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Vegueta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Vegueta is the old quarter of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, holding the Cathedral Basilica of St. Ann and the Canarian Museum.
About Vegueta
Where to stay in Vegueta
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Museums set the pace here. A bed in Vegueta puts the Cathedral Basilica of St. Ann, the Canarian Museum and the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno within a few streets of the door, which suits anyone who wants old churches and galleries at hand rather than a run of modern hotel towers. The Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria stands in the same few blocks.
You will walk everywhere.
About Vegueta
What are the main landmarks in Vegueta?
The cathedral sets the scale. The Cathedral Basilica of St. Ann anchors Vegueta, and around it stand the Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzman, the Iglesia de San Augustín, the Church of San José and the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Reyes. Collections crowd in behind them.
The Canarian Museum, the Museo de Bellas Artes de Gran Canaria, the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno and the House museum of Christopher Columbus place four separate collections within a few streets of one another. Statuary rounds out the record, with Juan Negrín López and the Monument to Benito Pérez Galdós both listed.
What is the history of Vegueta?
Stone came before the collections. The Cathedral Basilica of St. Ann, the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Reyes and the Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzman record the religious foundations that fixed the plan of Vegueta long before Las Palmas de Gran Canaria spread past it. Scholarship arrived later.
The Canarian Museum and the House museum of Christopher Columbus brought research into those same streets, while the Monument to Benito Pérez Galdós and the record of Juan Negrín López tie the quarter to figures from Gran Canaria.
Where is Vegueta?
Vegueta occupies the old core of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a compact grid of churches and collections gathered around the Cathedral Basilica of St. Ann.
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Updated August 2026