Puerto de Mogán


Puerto de Mogán is a picturesque resort and fishing village in the municipality of Mogán, set at the mouth of a steep-sided valley on the south-west coast of the island of Gran Canaria.
It attracts many tourists either to stay or on day-visits. Canals linking the marina to the fishing harbour have led to it being nicknamed "Little Venice" or the "Venice of the Canaries". Its beach has a good reputation. Restaurants and bars fringe the marina and the beach front.
On Fridays there is a very popular market which brings in tourists from all over the island.
Puerto de Mogán has very few buildings over two storeys high and the government of Gran Canaria restricts new buildings taller than this.

Access

Puerto de Mogán can be reached via a new extension of the motorway GC1 which terminates just to the north of the village, and is also on several bus routes.

Heritage sites

Archaeology

Three sites within the municipality are listed as properties of cultural interest in the "archaeological zone" category:
Mogán's windmill, also known as the Molino quemado, has been listed since 2002 as a heritage site in the ethnological category. It stands in the Mogán valley north-east of Puerto de Mogán.