Gran Canaria Airport to Puerto de Mogán
The furthest of the popular runs at about 60 km; the 91 express reaches it for €6.90 in roughly an hour.
A low-rise fishing village turned resort at the island's south-west corner, laced with canals and flower-covered bridges, with a small marina, a sheltered beach and a Friday market that fills the whole quay.
Every way to get there
Our verdict: for Puerto de Mogán, a private transfer is the easiest door-to-door option (from €65). Travelling light on a budget? The bus is cheapest (from €6.9) but slower, with a change in the city.
What it costs for your group
The bus is charged per person, while a taxi or private transfer is one price for the whole car — so the more of you there are, the better door-to-door value looks.
| Group | Bus (per person) | Private transfer | Best value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo · 1 traveller | €6.9 | €65 | Bus |
| Couple · 2 travellers | €14 | €65 | Bus |
| Family of 4 · 4 travellers | €28 | €65 | Bus |
Which option should you choose?
| If your priority is… | Our pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | Bus | From €6.9, though slower with a change in the city. |
| Speed & comfort | Private transfer | Door-to-door, fixed price, a driver waiting for you. |
| A group of 3–4 | Transfer or taxi | One flat fare splits cheaper than several bus tickets. |
| A late-night arrival | Transfer or taxi | Both run 24/7 when buses and the tram have stopped. |
By transport mode
Bus / shuttle
€6.90, the dearest airport bus fare on Gran Canaria and still a fraction of the taxi. The village is small and flat, so unlike Puerto Rico the walk from the stop is genuinely short.
Where to catch it: The 91's western terminus. Board at the arrivals stops and stay on past Puerto Rico — Mogán is the end of the line.
Best for solo & budget travellersTaxi
€70–90 by day and more after dark. At this distance a fixed-price transfer usually wins outright, so treat the rank as the fallback rather than the plan.
Where to catch it: The longest standard metered journey from LPA, right around the southern tip of the island.
Best for small groups in a hurryPrivate transfer
Book the return at the same time — Mogán is far enough out that finding a car back for an early departure is genuinely harder than in the main resorts.
Where to catch it: An hour in the car each way, so it's the run where a fixed quote beats watching a meter climb through fifty kilometres of motorway.
Best for families, groups & late arrivalsCar rental
The strongest case for hiring on Gran Canaria. From Mogán the mountain road up to the valley's plantations and on to Tejeda is superb, and no bus does it in any reasonable time.
Where to catch it: Motorway to Mogán, and then the GC-200 north is one of the great coastal drives on the island.
Best for travellers who want to explorePuerto de Mogán & Las Palmas in photos
Buying tickets in Las Palmas
There is no train on Gran Canaria. Two bus operators matter: Global runs the green intercity guaguas including every airport line, and Guaguas Municipales runs the yellow city buses inside Las Palmas only. Airport routes are line 60 to Las Palmas (€2.80 to San Telmo, €3.45 to Santa Catalina), line 66 south to San Agustín, Playa del Inglés (€3.90) and Faro de Maspalomas (€4.05), and the 91 express west to Puerto Rico (€6.25) and Puerto de Mogán (€6.90). Buying through the Global app or website is normally about 20% cheaper than paying the driver, and takes a moment while you wait for bags. You can also pay cash on board for any journey.
Taxi scams & safety in Las Palmas
Gran Canaria's airport is straightforward and taxi fraud is uncommon: cars are metered, the rank sits directly outside arrivals, and rates are regulated. Join the official queue rather than going with anyone who approaches you in the hall. Expect roughly 20% more at night and at weekends — that is the published surcharge, not a driver inventing a number. Because the airport sits between the capital and the resorts, the most common genuine mistake is not a scam at all but taking the wrong bus terminus: line 60 ends at two different points in Las Palmas, four kilometres apart, so check which one serves your hotel before boarding. For car hire, inspect and photograph the vehicle before leaving and confirm what the excess actually is.
Getting from LPA to Puerto de Mogán
Sixty kilometres, about an hour, and the furthest of the popular runs from Gran Canaria's airport. Puerto de Mogán sits at the island's south-west corner and it doesn't look like the rest of the south coast at all — low white buildings, canals crossed by small bridges, bougainvillea over everything, a working fishing harbour beside the marina. People call it Little Venice, which oversells the canals and undersells the place. What matters practically is the distance: you are a long way from the terminal, and that shapes both legs of the trip.
€6.90 on the 91, and the walk at the end is short
Line 91 is Global's western express and Mogán is the end of it — board at the arrivals stops, stay on past Puerto Rico, and get off when the coach stops. The fare is €6.90, the highest airport bus fare on Gran Canaria and still a fraction of any car. It takes about an hour. The good news, after Puerto Rico's slopes, is that Mogán is small and flat: the village runs from the harbour back a few hundred metres and the bus sets you down within easy reach of most of it. This is one of the rare Canary resorts where the public option doesn't come with a hill attached.
Book the return at the same time as the outbound
This is the practical advice that matters most here, and it's specific to how far out Mogán is. Getting a car to the village for an early-morning departure is not a same-day arrangement — the transfer firms are based nearer the main resorts and Mogán is an hour of empty road away at five in the morning. Sort both legs when you book, and if you're relying on the 91, check the first departure of the day against your check-in time rather than assuming there's an early one. There often isn't as early as you'd want.
The meter is the most expensive standard fare from LPA
€70 to €90 by day, more after dark, right around the southern tip of the island. At this distance a fixed-price transfer at €65 to €88 usually comes out level or slightly under, and it removes an hour of watching the meter climb through motorway kilometres. That's a rare inversion — on shorter routes the rank is normally cheaper than booking ahead. Here, treat the rank as the fallback rather than the plan, and price a transfer before you fly.
The Friday market fills the whole quay
Worth knowing when you arrive, because it changes access. On Friday mornings the market takes over the harbourfront and the streets behind it, coaches bring day-trippers in from every resort on the coast, and the village is busier by an order of magnitude than on any other day. If you're arriving Friday morning, expect the drop-off to be further from your accommodation than usual and the last few hundred metres to be on foot through crowds. If you're arriving any other day, the place is quiet enough that the contrast is startling.
The strongest hire-car argument on the island
Expect €20–42 a day. From Mogán, the GC-200 north along the coast is one of the great drives in the Canaries — cliffs, empty bays, barely any traffic — and the road inland up the Mogán valley climbs through banana and mango plantations to the mountain villages and eventually to Tejeda. Neither is realistic by bus in any reasonable time. If you're basing yourself this far west for a week, a car turns a slightly isolated resort into a base for the best half of the island. It also solves the early-departure problem, since you drive yourself to the terminal.
What being an hour out actually feels like
Honest assessment: Mogán is quieter and prettier than Puerto Rico or Playa del Inglés, and the price is that everything else is further away. Day trips to Maspalomas or Las Palmas are perfectly possible on the 91 and the 60 respectively, but they're day trips rather than evening excursions. Restaurants and shops in the village are limited compared with the big resorts. People who love it here love exactly that; people who wanted the strip find it small by day three. Choose deliberately rather than by photograph.
In short: €6.90 on the 91 and a short flat walk, or a booked car at €65–88 which beats the meter on this distance. Either way, arrange the return journey before you need it.
