Shore tour - Tourist bus in Las Palmas - Citysightseeing
With the Las Palmas tourist bus, get to know the most important places in the capital of Gran Canaria.
Get on and off the bus at any of its 11 stops in order to visit, at your own pace, the monuments, museums, beaches and other attractions in the city.
Enjoy a magnificent view from the upper deck of these two-deck buses and enjoy, during the tour, the climate of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, considered one of the best in the world.
Discover the city’s two most important beaches: the charming Alcaravaneras Beach to the east, and the impressive Canteras Beach, considered one of the best urban beaches in the world, to the west.
Get to know the best shopping areas: the area of Mesa y López, where you’ll find Corte Inglés, the city’s main boutiques and Triana, the city’s best commercial street.
Or, in order to go shopping, visit two of the main shopping centres: the Muelle Shopping Centre and the Las Arenas Shopping Centre.
Take advantage of the free walking tour of the old town that you can enjoy with your ticket at 1:15 from the Vegueta stop. Visit the most important places in this historical centre of the city accompanied by an official guide.
Both on your own and with the guided tour, you can get to know the Plaza del Pilar Nuevo, located at the back of the cathedral and where the house of Columbus is located.
Get to know the cathedral and the Casas Consistoriales, separated by the beautiful Santa Ana plaza.
Visit the most outstanding museums in Las Palmas: the Columbus House Museum, dedicated to the trips Christopher Columbus made to discover the Americas; the Elder Museum, dedicated to the sciences and technology; the Canary Museum, focusing on the history of the aboriginal people of the Canaries; the Pérez Galdós House Museum dedicated to the life and works of one of the all-time geniuses of Spanish literature; or the Nestor Museum, which recognizes the paintings of the great Canary artist.
From the bus, tour some of the main streets and avenues of the capital of the Canaries.
Visit its most popular plazas and parks: the Santa Catalina Park, the San Telmo Park, the Doramas Park, the Spanish Plaza or the Cairasco Plaza.
And get to know the two places where the main concerts and theatrical works take place: the Pérez Galdós Theatre and the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium.
In short, the excursion on the tourist bus will allow you to tour and get to know, in a short time and a comfortable fashion, the most emblematic places in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Note: This excursion is ideal for cruise travellers who disembark in Las Palmas. For cruise passengers, the pick-up point is the Muelle stop.