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Las Palmas Old Town private walking tour

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Discover the architectural and natural highlights of Las Palmas' Old Town and the surrounding area. You will walk with the knowledgable guide through the most emblematic streets and squares of Triana and Vegueta. This tour is full of history, curiosities, and details.

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Vegueta

Meet your guide at Cruise Ship Port or at your Hotel in Las Palmas. You will take a private taxi or public transport to the Historical quarters. Here, in Old Town, you will see all the main highlights of Las Palmas Triana and Vegueta. Towards the south of Gran Canaria’s capital city, Vegueta was the original settlement that gave birth to Las Palmas at the end of the 15th Century. Its streets and squares contain historical buildings such as the Casa de Colon mansion, Santa Ana cathedral, the Museo Canario museum, Gabinete Literario club, town hall, and Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno gallery. The area around the market, built in 1856, is full of shops and over the road is the Triana shopping district.
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Plaza de Santa Ana

Santa Ana square is from the century XVI and it was the first planned major square from Spain. In this square is located the Cathedral, the Bishopric, the Consistorial Houses, the Regental House, the High Court of Justice from the Canary Islands and the Provincial Historic Archive. At the Santa Ana square, in front of the Cathedral, you can also see some Canarian dog statues, so as a line of palm trees and some benches to have a break.
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Basilica De Santa Ana

You will also visit the famous Balconies street and will discover the beautiful architecture of Santa Ana Cathedral. The Canary Islands Cathedral started to be built the year 1497 and until the end of the century XX it wasn’t finished. It combines the neoclassic (facade), gothic and renaissance style because of the different times when it was built. So that it was in charge of different architects. It is considered the most important building from the Canarian religious architecture.
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Casa de Colon

Pass by Casa de Colon. The Casa de Colón is one of Las Palmas most attractive buildings with ornate doorways, beautiful latticed balconies, large courtyards and carved wooden ceilings, representing numerous aspects of the island’s architecture. This palace was the residence of the first governors of the island and it is claimed that Christopher Columbus stayed there in 1492 while one of his ships was repaired, hence the name Casa de Colón (Columbus House). This charming building was rebuilt in 1777 and since 1952 has housed a museum comprising 13 permanent exhibition rooms, a library and study centre as well as several spaces reserved for temporary activities, such as lectures, seminars and exhibitions.
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Ermita de San Antonio Abad

Visit the Plaza of San Antonio Abad where the conquest of the Canary Islands began. This hermitage is located at its square with the same name and it is well known because Cristopher Columbus prayed here in his stop at Gran Canaria in 1492, before starting its way to the discovery of America. It was the first church in the town.
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Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno CAAM

The Atlantic Center for Modern Art is a contemporary art museum in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is in Vegueta in Las Palmas, the capital city of Gran Canaria. The building was designed by the architect Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, retaining the façade of two older neoclassical houses.
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Plaza del Espiritu Santo

The Espíritu Santo square is located next to the Consistorial Houses, old headquarter from the municipal offices until 1979. It is one of the noblest areas from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Therefore, around it we can appreciate some stately constructions. There is a fountain covered with a stone cupola. It is one of the few covered fountains from the Hispanic architecture. Next to the fountain, there is a drago and an araucaria tree and it represents the twinning between the Canary Islands and America. In the same square, we will find the hermitage Espíritu Santo which was built in 1540.
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Plaza de Santo Domingo

The Santo Domingo square and church are the focus from the Rosario pilgrimage which goes across Vegueta and Triana in October since from here it starts. This square has a fountain from the century XVIII and the church with the same name.
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Mercado de Vegueta

In Vegueta street market you can buy handicrafts, fruit, and plants in beautiful surroundings and absorb the culture of the city’s historical quarter. Set in the Plaza del Pilar Nuevo, right by the cathedral, the market offers a wide range of produce as well as live music and children’s activities. Vegueta market closes during the summer but is a popular event for the rest of the year. Together with your guide, you will take a taxi back to the north of the city to Las Canteras beach and after that, your guide will take you back to the port.Be sure to ask for recommendations on the best places to eat and grab drinks before you say your farewells.
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A: This tour is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded. Read more Apr 2025

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