During February 6-28 Gran Canaria goes carnival-mad with parades and all-night street parties with partygoers from one to 100 years old – and plenty of music and dancing. The theme for 2009 is Pirates, so pack accordingly and join the half million people who turn

of lush vegetation and fruits so plentiful – juicy red tomatoes ripening on the vine, plump pears and figs, and boughs bowing with lemons – that Grace, 13, and Joe, four, were already plotting their own mini harvest festival.The remainder of our party