Meloneras | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Image Alt: | Aerial view of Meloneras showing beaches, hotels and the Maspalomas Lighthouse |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Canary Islands |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Canary Islands |
Coordinates: | 27.7398°N -15.6051°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Name1: | Canary Islands |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Las Palmas |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | San Bartolomé de Tirajana |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 35100 |
Meloneras is a tourist town on the south coast of the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, part of the town of Maspalomas in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
It is mostly characterised by tourist hotels and other accommodations. Its most prominent landmark is the Faro de Maspalomas, next to Maspalomas Beach and the Maspalomas Dunes.[1]
Some of the luxury hotel complexes in Meloneras display are notable for their Canarian Spanish Colonial Revival style, partly derived from de la Torre's Hotel Santa Catalina (1890) in Las Palmas. The Costa Meloneras Hotel, opened in 2000, the Villa del Conde hotel thas was opened in 2005, incorporates a replica of the nearby town of Agüimes (the home town of, founder of the Lopesan Hotel Group), including a distinctive replica of the large, domed, which serves as the hotel reception.[2]