The island guide
Gran Canaria: Las Palmas, Risco Caído and the dunes
Las Palmas and its old quarter of Vegueta, CAAM and the Alfredo Kraus, the sacred mountains of Risco Caído, and Maspalomas and Mogán in the south.
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Image courtesy of © Bengt Nyman · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsGran Canaria is the island of a capital, Las Palmas, with its starred tables, museums and concert halls, and of the cultural landscape of Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountains, inscribed by UNESCO in 2019.
Gran Canaria is the island of a capital, Las Palmas, with its starred tables, museums and concert halls, and of the cultural landscape of Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountains, inscribed by UNESCO in 2019.
Our advice: spend at least two nights in Las Palmas before heading south.
Why it's on our list
- Las Palmas
- The mountains
- The south
Location
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More in depth
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