Gran Canaria Attractions: 6 Visitor Guides
These guides cover sights in and around Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, from the historic Vegueta quarter to the Bandama caldera and the cave granary of Cenobio de Valerón. Each explains how to get there and what to see.
Gran Canaria attraction guides
Caldera de Bandama: Visiting Gran Canaria's Volcanic Crater
Caldera de Bandama is a volcanic crater in north-east Gran Canaria, roughly 15 km from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Here is where to park, how the crater-floor path works, what the rim looks out over, and how to fit the Tafira botanic gardens into the same morning.
Casa de Colón Las Palmas: Gran Canaria Visit Guide
Casa de Colón is a museum and events complex in a house more than five centuries old in Vegueta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The museum side covers Columbus, maps and documents, the building shows its colonial-era bones, and a handful of function rooms explain why parts of the house can be shut off.
Casa-Museo Pérez Galdós: Gran Canaria Visit Guide
The Casa-Museo Pérez Galdós is the Triana townhouse tied to the novelist Benito Pérez Galdós, reached through a narrow zaguán and a main patio. Here is where it sits on Calle Cano, what the collection holds, how long to allow and how to pair it with the theatre, San Telmo Park and Vegueta.
Catedral de Santa Ana, Las Palmas: Gran Canaria Visit Guide
The Catedral de Santa Ana is the cathedral of the Canary Islands, standing on Plaza de Santa Ana in Vegueta, the old quarter of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Here is where it is, what to see inside, how long to allow and how to fit it around lunch and dinner.
Cenobio de Valerón: Visiting Gran Canaria's Cave Granary
Cenobio de Valerón is a pre-Hispanic grain store of more than 300 silos cut into a soft cliff in the Valerón valley, in Santa María de Guía. It is a short, exposed stop best paired with Arucas, Firgas or Las Palmas, and it rewards a little context before you climb the steps.
Vegueta Gran Canaria: Where to Stay & Eat in Las Palmas
Vegueta is the old town of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a compact grid of plazas, a basilica, civic buildings, museums and galleries. This guide covers where it sits, how to walk in from the port area, which sights earn your time, how long to allow, and how to time a meal around Spanish lunch and dinner hours.