Gran Canaria - North Coast and Las Palmas
16/11/07 20:13 Filed in: Gran Canaria | Canaries
Another lovely day. After a latish breakfast we took the motorway to Jínamar near Las Palmas and turned onto the Santa Brigada road. Then we followed a winding mountain road to Vega San Mateo, Terror, Firgas and Arucas. It was a very scenic route with many large houses belonging to Las Palmas Commuters.
We drove up to a very high mirador near Arucas with spectacular views over Las Palmas and the north coast of Gran Canaria. On a clear day one is supposed to be able to see El Teide on Teneriffe. We couldn't see it.
North Coast with Las Palmas in the distance.
Interesting trees and plants from the municipal gardens in Arucas.
Then we drove into Las Palmas for a visit to the old city. Not particularly overwhelming but some nice buildings and a fair amount of history. A sad sight was the supposedly enhanced national theatre. A lovely classical building hand been enhanced by putting a tin shed on the roof and building a box on one end to expand capacity.
Another theatre was closed for redevelopment and a third had been converted into a restaurant.
Statue of the writer Néstor Alamo.
A typical Canarian wooden balcony with some nice gargoyles.
Front view of the same building.
Another balcony.
We spent quite a bit of time in Casa Colon which was a sort of a museum about the discovery of the Americas with strong emphasis on the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
Then it was back to Puerto Rico from where we went along the coast to Arguineguin for dinner in a restaurant called Bahia.
After dinner we ended up having a drink in a bizarre place called Busters Sports Bar.
It was full of Norwegians listening to an Irish singer (Irish John) do mainly country and western.
We drove up to a very high mirador near Arucas with spectacular views over Las Palmas and the north coast of Gran Canaria. On a clear day one is supposed to be able to see El Teide on Teneriffe. We couldn't see it.
North Coast with Las Palmas in the distance.
Interesting trees and plants from the municipal gardens in Arucas.
Then we drove into Las Palmas for a visit to the old city. Not particularly overwhelming but some nice buildings and a fair amount of history. A sad sight was the supposedly enhanced national theatre. A lovely classical building hand been enhanced by putting a tin shed on the roof and building a box on one end to expand capacity.
Another theatre was closed for redevelopment and a third had been converted into a restaurant.
Statue of the writer Néstor Alamo.
A typical Canarian wooden balcony with some nice gargoyles.
Front view of the same building.
Another balcony.
We spent quite a bit of time in Casa Colon which was a sort of a museum about the discovery of the Americas with strong emphasis on the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
Then it was back to Puerto Rico from where we went along the coast to Arguineguin for dinner in a restaurant called Bahia.
After dinner we ended up having a drink in a bizarre place called Busters Sports Bar.
It was full of Norwegians listening to an Irish singer (Irish John) do mainly country and western.