserve of the Maspalomas dunes and the Fataga protected landscape are…
• Population Approximately 17,000 permanent residents ⁠The locality had 5,887 inhabitants on the municipal register of 1 January 2025. The…
• Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C and F sockets ⁠230 V, 50 Hz. Sockets are Type C (Europlug) and Type F (Schuko).
• Property Transaction Tax 6.5% ITP (Transfer Tax) for second-hand properties in Canaries ⁠In the Canary Islands the 2026 general transfer tax on real estate is 6.5 percent. Stamp…
• Public Transport Passes Global Bus - Tarjeta TransGC (up to 40% discount on fares) ⁠Visitors pay the Global single fare on board, in cash or with a contactless bank card. The…
• Regional Travel Global Bus line 30 to Las Palmas (€6.15) or line 66 to the airport (€3.50) ⁠Global line 30: Santa Catalina in Las Palmas to Playa del Inglés is 6.25 euros, and San…
• Religious Sites Templo Ecuménico El Salvador (Av. de España) ⁠Templo Ecuménico El Salvador. OpenStreetMap, checked on the map on 4 January 2026, places…
• SIM Card Movistar, Vodafone, and Orange. Pre-paid plans from €15 for 50GB-100GB ⁠Buy a prepaid SIM at an Orange or Movistar shop; identification is usually required, and…
• Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,500 per m² (€180,000 for 40 m² in prime tourist zone) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 are for all home sizes together. Playa del Inglés…
• Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,200 per m² (€128,000 for 40 m² in San Fernando or Bellavista) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 are for all home sizes together. San Fernando, the…
• Tap Water Safe for showering but generally not recommended for drinking due to high mineral content… ⁠Generally safe to drink nationwide; southern supplies can have a higher mineral content…
• Tax System Spanish nationwide system with Canarian IGIC (7%) instead of VAT (21%) ⁠Residents pay Spanish income tax on worldwide income. Non-residents pay tax on…
• VAT 7% (IGIC - Canary Island General Indirect Tax) ⁠The Canary Islands charge IGIC instead of mainland VAT at 21 percent. The published…

fix pass aligned Currency & Banking (exact exchange rate), Tap Water (shared nationwide wording), Tax System (residence test), Highest Income Tax Bracket (national withholding and regional variation), and Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads (national entry, work permission and optional tax election) with the unchanged Spain prep and Las Palmas comparison. Updated research attribution and verification date; added residence evidence and documented unverified Best Coworking Space walking time, Religious Sites addresses and hours, Regional Travel and Public Transport Passes operator confirmation. Reconfirmed existing hospital address and parking hours, coworking prices and six purchase-price examples without changing their values (https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/spain/individual/residence, https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/spain/individual/taxes-on-personal-income, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Spain, https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/spain/entry-requirements).

City guide Peniscola

• Top International Airline Ryanair (Castellón Airport CDT), Iberia/Vueling (Valencia VLC) ⁠Ryanair is the main international airline at Castellón Airport, with London Stansted and…
• Top Regional Airline Air Nostrum (flying from Valencia or Castellón airports) ⁠From Castellón Airport, Air Nostrum flying as Iberia serves Madrid all year and Palma de…
• VAT 21% (Standard IVA) ⁠21% standard IVA. The reduced rate on dwellings is 10%.

light fix pass. Currency & Banking now uses the common Spain exchange-rate wording without changing the rate or date. Tap Water now uses the national guidance shared with Dénia and removes the local coastal aside. Best Coworking Space corrects Rodmedia’s street number from 13 to 13B as shown in the listing header and removes the unsupported nearest-option claim; its 28 and 42 euro tariffs are confirmed. Must-See Landmarks retains the directly confirmed 5 euro ticket and winter hours. Best Hospital retains its directly confirmed address and telephone. Public Transport Passes retains the confirmed fares and seasonal dates. Museums & Art Venues and Main Train/Transit Hub now have explicit current-verification limitations. Research attribution and verification date were updated for this fix. (https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Spain, https://www.rodmedia.es/coworking-benicarlo/, https://castillodepeniscola.dipcas.es/es/precios-y-horarios.html, https://vinaros.san.gva.es/es/, https://www.hife.es/en/urban-services/peniscola, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Pe%C3%B1iscola)