1:30 Hour
Vegueta was the founding nucleus of the city, the place where in 1478 the troops of the conqueror Juan Rejón erected the first military camp called Real de las Palmas, a name that it would receive from the palm trees that rose in the place and that gave its name to the city. It was also the first Castilian settlement in the Atlantic, as well as the place where the Crown of Castile began the Conquest of the Canary Islands.
The neighborhood owes its name to the Vega, a humid and fertile area that extended around the military camp and which since then would be the center of political, religious and administrative life on the
We will walk along Calle de los Balcones, Plaza de San Martín, Plaza de Pilar Nuevo, the old Portuguese street with the 15th century San Martín Hospital, we will cross sinuous alleys to admire the first noble houses built after the conquest of the island. We continue with a visit to the Plaza de Santa Ana, a monumental complex of emblematic and representative buildings of society, to finish at the Casa de los Gobernadores or Casa
Colón MuseumThe entrance to the Ca sa Colón Museum is included in the price, and our guides will give you a prior information session on the peculiarities and aspects to consider about the chosen building, so that you can later understand and discover it for yourself. Either option is worth it
This activity does not have a pick-up service, you must go on your own to our meeting point in Las Palmas:
Plaza de Hurtado Mendoza (known as Plaza de las Ranas), next to the green kiosks at the water fountain.
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Our guide will be waiting there at 12:00 p.m.
This activity does not have a pick-up service, you must go on your own to our meeting point in Las Palmas:
Plaza de Hurtado Mendoza (known as Plaza de las Ranas), next to the green kiosks at the water fountain.