![]() ![]() ![]() At night its open air terraces offer a lively night atmosphere. The Muelle Deportivo (Sports Marina), situated on the Avenida Marítima (the Maritime Avenue) in front of the Santa Catalina Hotel, is an ideal place to walk, flavour the varied gastronomic offer of its bars and restaurants and enjoy observing the leisure boats which are moored there. Its gardens contain autochthonous flower examples, and in the precinct you will find the Pueblo Canario (the Canarian Village), the Santa Catalina Hotel and the Néstor Museum (public opening hours Tuesdays to Fridays from 10:00 to 13:00 hours and from 16:00 to 20:00 hours Sundays from 11:00 to 14:00 hours Mondays and Saturdays closed. In the centre of the city we find Doramas Park. Not far away we find San Telmo Park where you will discover the hermitage of San Telmo, a kiosk of modernist design which is a café and a bandstand, also of modernist style. The museum is closed on Mondays, 25th and 31st December, 1st and 6th January, Shrove Tuesday and 1st May. Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday & bank holidays: 10:00 - 18:00 h. Lastly, the Pérez Galdós House Museum located in Triana contains the documental archives on the biographic and literary investigations of this novelist. The Quegles Building, from 1900, is itself considered one of the most emblematic architectural elements of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and is situated in the well known Pérez Galdós Street. The latter is of neo-classical style with modernist decorations (visit subject to previous petition). and Saturdays from 11:00 to 12:15 hrs.Ĭlose by is Cairasco Square, where two buildings must be highlighted: the Hotel Madrid and the Gabinete Literario. Timetable for guided visits, Monday to Friday from 10:30 to 12:15 hrs. One of the emblematic buildings of this borough is the Pérez Galdós Theatre, of italian inspiration, with an interesting music, dance and theatre listing during the 365 days of the year. In the Borough of Triana the main attraction is the commercial Triana Street, where one can find a number of buildings of great historic and artistic value. Opening hours, Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 21:00 hours Sundays from 10:00 to 14:00 hours closed on Mondays and Public Holidays. The centre of Vegueta is presided by the Santa Ana Cathedral (open during worshiping hours), whose construction began in the XVI century and is flanked by the Plaza de Santa Ana with its important historical buildings: The Casas Consistoriales (the Old Town Hall) of neo-classical style, the Episcopal Palace (identified by a beautiful balcony with lattice windows from the first third of the XVII century), the Casa Regental (one of the few examples of renaissance buildings in the city and present day seat of the Presidency of the Canarian High Court of Justice) and the Historic Provincial Archives.īehind the Cathedral is the Plaza del Pilar Nuevo, which invites a visit to the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (the Atlantic Centre of Modern Art), one of the main art centres in Spain. The popular Borough of Vegueta is formed by the most emblematic buildings of the city, as well as the principal museums. ![]()
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