Calma Society · Gran Canaria

Culture

Vegueta, the Cueva Pintada of Gáldar and the Risco Caído landscape UNESCO has protected since 2019.

The excavated pre-Hispanic village of Cueva Pintada, with stone house walls beneath the museum's great roof.

The Cueva Pintada of Gáldar: the home of the ancient Canarians, beneath a museum

In the old centre of Gáldar, a cave of geometric paintings and the village that surrounded it, studied for more than twenty years before reopening in 2006. One of the great pre-Hispanic sites on Gran Canaria open to visitors, and a visit that asks for time.

Cave houses with stone façades set beneath a cliff of golden tuff, with a young tree in front.

What UNESCO has protected in the heart of Gran Canaria since 2019

Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountains are more than a landscape: a territory of caves, granaries and temples where the ancient Canarians read the calendar in the light of the sun and moon. What UNESCO inscribed, how to visit and what is still to be done.

The Basilica of El Pino in Teror, white with a stone tower, facing the cobbled square with green hills behind.

Teror, the town of wooden balconies and the island's patron saint

Manor houses with carved Canarian balconies, a Calle Real climbing to the basilica, and the Virgin of the Pine, patron saint of Gran Canaria. How to see Teror on an ordinary day, and what happens on 8 September.

The hermitage of San Antonio Abad in Vegueta, in grey stone and whitewash, with a fuchsia bougainvillea and the empty cobbled street.

Vegueta, where Las Palmas began (and where Columbus stopped)

The founding quarter of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Santa Ana Cathedral, the hermitage of San Antonio Abad, the three palms of Calle Montesdeoca and the Casa de Colón. A walk for early morning or Sunday, when the city lowers its voice.