Most visits to Gran Canaria start at the airport, and typically holiday makers are met by fleets
of Spanish built coaches, usually of recent origin.
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Some coaches are in UK tour operators' liveries.
like this Airtours lettered vehicle.
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This Irizar is operated by one of the island's major operators.
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The other major operator also uses Irizars, mixed with older vehicles in a diverse fleet.
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This integral Volvo C10M is part of the fleet, with characteristically short front overhang. Only about
a dozen were imported into the UK and Viscount Central have a number and one, registered C25CTM
is with Seamarks of Luton.
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This smart Mercedes minibus was one of a number of smaller coaches operated, including a fairly
recent one based on the LDV Convoy.
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The local interurban buses are, as in Tenerife, in this basic green livery. This Irizar bodied
vehicle is to all intents and purposes a bus, rather than a coach. Other buses in the 'green'
fleet were conventional rear engined chassised vehicles, but low floored buses were not in
evidence (Feb 98).
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Puerto Rico had its own local bus service covering the very hilly town on a half hourly frequency
using Spanish bodied DAFs.
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Here the bus loads with fewer holiday makers for the trip back down the hill - 1000 plus steps
are the alternative route.
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What comes up must come down!
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