Antonia San Juan in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
After the success achieved on television in the series La que se avecina and immersed in an unstoppable tour of theaters throughout the country, one of the latest adventures of this woman, who confesses "very, very, very traveler" , she has been the director of the film On the Summer Side, in which she also takes part as an actress, and which has been shot entirely in the Canary Islands.
Still no scheduled release date (although it will be very soon), the film has been written with the islands in mind , according to Antonia herself, not in an inbred way, nor affirming that like her land there is no other of hers, although she acknowledges not being able to detach herself from what she has experienced, something that makes her love her origins hungrily.
The love that she professes for the island and its people we know is something mutual , a love that is the result of her movements and that has even made her count on many occasions as herald at the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Carnival, also presenting the Queen and Drag Queen Election Galas.
Las Canteras beach.
We continue talking about culture and art and, being Madrid the central nucleus where all the artistic disciplines are developed, we talk with Antonia about the necessary exodus of the Canarian artist in search of success, without forgetting the effort of a land committed to culture , which has prestigious infrastructures such as the Cuyás Theater, the Pérez Galdós Theater or the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium, and which the artist invites you to visit without hesitation.
Other unavoidable plans for the actress on the island are walking on the sand of Playa de las Canteras, tasting her favorite dishes at the Cano 40 restaurant and enjoying an afternoon of shopping around Calle Triana. **Disconnect and relax body and mind at the Hotel Santa Catalina Spa ** or a good dose of vitamins at the end of a show, discovering the flavors offered at Zumolandia (C/ Viera y Clavijo, in front of Cuyás).
Her roots and memories always accompany her, small details that are not seen when she lives on earth and that are appreciated more in the distance, when they are no longer touched by everyday life. We asked Antonia what an islander living in the big city misses and she answered, to be able to live, she cannot miss anything. We think that, without a doubt, Antonia San Juan lives day by day with her land in her memory, and that she is a girl longing for vacations who always gets on a plane to Gran Canaria.
Facade of the Hotel Spa Santa Catalina.
Confessions of a traveler:
The perfect trip?
"Enough money to give you all the whims that come to mind, a 5-star hotel, books, notebooks to write and draw, pencils and pens, and an iPod full of totally different music. If it can be, that the hotel is located in a natural environment and also the human factor with the locals and the hotel workers. All that, with a good company, gives me a perfect result!"
Your luggage essentials?
"Sneakers, comfortable clothes and reading"
The 'souvenir' that you cannot forget when you leave the island?
"Aloe Vera and Coffee Tirma"
A color, a smell and a taste that evoke Gran Canaria?
"Azure blue color, aroma of violets and flavor of fresh fruit".