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History museum in the Vegueta old town, Las Palmas.
Birthplace of novelist Benito Pérez Galdós in the Triana district of Las Palmas, now a house-museum with guided visits and free entry.
Archaeological museum in Vegueta with the largest collection on the pre-Hispanic Guanche culture of the Canaries.
One of Europe's most spectacular aquariums, home to the world's largest curved viewing window onto the deep sea.
The Centro de Arte La Regenta is the exhibition space of the Government of the Canary Islands in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Founded in 1987, it is a public institution devoted to the dissemination of contemporary art. Alongside its exhibition programme it runs a Visual Arts Production Space, a documentation centre, lecture cycles and workshops for education and cultural action.
The Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is housed in the rooms that open onto the Patio de los Naranjos of the Catedral de Canarias. It shows part of the artistic heritage gathered by the cathedral, including work by the sculptor Luján Pérez and the painter Juan de Miranda alongside pieces of national and international standing. The cathedral is visited together with the museum, on one route.
Spain's largest botanical garden, in Tafira, Gran Canaria.
A golden-sand city beach on the eastern edge of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, facing the harbour. At around 550 metres long and almost 100 wide it is the capital's second largest beach, and the one locals actually use. The sheltered water stays calm, which makes it an easy swim for families.
Interactive science and technology museum in Parque Santa Catalina, with a digital planetarium and 3D cinema.
The Mirador Altavista occupies the upper part of the Altavista district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on the landscaped slope that links the neighbourhood with the Paseo de Chil. The city council opened it to the public in 2019, with three stepped terraces and a fourth one set aside for group relaxation techniques, along with young trees, lighting, shade pergolas and an adjoining parking area.
Summit with a panorama of the Bandama Caldera and Gran Canaria's northeast coast.
Wild volcanic sand-and-rock beach north of La Isleta, a surfing mecca.
Castillo de Mata houses the Museum of the City and the Sea in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The fortification was built in 1577 beside the city wall and is one of the few surviving remains of the town's sixteenth-century defensive system. It was declared a Historic Artistic Monument in 1949 and, after a restoration completed in 2013, opened as a museum in 2015.
An open-air viewpoint in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on Calle Rodrigo de Manrique. Known as Parque de Pepe el limpiabotas, it serves as an urban lookout point inside the city, on the island of Gran Canaria.
Mirador del Cardón is a viewpoint in the municipality of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on the island of Gran Canaria. Miradores are open-air observation points from which the surrounding landscape can be taken in.
An urban beach in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the fishing quarter of San Cristóbal, south of the city centre. Unlike Las Canteras, this is a neighbourhood beach, small and mainly used by locals, set within a district with a fishing tradition. The seafront here is made up of rock and small coves rather than one continuous stretch of sand, and the feel is that of a village inside the capital.
An urban lookout in the Ciudad Alta district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Schamann and San Antonio sector, next to the housing estate that gives it its name. It corresponds to the watch point forming the north-eastern vertex of the ridge on which the neighbourhood is built, between the slopes of the Barranquillo de Don Zoilo and those of the Cornisa de San Antonio. The official city guide lists it alongside the Altavista and El Cardón lookouts.
Mirador Paseo La Cornisa is an urban viewpoint on the Paseo de La Cornisa, in the Ciudad Alta district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. From it opens a wide panorama of the city, of the Atlantic Ocean and, above all, of the Puerto de Las Palmas. The municipal tourism website adds that the viewpoint was renamed in 2010 in honour of the Italian town of Martinsicuro, a place linked to the city by fishing history.
The circular path around the Caldera de Bandama follows the rim of this volcanic crater across the municipalities of Santa Brígida, Telde and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. According to the official Canary Islands tourism portal it covers 4.2 kilometres, takes around two and a half hours, is graded low in difficulty and has an average gradient of 18 per cent, walkable all year round.
An urban balcony in the Las Coloradas district, set on a volcanic hill inside the protected landscape of La Isleta, at the northern end of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Its viewpoints give one of the best outlooks over the city and over the island's north coast, with the Atlantic opening up ahead. It is one of the capital's favourite spots for watching the sun go down, and it is reached on foot from the neighbourhood itself.
The oldest public park in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on the edge of Triana and steps from its main shopping street. Inside stand the Ermita de San Telmo, a tiled modernist kiosk and a bandstand where the municipal band performs. Tall Indian laurels shade most of the square, and the central walk with its benches makes it a place to sit down in the middle of the city. The San Telmo bus interchange is right next door, so public transport leaves you at the gate.
Urban park of some 50,000 square metres in the Ciudad Jardín district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, laid out in terraces linked by steps and walkways. It sits between the Museo Néstor, the Pueblo Canario and the Hotel Santa Catalina, so it slots easily into a walk that takes in all three. Canary Island flora sets the tone: palms, dragon trees and large ficus that shade the paths. Inside there is a children's play area and a small open-air auditorium.
The best known urban park in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, laid out between the port and Las Canteras beach. Terraces, trees and flower beds fill an open space that a good part of the city crosses every day. It is the main stage of the carnival and the Museo Elder stands within its grounds.
Natural seawater pools beside La Laja beach in Las Palmas, with three crystal-clear pools full of fish and easy access.
Cathedral in Vegueta, the main church of the Canaries and a Las Palmas symbol.
A watchtower raised over the sea in 1577 and rebuilt in 1638, popularly known as the Castillo de San Cristóbal and listed as a Historic Artistic Monument in 1922. It formed part of the defensive system guarding the southern approach to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and stayed in military use until the nineteenth century. Today it stands off the San Cristóbal fishing quarter, reached along the Avenida Marítima on foot or by bicycle.
A black sand beach at the southern entrance to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, about 1,200 metres long and with moderate swell. It is presided over by a sculpture of the god Triton set on a lookout from which the eastern shoreline of the capital can be seen as far as the volcanic peninsula of La Isleta. It has three natural pools whose water is renewed by the tides. Ciudad de Mar warns of strong currents that call for extreme care when bathing.
A 1541 stone fortress on La Isleta in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, now a museum showing work by sculptor Martín Chirino. One of the capital's best-loved historic landmarks.
Historic Vegueta hermitage where tradition says Columbus prayed, on the spot where the city was founded.
Leading modern-art museum of the Canaries, in a historic Vegueta building.
The great urban beach of Las Palmas: three kilometres of golden sand sheltered by the natural La Barra reef, with calm water in its central stretch and a surf zone at La Cícer.
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