Maspalomas is a tourist town in the south of Gran Canaria, one of the islands of the Spanish Canary archipelago. It is famous for its wide expanses of dunes on the coast, which surround the Dunas de Maspalomas nature reserve, where several ecosystems coexist, such as the Charca lagoon, the palm groves and the dunes, habitat for a wide variety of birds such as the plover. , snipes and herons. For its part, the tall and slender Maspalomas lighthouse has been in operation since the end of the 19th century