Key places in Gran Canaria work as entry points into its natural, historical and symbolic meanings.
Among its main reference points are Historic Las Palmas, Aboriginal landscape, Natural contrasts, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. These places are not presented as a tourist list, but as points from which to read historical, natural and cultural processes.
Each site links landscape, heritage, settlement and memory within a coherent reading of the island.
Key points
Roque Nublo y la cumbre
El Roque Nublo es el icono paisajistico de la isla, en el municipio de Tejeda, con acceso a pie desde miradores y rutas que revelan el corazon montañoso de Gran Canaria.
Vegueta, Las Palmas
El barrio colonial de origen, con la Catedral de Santa Ana, el museo Canario, la casa de Colon y la plaza de Santo Domingo como hitos de arquitectura e historia.
Cueva Pintada, Galdar
Museo arqueologico sobre el yacimiento original, con pinturas rupestres de los antiguos canarios in situ y una propuesta museografica de primera categoria.
Dunas de Maspalomas
Espacio natural singular en el extremo sur, con un ecosistema dunario protegido que convive con las infraestructuras turisticas y alberga flora y fauna especializadas.
Barranco de Fataga
Uno de los barrancos mas fotografiados de la isla, con palmeras canarias, caserios encalados y una escala humana que contrasta con el entorno arido circundante.
Municipalities of Gran Canaria
See all →- AgaeteAgaete is a municipality of Gran Canaria, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- AgüimesAgüimes is a municipality of Gran Canaria, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- ArtenaraArtenara is a municipality of Gran Canaria, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- ArucasArucas is a municipality of Gran Canaria, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- FirgasFirgas is a municipality of Gran Canaria, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- GáldarGáldar is a municipality of Gran Canaria, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.