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Here´s a short list of great things to see and do in our neighbourhood. All of them are within just a few minutes walking distance from Stardust House.
Casa de Colon - Christopher Columbus´House
Calle Colón, 1, Las Palmas
This colorfull building is part of the complex Casa de
Colon (House of Christopher Columbus), where the house Columbus
stayed in before three of his four expeditions to the Americas can be
found.
Today, Casa de Colon hosts a museum, the Ballesterossi Library, a educational center, seminars, conferences, and expositions. Entrance is 4 euro, 2 for students, retired and groups of more than 7 people.
It is free for children under 18
and for people with disabilities. Some Sunday Cultural Events are free for
everyone. Read More about
Casa de Colon on their website »
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The Atlantic Center of Modern Arts (El Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno – CAAM)
Calle los Balcones, 11, Las Palmas
CAAM is the most important museum of
modern and contemporary art in the Canarian Archipelago. Opened in 1989,
it holds 2500 works of art in a wide variety of styles, formats and
techniques. There is a library, a documentation center, and a souvenir
shop. Read More about
CAAM on their website »
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La Ruta de Pinchos
Calle Mendizábal, Las Palmas
On Thursdays, this route through the Old Town will let you sample tapas, pinchos, and a glass of beer or wine from restaurants, bars, and cafés along La Ruta de Pinchos for cheap.
It starts in Santa Ana Square, goes down the
Obispo Codina street, down on Mesa de Leon street, Pelota street, passes
the Vegueta Market, then goes all the way to the end of Mendizábal Street
where the locals mingle in a huge Street Party until midnight. Here´s a map of
Calle Mendizábal »
Calle Mendizábal on a Thursday night
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The Museo Canario
Calle del Dr. Verneau, 2, 35001 Las Palmas
The anthropological collection of the museum is
the largest in the Canaries and one of the most famous collections of its
kind in Europe - along with its library of 7500 volumes, its archive and
publications.
The permanent exhibition is dedicated to the island's first inhabitants, their cultural artifacts, social and economical organization.
Entrance is 5 euro, 3 for
students, retired and unemployed. It is free for children under
12. Read More
about The Museo Canario on their website »
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Plaza de Santa Ana
Created five centuries ago, Plaza de Santa Ana is not only the main square of the city but is also the most representative of the island's history, witnessing all its important moments. It was Spain´s first planned Town square, and later squares in South America were modelled after it - formulated to fit the civic-administrative purposes of the Spanish Empire outside Europe.
The most important administrative and religious institutions of the island - the cathedral, the episcopal palace, casas consortiales, along with the Town Hall, the territorial audience and the Regental House were built around it.
From a social point
of view, the Plaza today is the epicenter of the city's activities,
holidays, and religious festivities. See
the Plaza on Google Maps »
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More Guides to Vegueta
Some useful links to other websites writing about the Old Town - places to see, and things to do.