Sandy Beach Hotel

Sandy Beach Hotel is one of the most established dedicated gay men's hotels in Gran Canaria — a property that has built its identity around its gay clientele with the directness and confidence of a business that has been doing this for long enough to do it well. The hotel is not gay-friendly in the corporate, inclusive-branding sense; it is gay, specifically and deliberately, and the experience it provides reflects that clarity. The pool area and sun terrace are the social centres of the Sandy Beach experience: the specific social culture of a gay men's resort hotel, where conversations begin around the pool and extend into evenings at the Yumbo, is one that the hotel facilitates rather than just permits. The Maspalomas location gives guests easy access to both the beach and the Yumbo Center. Year-round operation reflects the Gran Canaria model: unlike the seasonal gay hotels of Sitges or Mykonos, Sandy Beach Hotel is open in January, February, and March — the months when Northern European gay men are most likely to want to escape and when the hotel is correspondingly busy. Booking in advance for the peak winter months is advisable.