Streets squares and districts to visit Gran Canaria

The Puerto de Las Nieves is home to the Ermita de Las Nieves, a small chapel built in the early 16th century by Anton Cerezo - an Italian who had obtained land in Agaete in the distribution that took place after the conquest. During the month of August, you can admire the 16th century triptych that its founder brought from Flanders. The rest of the year, it is kept in the church of Agaete. From the original chapel, only the sanctuary and the coffered ceiling remain. You can also enjoy, not far from the pier, the pretty white houses with blue shutters that have kept all their authenticity. Puerto de Las Nieves also has two small beaches that are perfect for refreshing themselves.

On the other side of the carretera del centro, we enter the Triana neighbourhood, which owes its name to the similarities it originally had with the homonymous neighbourhood of Seville. A century ago, this district was frequented by sailors and remained so until the construction of the La Luz wharf in the Isleta area. Today it is the city's shopping district par excellence, which is structured around Calle Mayor de Triana, a large pedestrian street with beautiful bourgeois buildings and numerous bars with terraces.

It is the hub of the city! You can enjoy typical wooden balconies of Canarian architecture that decorate most of the city.

This square marks the line between two districts, Triana and Vegueta. A staircase, which once ran alongside the barranco, leads to the Plaza de Hurtado de Mendoza, better known as the Plaza de Hurtado de Mendoza or the Plaza de las Ranas, the frog square, in reference to the decoration of the great fountain that presides over it. At other times, it was also called Prince Alfonso Square and Democracy Square in 1868. Its origin dates back to the early 19th century, when this part was levelled to build the bridge over the Guiniguada.

Close to the museum, you will find this place of the eponymous church is part of the former Dominican convent. It is the same land and the chapel of San Pedro Martir, than the conquistador Pedro of vera was built in the 16th century. Inside, you can admire several sculptures of Luján Pérez, and a Mexican baroque monstrance of the 18th century.

Nearby, the hamlet of La Atalaya is renowned for its pottery made according to the guanches techniques. Old village of dwellings, it still has some houses in the rock.

La Fuente Agria, or the sour source, is one of the most emblematic places of Teror to be one of the main income more. The source is composed of three wells: the main well, el Agua Agria and the mill in the middle.