Can anyone suggest a place to go in the Canaries that is quiet with a beach to surf on. I’m not too keen on large cities, nor large developed coastal areas for second-home retirees.

Suggestions appreciated.

We’ve had a wonderful 1.5 months in Las Palmas! We’ve met many Canarians who speak fluent English, especially in the tech industry. We’ve met a number of “partial nomads” who have their base here most of the year but travel for 3-5 months.

There are lots of cool local companies based here so it’s easy to meet tech people if that’s your thing. There are interesting things going on all the time organized by locals, expats and nomads. Aside from tech and nomad meetups, I’ve enjoyed going to language exchanges and meeting people that way. We hope to come back and stay close to Las Canteras beach again!

I met a nomad last year who is awesome and has made Las Palmas his base for a few years. He really likes it and has said good things about the community. As @ani says, there are lots of coworking spaces and meetup groups there. Keep in mind it’s one is one of Spain’s largest cities, not just some small island town! I expect there are many local people who speak great English as you’ll find across the country. My husband and I (30s) are very likely to head there in November.

I’m back in Las Palmas for the second time (I was first here from November 2015 to April 2016) and I can say that Las Palmas is very different to the south of the island, where pensioners really do seem to predominate. Las Palmas, on the other hand, tends to be very youthful (note that I understand ‘youthful’ to mean ‘not retired’, and I include myself (50 y.o.) in this youthful group - some people do allow themselves to become old while still young, but this isn’t very common among nomads…). Not only is Las Palmas youthful, it’s the most sociable place I’ve lived so far. Yesterday evening I was at a language exchange - a very sociable gathering but also with a purpose, obviously. My co-working office organises social events. There are loads of social events organised through Las Palmas’s active network of meetup groups. There are also lots of social activities publicised on Facebook. If you like hiking, there are senderismo groups you might want to join/follow, and there are plenty of other Facebook pages with information about other types of events. I’m unaware of events strictly for the young, though - I find Las Palmas refreshingly non-ageist!

How did you all get on in Las Palmas? Thinking about heading there in Jan to work/surf/improve my Spanish. How was the community? Weather at that time of year? General thoughts on it? Anything is appreciated! Thanks x

Just a late update on this, the coliving thing didn’t work out but I’ve created a fb group for people in Las Palmas to get together: https://www.facebook.com/groups/982918835102623/

Ok muchachas y muchachos, if you’re interested in renting together in Las Palmas (and have not messaged me directly about it), make sure to send me a private message in the next 24 hours with 1) dates between October 15 - December 15 for which you are interested, 2) Your $budget$, and 3) include your email address, thanks.

OK right on Nico, I’m hoping to surf as well although I don’t know dick about it.

You should be able to just click my picture here and there’s a “MESSAGE” button, or you can find me on #nomads with the same handle.

I was planning to come with my friend (also Nomad / working remote) to Las Palmas in Nov.
Mainly to work/surf.

A surfcamp with accomodation and fast internet would be 300€/week so that would also be my rough budget.
Plus renting a car and surf equipment…

How can I send you a PM here? I`m new to the forum… I use the slack chat more…

Sounds great Anne, hope to see you around then, feel free to shoot me a PM after you arrive. Looks like there will be a few of us around.

I’ve already arranged my accommodation, but I’ll be in Las Palmas from 28 November until the end of March, so would be interested in meet-ups.

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Not exactly in Barcelona but south in the Valencia region: www.sun-and-co.com A community of around 15 digital nomads under one roof